PITTS HAKBOR MILNER 's TICKLE. 637 



Beacon. — Immediately eastward of Barrier point there is a bay, 

 and on Grenville point, its southeastern entrance point, there is a 

 cask beacon and a largfe whitewashed mark, either of which serves as 

 a leading mark for clearing the rocks westward of Castle island. 



Pitts harbor is far the best in Chateau bay. being roomy and well 

 sheltered; it is about 1 mile long north-northwestward and south- 

 southeastward, and from ^ to f mile wide, and in its central part 

 there is a depth of 14 to 17 fathoms, mud bottom. A good anchoring 

 berth is in 14 fathoms, with the northern end of Pitts point bearing 

 18-2°, distant 900 yards. 



Water may be taken from a stream at the head of this harbor, and 

 wood is plentiful. 



Temple bay, northwestward from Whale island, extends north- 

 westward for 3^ miles from Temple pass, with a width of about f 

 mile; in the middle the depth is 20 to 45 fathoms, and as the shores 

 are steep-to there is no good anchorage. At the head of the bay 

 there is a flat of sand and bowlders fronting the entrance to a river. 

 At times large numbers of salmon are found in this river. Close 

 southwestward of Temple pass, in the southeastern corner of the bay, 

 is the fishing village of Chateau, oif which small vessels anchor. 



Considerable quantities of mica are found on the southwestern side 

 of Temple bay. but the leaves are too small for commercial purposes. 

 On the eastern side is a small outcrop of graphite. 



Temple pass, the southern entrance to Temple bay, is 180 yards 

 wide; the bottom is rocky, with large bowlders, and there is a least 

 depth in the fairway of 3 fathoms. The ebb tidal stream runs 

 through this pass at a considerable rate. 



Milner's tickle, the northei-n entrance to Temple bay, is about 350 

 yards wide, but the shores on either side are foul for some distance 

 off, and without a buoy the clear passage is not easily distinguished. 

 The least depth in the fairway is 4 fathoms. 



Directions. — From the southward, give York point a berth of 

 rather more than ^ mile and bring the cask beacon on Grenville 

 point just open of Black point, the black, rocky western point of 

 Henley island. Should the beacon be down, Grenville point is dis- 

 tinguished by the whitewashed mark on it, and by the black rock of 

 the point showing out against the lighter background of the land be- 

 hind. This mark leads 235 yards westward of Twelve-feet rock and 

 nearly the same distance eastward of Flat Island rock, which latter 

 is cleared when the northern end of Castle Island cap is well in on the 

 southern point of Stage island. 



For Antelope harbor, if not of very heavy draft, being on the 

 leading mark and clear of Flat Island rock, steer to pass 100 yards 

 off Black rock; this leaves Freezers rock less than 100 yards to the 



