552 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Varket channel, between Willis and Flat islands on the north 

 and Morris and the islands extending to Ship island on the south, 

 runs westward for 5 miles to where it joins Willis reach on the north 

 and Morris channel on the south. 



Varket island is small and rises in two conical hills to the height 

 of 70 feet ; a sunken rock lies 50 yards off its southwestern point. A 

 rock which dries 1 foot, lies 400 yards off the northeastern point of 

 Morris island; and a rock, awash at high water, bears 262°, distant 

 1,600 yards from Varket island. Northward of this rock is a shoal 

 with 3 fathoms of water over it. 



Willis reach, northwestward of Willis island, extends west-south- 

 westward 6 miles from its entrance between Great Black and Gulch 

 islands ; there are no shoals in the fairway through the reach, and the 

 depth is 100 fathoms at the eastern end, shoaling to 8 and 10 fathoms 

 at the western, where it branches into several channels leading into 

 Cowpath, Morris, and Varket channels ; these branching channels are 

 shoal, and should not be attempted without a pilot. 



Shag" islands extend northeastward, nearly a mile from their 

 southwestern end, which lies eastward, distant 1.700 yards from North 

 point of Cow head ; they are four in number and are 145 to 196 feet 

 high. 



Bishops harbor, immediately southeastward of Cow head and 

 south westward of Shag islands, is 400 yards across, with a depth of 

 5 fathoms, rocky bottom. The entrance is between rocks which ex- 

 tend from both sides of the mouth of the harbor, through a passage 

 50 yards wide and 18 feet deep. This passage is safe in ordinary 

 weather, but only with local knowledge ; with a heavy sea it must not 

 be attempted. There is a fishing population around the harbor. 



Broomclose ha,rbor is an inlet extending west-southwestward 1^ 

 miles, with a width of 400 yards; its entrance lies between Southern 

 and Broomclose heads, and a reef with 12 feet of water over it, on 

 which the sea breaks heavily, extends eastward for 600 yards from 

 the northern inner entrance head, and narrows the channel to 250 

 yards. 



Little Denier island, the western end of which lies eastward, 

 distant 1.400 yards from Broomclose head, is ^ mile long, east-north- 

 eastward and west-southwestward, 300 yards wide, and 278 feet high : 

 a line of rocks and shoal water extends off both ends of the island. 



Light. — A circular lighthouse, painted red and white in vertical 

 stripes, and 24 feet high, on the summit of Little Denier island, ex- 

 hibits at 298 feet above high water a revolving white light every 

 thirty seconds, which should be seen from a distance of 19 miles in 

 clear weather. The light is obscured by a chimney when bearing 

 283°, from a distance of 1| miles. 



