560 CAPE ST. JOHN TO CAPE BONAVISTA. 



Light. — A square pyramidal white tower, 22 feet high, surmounted 

 by an octagonal drum and lantern, on Squarey islet, exhibits from 

 April 1 to December 31, at 57 feet above high water, a fixed red light, 

 which should be seen from a distance of 9 miles in clear weather. 

 The light being unwatched must be considered unreliable. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Bonavista cove at 

 Th. 25m. ; springs rise 3^ feet, neaps 2^ feet. 



Bonavista town is the largest in Bonavista bay, having in 1901 

 a population of 3,696; there is excellent land, a large quantity of 

 which is under cultivation, around the cove. 



Communication. — The steamer from port Blandford calls at 

 Bonavista weekly during summer and autumn; there is also tele- 

 graphic communication. 



Green island, 69 feet high, lies westward of cape Bonavista, and 

 is separated from the land of the cape by a channel 300 yards wide, 

 with 2 fathoms least water in its fairway, which passes eastward of a 

 rock nearly in mid-channel. 



Stone island, -tO feet high, lies about a mile westward from Green 

 island. The channel between is 1 mile wide and clear. 



Shoals northward of cape Bonavista. — See page 561. 



