WIGWAM POINT. 489 



The lumber company obtains its timber from extensive forests 

 in the valley of Exploits river, and the logs are driven down the 

 larger streams into the bay, whence they are towed to the sawmill. 

 The principal w^oocl exported to Europe is pine deals, but a large 

 trade is done with St. Johns and other local ports in such building 

 lumber as boards, palings, and scantlings. About three large sail- 

 ing vessels and the same number of steam vessels load here annually 

 for London. 



Supplies. — There are two stores where general supplies may be 

 obtained in small quantities, but the supply of fresh provisions can 

 not be relied on. 



Communication. — Frequent communication is kept up with Nor- 

 ris arm, 4 miles up the bay, where there is a station on the Newfound- 

 land railway, by a small steamer belonging to the lumber company. 

 The mail steamer from Lewisport calls at Botwoodville wharf twice 

 a week, once when bound westward and again when returning. The 

 nearest telegraph station is at Norris arm. 



All-in-the-way islet, lying 1,600 yards eastward from Mill point, 

 is small, 50 feet high, lightl}" wooded, and somewhat conspicuous. 

 Shoal water extends northward 300 yards from the islet, and a long 

 chain of detached shoals reaches l-J- miles southward from it to Right- 

 in-the-road, a similar islet, 35 feet high, from which shoal water 

 extends to the eastern shore. 



The western shore of the bay of Exploits from Little Peter point, 

 the southern entrance point of Peter arm, trends south-southeastward 

 for 2 miles to Wigwam point. At 1,400 yards south-southeastward 

 from Little Peter point there is an old wharf and the site of a sawmill, 

 which has been destroyed by fire, with some patches of grassy land 

 around it. 



Wigwam point, the northern entrance point of Exploits river, 

 is conspicuous. 



The eastern shore of the channel from the entrance of Burnt 

 arm trends southward 2 miles to Gills point, a small projection; it 

 then curves south-southeastward for nearly 2 miles to High point. 



The channel above Peter arm is obstructed by large shallow 

 banks of mud and sand with occasional patches of rock. Vessels of 

 any size, therefore, can not go much beyond the anchorage at 

 Peter arm. 



From Wigwam point a long tongue of sand and mud extends 

 northward 1| miles and occupies the middle of the water area; on it 

 at 1.200 yards from its northern end is a patch of rocks that dries 

 6 feet. 



A channel along the eastern shore leads to Fligh point from the 

 deeper water of Peter arm and carries a least depth of 2^ fathoms 



