EAST ISLAND HAGAN ARM. 665 



Red Island shoal, southeastward 400 yards from Red island, has 

 5^ fathoms least water over it, and breaks in heavy gales. 



East island. — Black point, the southeastern point of this island, 

 bears northward, distant y% mile from the northern point of Hare 

 island. East island is a mile long eastward and westward, 700 yards 

 wide, 329 feet high, and separated from the mainland by a channel, 

 the deep water in which is narrowed to less than 100 yards by a rock 

 3 feet high, with a sunken rock southwestward of it and nearly in 

 mid-channel. 



Middle island lies southwestward of East island, from which it is 

 separated by Boyeans tickle, 65 yards wide, and nearly blocked by 

 shoal water at each end. There is a passage through this tickle by 

 keeping Middle island close aboard, but it is rarely attempted even 

 with local knowledge. 



West island, west-southwestward of Middle island, has foul 

 ground off all the points, and should not be approached nearer than 

 200 yards. West tickle, separating this island from the mainland, is 

 shallow. 



Fishing" Ship harbor is within these three Fishing Ship islands ; 

 the entrance, between West and Middle islands, is about 300 yards 

 wide. 



Northwest arm. is a good anchorage 1,400 yards long and 600 yards 

 broad, with depths of 7 to 14 fathoms of water between West island 

 and the mainland ; it is clear of shoals excepting a rock, with 6 feet 

 of water over it, lying off the entrance to West tickle at nearly 200 

 yards from the shore; and a rock that covers 1 foot at high water, 

 with shoal ground off it, at 200 yards from the western shore near the 

 head. The northwestern point of West island should not be brought 

 to bear less than 99° to clear the first of these rocks. 



Hag-an arm, a continuation westward of Northwest arm, is ap- 

 proached through a channel 100 yards wide, with 10 feet of water in 

 it in mid-channel, and after passing the narrows the water deepens; 

 local knowledge is required to enter it. 



Directions. — To enter the anchorage within East and Middle 

 islands from the southward, pass between Middle and West islands, 

 and then between the Flat islets northwestward of Middle island, 

 which are 8 feet high, and the round rock, 4 feet high, off the main- 

 land; round the Flat islets at the distance of 200 yards, and anchor in 

 7 to 12 fathoms. 



By the northern channel, round the northwestern point of East 

 island at the distance of 200 yards, and then keep the mainland close 

 aboard until past the sunken rock in the channel. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Fishing Ship harbor 

 at 6h. 54m. ; springs rise 5^ feet, neaps 4 feet. 



