538 CAPE ST, JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Charge rock, lying with Gull island bearing 292°, distant 2^ 

 miles, and Middle rock in line with the western end of Cabot island, 

 has 4 feet of water over it, and generally breaks. 



JSTorris rock, lying with Gull island bearing 292^, distant 1^ miles, 

 has 5 fathoms of water over it. 



Greens Pond island, lying north-northeastward about 2 miles 

 from Shoe point, is 1^ miles long northwestward and southeastward, 

 /o mile wide, and 171 feet high, presenting a nearly flat summit ; a 

 chain of islets extends southeastward 1^ miles from it. without navi- 

 gable channels between them; the southeastern group of these islets 

 are Copper, Pigeon, and Horse islands, which are almost connected. 

 Copper island, the southwestern of this group, rises to a peak 115 

 feet high, and Black rocks and Black reef lie southeastward 400 yards 

 from it ; the rocks and reef are steep-to on the seaward side, in which 

 direction the water deepens quickly to 100 fathoms. Bearing 48°, 

 distant 300 yards from Horse island, is Horse rock, with less than 

 6 feet of water over it; and bearing 239°, distant 300 yards from Cop- 

 per island, is Herring rock, with 12 feet of water over it. 



Cookroom rock, bearing 9,3°, distant 400 yards from the south- 

 eastern point of Greens Pond island, has 12 feet of water over it. 



Sealskin rock, with IT) feet water over it. bears 14°. and a rock, 

 also with 15 feet over it, bears 31°, each distant 1,100 yards from 

 Puffin Island light-house. 



Puffin and Newell islands lie northwestward of Copper island. 

 Puffin island, about 1,200 yards southeastward of Greens Pond island, 

 is flat, and 55 feet high; bearing 48°, 200 yards from it, is Puffin 

 rock, with 12 feet water over it; and bearing 53°, 800 yards from the 

 island, is Puffin ledge, with 5 fathoms over it. Newell island, 38 

 feet high, is divided from Puffin island by a narrow roclr^ channel. 



Lig-ht. — A light-house, rising from one corner of a granite build- 

 ing roofed with slate, 40 feet high, on Puffin island, exhibits at 85 

 feet above high water a fixed red light, visible over an arc of 270°, 

 between the bearings 158° and 68°, wliich should be seen from a dis- 

 tance of 10 miles in clear weather. 



Greens Pond harbor is the narrow gully on the southern side of 

 Greens Pond island, betAveen the island and the offl^^ing rocks. Its 

 entrance is between Cookroom and Puffin rocks. The harbor is used 

 by sealing steamers and vessels, but on no account should approach 

 be made to it without local knowledge. 



The fishing town of Greens Pond is on the shores of the harbor, 

 and it contains a church and mercantile establishments ; during sum- 

 mer it is often without fresh water; the population in 1891 was 1,317. 



Communication. — A steamer from port Blandford calls here 

 weekly during summer and autumn. 



Coal. — Generallv about 20 tons of coal can be obtained. 



