500 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Loon bay extends southward for T miles within Cranberry island, 

 and a large opening on its eastern side leads into Birchy bay and also 

 to several channels, between rocks and islets, running north-north- 

 eastward for upward of 10 miles. 



The loon, after which the bay is named, is a sea bird, which fre- 

 quents this locality in large numbers. 



The western side of Loon bay is generally of moderate depth, de- 

 creasing from 45 fathoms at the entrance to 12 fathoms outside Loon 

 harbor, at its southern end. There are but few shoals and there is 

 usually anchorage anywhere around it. 



The western shore, inside the entrance, rises steeply to a prominent 

 wooded hill, 211 feet high, which descends northward to Comfort 

 cove and southward to New harbor. 



New harbor is an indentation ^ mile deep and 300 yards wide, 

 with depths of 5 to 9 fathoms, but flats of sand and mud extend off 

 its western side and to a distance of 400 yards from its head. A 

 shoal, with 15 feet water over it, extends 400 yards off its eastern 

 entrance point. The harbor is only suitable for small vessels. 



There is a small village at New harbor, and a road leads from it 

 across the intervening neck of land, to Comfort cove. 



Southward of New^ harbor the land becomes lower, and, at the 

 distance of 3 miles falls back in a small bay. the head of which is only 

 { mile from Chapel cove. 



Long point is the southeastern point of this small bay, and within 

 the point the head of Loon bay forms a bight in which there is excel- 

 lent anchorage in about 15 fathoms, stiff mud bottom. 



Loon harbor, a basin at the southern end of Loon bay, is about ^ 

 mile across, with depths of 5 to 6 fathoms. Its entrance is narrow 

 and obstructed by a patch with 3 fathoms of water over it, but ves- 

 sels drawing 18 feet enter by keeping the eastern side on board. 

 Betw^een the heads the water is fairly deep and there is anchorage 

 in the middle of the basin in 5 fathoms, mud bottom. The harbor is 

 frequented only by small craft carrying timber. 



A small village is situated around this basin, and a sawmill with a 

 wharf off it lies on the eastern side. A road runs from the western 

 side of the harbor to Campbellton, a distance of about 4 miles. Two 

 streams fall into the harbor, one close to the sawmill, and the other 

 on the southern side. The latter is the outlet of a series of lakes 

 extending several miles. 



The eastern side of Loon bay is rocky and does not afford good 

 anchorage; at If miles from Loon harbor entrance there is reef with 

 some rocks awash at low water, and in this locality there are some 

 shoal patches. 



South harbor, formed by two islands close to the shore, is only 

 suitable for boats; there is a lobster-fishing station on the outer 

 island. 



