596 GAPE BON AVISTA TO CAPE EACE. 



The coast of the peninsula from Green j^oint trends southward 700 

 yards, and then turns southwestward for 1 mile to Blow-me-down 

 head, which projects 200 yards beyond the line of coast, and is the 

 northern entrance point of bay de Grave. 



Bay de Grave extends southwestward ifV miles from its entrance 

 between Blow-me-down head and Burnt point, which bears south- 

 ward Ij^o miles from it, with an average breadth of f mile. Ship 

 cove lies westward 800 yards from the head, which affords it a little 

 shelter; off the cove, small vessels anchor during summer in 10 

 fathoms of water, with Port de Grave church, which is midway be- 

 tween Ship cove and port de Grave, bearing 296°. 



Port de Grave, westward f mile from Blow-me-down head, has a 

 depth of 6 to 9 feet. Off the village is a summer anchorage for small 

 vessels, in 10 fathoms of water, at 135 yards from the shore, with 

 the church bearing between 330° and 353°. 



From the village of Bareneed, west-southwestward 1^ miles from 

 port de Grave, round the head of the bay to Cupids cove, on the 

 southern shore, there are no offlying shoals, nor is there sheltered 

 anchorage. North gut and South gut, two streams, flow into the 

 head of the bay, one at the northwestern, the other at the southeastern 

 corner of the beach ; both can be entered by boats at high water, and 

 are navigable for a considerable distance. 



Cupids cove, on the southeastern side of Spectacle head, a remark- 

 able bluff, 330 feet high, extends southwestward about f mile and is 

 about 400 yards wide ; a shoal bar crosses the harbor from the eastern 

 side of a shingle spit on the southeastern shore. There is anchorage 

 here for small vessels, in 3 to 8 fathoms of water, mud and sand bot- 

 tom ; though open to seaAvard, but little sea sets in. 



Burnt point, the southern entrance point of bay de Grave, is 181 

 feet high, with small coves to the westward and southward of it; 

 Sopers rock, northward, distant 200 yards from the northern part of 

 the point, has 2 feet water over it. On the southern side of the point, 

 distant about 200 yards, are some rocks with 6 feet water over them, 

 and some uncovered, and the point should not be approached 

 within the distance of ^ mile. 



North head, the northern entrance point to Brigus bay, is If^ 

 miles southward from Burnt point. 



Light. — A circular tower, 24 feet high, painted with three red and 

 three white vertical stripes, on North head, exhibits at 113 feet above 

 high water, a fixed red light, which should be seen from a distance 

 of 12 miles in clear weather. 



The keeper's dwelling, which is attached to the lighthouse, is also 

 jiainted red and white in vertical stripes. 



Brig-US bay stretches westward 1 mile, with an average breadth of 

 800 yards. The sealing vessels, belonging to Brigus, moor head and 



