666 EAST COAST OP I.ABBADOR. 



Lance cove is an open bight, extending 700 yards to the westward, 

 at 800 yards northward of Fishing Ship harbor; it should not be 

 entered. 



Sloop cove is a small cove lying northward, distant 700 yards from 

 the northwestern point of East island ; to enter it from the southeast- 

 ward, round Black rock, an islet close to the shore, and keep the 

 eastern shore aboard; on the western side of the entrance are three 

 low rocks. The cove is suitable for small craft, which obtain good 

 shelter off the houses at the head. Sloop Cove head lies eastward 

 300 yards from the entrance to the cove. 



Caplin bay, northwestward of Sloop Cove head, extends 800 yards 

 in a westerly direction ; Pigeon island, 82 feet high, lies 100 yards off 

 the northern entrance point. There is a basin with a narrow entrance 

 in the southwestern part of the bay; it is 350 yards long, 200 yards 

 broad, and boats find shelter at its head, and small craft in 9 feet 

 of water. In the entrance to the basin is a rock, which is avoided by 

 keeping the northwestern shore aboard. 



Ship harbor. — Southern point of Ship harbor lies north-north- 

 westward 1y% miles from northern head of East island, and from 

 the northern side of the point Ship harbor extends westward If 

 miles; at 1,300 yards within the point the harbor narrows to less than 

 200 yards in width; it then opens to the width of ^ mile for 1,200 

 yards, when it closes in again toward its head, which is shoal for 

 200 yards. 



Russell cove, the second bight on the northern shore, is shallow and 

 filled by bowlders to the distance of 200 yards from the beach ; a rock, 

 which covers, lies 150 feet off its eastern point. 



Anchorage may be obtained off this cove in 16 fathoms of water, 

 mud bottom, with good holding ground. 



Ship Harbor head bears north-northeastward, distant j\ mile 

 from southern point of Ship harbor, and is a rugged promontory 

 rising to the height of 721 feet, faced by steep bluffs with red patches, 

 and steep-to on all sides. 



The coast from Ship Harbor head trends northwestward 1^ miles 

 to White point, and is intersected by ravines extending 200 yards 

 inshore. Good cove, the third of these ravines northwestward of 

 Ship Harbor head, extends southeastward rather over 100 yards 

 within a low j^oint, and is the only place where landing can be 

 effected in ordinary weather, or with even a light northeasterly 

 swell. 



Kock. — A rock, with 1 fathoms of water over it, bears 10°, distant 

 I mile from Ship Harbor head; cape St. Michael, open westward of 

 Twin islands, bearing 332°, leads southwestward ; and open eastward, 

 bearing 316°, leads northeastward of the rock. 



