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Ice. — Trinity harbor freezes over about January 31, and is closed 

 at intervals bj'^ ice, about 1^ feet in thickness, from that date to 

 about April 29; field ice appears about April 19 and leaves about 

 April 29. The earliest date of a vessel arriving is March 5, and latest 

 of leaving January 21. A southerly wind clears the harbor suffi- 

 ciently for vessels to enter in twentj^-four hours. Between Horse 

 Chops and Skerwink head there is often a straight edge of ice, and, 

 if easterly winds prevail, the ice in the bight outside of Trinity har- 

 bor is held in for some time, but northwesterly or westerly winds 

 clear it out. 



The town of Trinity is on the lower part of the peninsula sep- 

 arating Northwest and Southwest arms, facing eastward ; it has about 

 2,000 inhabitants, and there are several wharves along the shore. 



Supplies can be procured here. 



Coniiiiunication. — The steamer from Clarenville calls at Trinity 

 harbor weekly during the summer and autumn. 



Bona venture head, the northern entrance point to Smith sound, 

 is a bold bluff 537 feet high ; its southern side is bordered by several 

 cliffy rocks. Ragged islands, on the southern side of the main en- 

 trance to Smith sound, are 115 feet high, and of a barren appearance; 

 their eastern end bears 225°, distant 2^ miles from the southern side of 

 Bonaventure head. 



Ilag"ged rock lies with the eastern end of Ragged islands bearing 

 17°, distant | mile, and dries 2 feet at low water. New Bonaventure 

 church in line with the eastern end of Ragged islands, bearing 352°, 

 leads eastward; and Wolf head in line with the western end of the 

 islands, bearing 330°, leads westward of the rock. 



Smith sound is 26 miles long from Bonaventure head to the bar at 

 its head, which separates it from Northwest arm of Random sound, 

 and it is from ^ to 1| miles wide. In the lower reaches the depth of 

 water is 50 to 80 fathoms, and the shores are so steep that no anchorage 

 in it can be recommended except the small harbors near the entrance. 



Ice. — Smith sound freezes in severe winters about February 10, 

 and the ice breaks up from April 10 to 20. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Smith sound at 

 7h. 8m. ; springs rise 3^ feet, neaps 2| feet. 



Maiden point lies westward about 1 mile from the southern part 

 of Bonaventure head ; Maiden islet, about 200 yards eastward of the 

 point, is small, flat-topped and inaccessible, with detached rocks ex- 

 tending southward 100 yards from it. 



Old Bonaventure harbor extends north-northwestward about 

 1 mile from between Bonaventure head and Maiden islet to an 

 anchorage for small vessels within two islets, the western of which is 

 20 feet high, and the eastern 10 feet, with a channel 100 yards wide on 

 either side of them : the western channel has a depth of 4 fathoms, the 



