632 SOUTHEAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 



Antill cove, situated in the mainland southwestward of Fox 

 island, is 600 yards in extent, and clear of shoals at a short distance 

 from the shore. 



It is a whaling station, and there is anchorage near the head of the 

 cove, in 11 to 14 fathoms of water, sheltered except from northerly- 

 winds. 



St. Charles channel, between the mainland on the southern side 

 and Great and Little Caribou, Hare, and Assizes islands on the north- 

 ern side, is from i to f mile wide, and it extends from its entrance 

 westward 3:J miles to White Bear point. White Bear bay extends 

 westward 1^ miles, but it is full of rocks, and is open eastward. 

 White Bear point, a narrow promontory jutting out about 1,200 

 yards, forms the northern side of the bay. On the northern side of 

 the promontory, and connected with it by rocks and shoal water, lies 

 Dumpling island, a small islet, from which rocks and shoal water 

 extend eastward 250 yards. The channel between Dumpling and 

 Hare islands, known as the Narrows, is I mile wide, and has 14 to 18 

 fathoms of water in it. 



From close southwestward of the southern end of Hare island a 

 course of 295° for about 800 yards leads through the Narrows into 

 the channel between Assizes island and the mainland, which is 1,200 

 yards wide, and over 20 fathoms in depth. See also pages 627, 628. 

 From this channel a vessel may either proceed up the Lodge, or 

 through Nimrod tickle into St. Lewis sound. There is anchorage 

 throughout all this extensive and landlocked space, but usually in 

 depths exceeding 20 fathoms. 



Nig-er sound, on the southern side of St. Cliarles promontory, 

 extends nearly 6 miles westward, and the water in it is generally 

 deep. The entrance, between the southern point of St. Charles prom- 

 ontory and Camp islands, is I^q miles wide. Big Duck island, at 2^ 

 miles within, is 340 feet high. Little Duck island, much smaller 

 and 50 feet high, lies 600 yards southeastward of Big Duck island. 



Duck Island bank, with 5^ fathoms of water on it, lies 200 yards 

 northeastward of Little Duck island. Shoal water extends from both 

 the eastern and western end of that island, and a shoal, with a least 

 depth of 4 fathoms, connects its western end with Big Duck island. 



Two shoals, with 4:^ and 4^ fathoms of water over them, respec- 

 tiveh% lie in the channel northwestward of Big Duck island, leaving 

 a narrow passage on each side in the southwestern entrance to Islet 

 bay, which is northward of Big Duck island. 



Morgan shoal extends nearly 200 yards off the northern part of the 

 eastern point of the mainland on the southern side of Niger sound. 



There is good anchorage in Horn hay, at the head of the sound, and 

 also in Islet bav. Wood and water are abundant. 



