556 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Plate cove extends southward nearly a mile with a width of | 

 mile. It affords good anchorage in .5 to 10 fathoms of water in the 

 northeastern corner and fair anchorage in the southern corner. There 

 is a considerable fishing village on its shores, and supplies can be 

 obtained in small quantities. The watering place, situated in the 

 northeastern corner, is good, and easily approached by boats. 



Cutler head, west-northwestward, 3^ miles from Plate Cove head, 

 is a conical hill 397 feet high. The entrance to Southward bay, which 

 stretches southward 9^ miles, lies between these heads. 



Indian arm, on the eastern side of Southward bay at 3 miles 

 southward of Plate cove, has a small fishing village around its shores, 

 but no convenient anchorage. 



Seal cove, on the southeastern side of Southward bay at 3^ miles 

 south-southwestward of Indian head, is small and affords anchorage 

 in 4 fathoms of water. The western side of the cove is rocky. There 

 are few fishermen's houses on its shores. 



Southward Bay head, on the western side of Southward baj^ at 

 2^ miles southwestward from Plate Cove head, is a steep bluff 328 feet 

 high. Kate harbor, westward of the head, has a rock in its entrance 

 and no anchorage. 



Cutler harbor is southward of Cutler head; its entrance is rocky 

 and narrow, and should not be attempted without a pilot; Chance 

 islet, open northeastward of Cutler head, bearing 307°, leads north- 

 eastward of the rocks off this harbor. 



Chance islet, bearing 306°. distant 1^ miles from Cutler head, is 

 35 feet high. Chance Harbor ledge, bearing 67°, distant f mile from 

 Chance islet, has 5 feet water over it. 



Sweet bay extends southwestward 8 miles from Cutler head, and 

 at 3^ miles within the entrance it divides into northwest and south- 

 west arms. There is anchorage at the heads of these arms in 10 to 16 

 fathoms of water. The land between the arms is rugged, Nut hill, the 

 highest point, being 600 feet high, and conspicuous from seaward. 

 Hunt, Gooseberry, and Hay islands, the latter small and 46 feet high, 

 and all of them steep-to, continue this dividing land to the north- 

 eastward. Rocks extend 200 yards off the eastern shore of the bay 

 abreast Hay island, and a rock, which covers 3 feet, lies 300 yards off 

 the northwestern shore of the bay abreast the same island. 



Gull island, 1 mile within Cutler head and 800 yards from the 

 shore, is 46 feet high ; Turfpook island, close southeastward of it, is 

 conical and 165 feet high; sunken rocks extend southward about ^ 

 mile from Turfpook island. 



Great Chance harbor, on the western side of Sweet bay, west- 

 southwestward from Cutler head, stretches southwestward for 3 miles, 

 and is 300 yards wide, with depths of 10 to 16 fathoms, mud bottom ; 

 the northwestern shore is steep. The southern side of the entrance 



