496 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



A little northward of it is a large wharf belonging to the Timber 

 Company, which is engaged in working the land around Eed Indian 

 pond. A branch line runs from near Winter station, on the New- 

 foundland Northern and Western Railway, to Millertown, about 20 

 ndles to the westward, where are their headquarters. At the Timber 

 Company's wharf several large vessels are loaded annually with 

 sawed timber for European and other ports. 



Supplies can be obtained, and Cape Breton coal can generally be 

 purchased from the railway authorities. 



Ice. — The bay usually freezes about January ir> and it opens about 

 the end of xVpril. The coastal steamer runs from about May 1 to 

 January 10. 



Tides and tidal streams. — It is high water full and change, at 

 Lewisport at 7h. oOm. ; springs rise 4 feet, neaps 3 feet. The tidal 

 streams run fairly in and out of the bay, with an apiDreciable rate at 

 spring tides in the narrow places, but the}' are scarcely noticeable at 

 other times. 



St. Michaels harbor, southeastward of St. Michaels island, is a 

 little bight, suitable only for small craft. On its shores are a few 

 houses and some cultivated land. 



The shore from St. Micliaels harbor trends northeastward for 2 

 miles and then turns eastward for 1| miles to the western entrance 

 l^oint of Indian arm. 



Jobs island is a small wooded island, 20 feet high, lying half a 

 mile offshore at about 1,700 yards north-northwestward of St. 

 Michaels island. A reef with 1 to 2 fathoms of water over it extends 

 southward 600 yards from it, and two reefs, each with 4 feet of 

 water over it, bear, respectively, 12°, distant ^ mile, and 62°, distant 

 400 yards from the island. 



Mussel Bed rocks lie 1^ miles east-northeastward of Jobs island. 

 The largest of them is 5 feet high. These rocks are steep-to at a dis- 

 tance of 100 yards. Between Mussel Bed rocks and Berry island 

 there is a similar cluster, 6 feet high, lying 500 yards from the shore, 

 which is here fronted by a number of rocky patches which dry. 



Duck and Berry islands lie olf the western entrance point of 

 Indian arm. Duck island is 26 feet high and covered with grass, and 

 Berry island is wooded. The northern side of Duck island must not 

 be closed nearer than 200 yards, and the shore southward of Berry 

 island, being very foul, must be given a berth of 600 yards. 



Indian arm. — Indian head, the eastern entrance point of this arm, 

 lies about 2^^, miles east-northeastward of its western entrance point, 

 and the arm extends about 2 miles to the southward. In it the water 

 is of moderate depth, and, excepting a rocky patch, with 3 fathoms 

 of water over it, bearing 110°, distant 700 yards from the southern 



