598 CAPE bojS'avista to cape eace. 



Cat cove, the northwestern cove, is 1,()00 yards in extent and 600 

 yards Avide: Monse rock, Avith 2 feet of Avater oA'ei- it. lies at its 

 entrance and nearly 200 yards from the northern shore. It affords 

 anchorage for small A^essels in 8 fathoms of Avater, sand bottom, off 

 the chnrcli, but open to northeasterly winds. 



Salmon cove, the southern cove, is 1-i miles in extent and 1,200 

 yards Avide at the entrance; the outer portion of the cove is clear of 

 shoals at 200 yards from the shore. 



Communication. — Salmon Cove railway station is situated south- 

 soutliAvestward, 2^ miles from the head of Salmon coA^e. 



Blue hills, ,Avest-southAvestAvard, distant 2 miles from the head of 

 Salmon cove, form a conspicuous rang-e surrounded by a double top 

 839 feet high. Witch Hazel peak, northward f mile from Blue hills, 

 and the first conspicuous peak in that direction, is 598 feet high. 



Gastries point, the northern end of the peninsula separating Gas- 

 tries bay from harbor Main, should not be approached Avithin 200 

 yards. 



Light. — A white, square, Avooden tower, 21 feet high, Avith sloping 

 sides, situated on Gastries point, locally called Salmon Cove point, 

 exhibits, at an eleA^ation of 104 feet above high water, an intermittent 

 white light every 10 seconds, thus : Light 7 seconds, eclipse 3 seconds, 

 which should be A-isible in clear weather 10 miles from all directions 

 seaward. 



A flat-roofed keeper's dwelling, painted Avhite, stands 40 feet 

 southwestward of the tower. 



Harbor Main extends soutliAvard 2 miles from Gastries point and 

 is clear of shoals, except a rock, with 12 feet of water over it, bear- 

 ing 43°, distant 350 yards from the point just southAvard of the 

 church. There is a considerable settlement on the Avestern shore, 

 and anchorage, in 12 fathoms of water, with the church bearing 330°, 

 having swinging room of 250 Awards, but open to northerly winds. 



Holy Rood bay, situated southeastAvard of harbor 3.:rain. is 4 miles 

 long and f mile broad ; the Avestern shore is foul for 1 mile from the 

 entrance, and should not be approached within 200 yards. A shoal, 

 with 12 feet of water oA-er it, lies off the mouth of Chapel cove, the 

 first indentation on the western shore, within Avhich the bay is clear, 

 and the water is deep up to the entrances of the two coves at the head. 

 The western of these coA^es affords anchorage in 10 fathoms of 

 water, sand bottom, and the eastern cove Avith the church bearing 

 285°, in 13 fathoms; both are open to northerly winds. There is 

 n settlement on the Avestern side of the eastern cove. 



Tides. — It is high Avater, full and change, in Holy Iiood anchorage 

 at 7h. 28m.; springs rise 4^ feet, neaps 3^ feet. 



Communication. — Woodford RailAvay station is situated Avest- 

 southwestAvard al)out ■? mile from the head of the Avestern cove, and 



