490 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



to within l mile of the point, whence a bar, with 1^ to 2 fathoms 

 over it, extends to the point. This channel passes close westward of 

 Kight-in-the-way islet, and along the eastern shore to the bar. 



Exploits river entrance, 1 mile in width, is southward of Wig- 

 wam point, whence a flat with less than 1 fathom of water over it, 

 and with several patches dry at low water, extends to the southern 

 shore. Southwestward of the flat the river channel has dej)ths up 

 to 15 feet for upward of 2 miles. 



The river is navigable, at high water, for vessels drawing 6 feet, 

 to the first rapids, at 6 miles above the entrance, and, for boats, to the 

 falls, about 2 miles farther. Small boats are sometimes hauled over 

 the falls to reach the stream above, where a good deal of lumbering is 

 carried on. 



KTorris arm. — The entrance to this arm is between High point and 

 the shore southward of it, and the arm extends northeastward for 

 about 4 miles with an average width of ^ mile. It is approached 

 over tlie bar northwestward of High point, and carries depths of 1^ 

 to 2 fathoms to Avithin 1^ miles of its head, which is encumbered by 

 shallow flats and patches of stones. A small stream runs in here, 

 and there are some others on both shores, the largest being Eel brook, 

 on the soutliern shore, at 1 mile from the head. On a slight projec- 

 tion of the southern shore, southeastward of High point, is a sawmill 

 and plant of the lumber companj^, with a small wharf off it which 

 has a depth of 9 feet at its head at low water. 



Burnt arm extends northeastward I^q miles with a width of 600 to 

 1,200 yards: its entrance lies northeastward Ij^o miles from All-in- 

 the-way islet. There is a depth of 3 to 4 fathoms in the inner part 

 of the arm, which is approached by a channel with 4 to 6 fathoms 

 in its fairway, but the entrance is almost blocked with shoals having 

 2 to 2| fathoms over them, and a detached shoal with 2 fathoms of 

 water over it lies 600 yards ouftiide the entrance. 



The coast of the promontory, which has Burnt arm on its south- 

 eastern side, trends westward for 1,400 yards from the entrance 

 point of the arm, and then turns northward for 2^ miles to Lower 

 Sandy point. Except near the arm, this coast is steep-to at the dis- 

 tance of 200 yards up to within ^ mile from LoAver Sandy point, off 

 which part the depth of 5 fathoms is distant 400 ^'^ards in places. 



Kite cove, a bight about 1,600 yards eastward of Lower Sandy 

 point, is 1,200 yards wide and extends southward for 1,400 yards, 

 with a depth of water decreasing from 10 fathoms in its entrance to 

 6 fathoms at 350 yards from its head. 



The settlement of Lawrencetown is on its shores. 



The southern shore of the western arm from Kite cove trends 

 northeastward for 4 miles to the point which forms the southern 

 entrance of Southern j^assage, and which has Gillet islet, 90 feet 



