PIGEON ISLAND SQUARE ISLAND. 669 



There is anchorage in 8^ to 12 fathoms of water, coral and rock 

 bottom, on a bank that extends 500 yards off the eastern cove on the 

 eastern coast of this island. 



Pigeon island, northward ^ mile from the middle of Long island, 

 is 22 feet high. 



A bank, having two shoal patches with 12 and 16 feet of water over 

 them, lies westward 600 yards from Pigeon island; there are depths 

 of 10 fathoms close-to on all sides. False cape, open northeastward 

 of Pigeon island, bearing 122°, leads northeastward of these shoals. 



Pigeon Island rock, bearing 122°, distant 400 yards from Pigeon 

 island, has 7 feet of water over it, and is steep-to. 



Burnt island, joined at low water to the southwestern point of 

 Square island, and separated from Pigeon island by a clear channel 

 750 yards broad, is 173 feet high. Between it and Square island is a 

 bay with a small islet in it, off which shoal water extends southeast- 

 ward 150 yards. 



White Bear arm extends northwestward 15 miles from Burnt- 

 island, and the fishermen state that the arm is so encumbered by rocks 

 and shoals that there is only one narrow channel navigable to the 

 head. It must not be entered without an experienced pilot, who 

 may be obtained during summer from Square Island harbor, Pinsent 

 arm, or Scrammy bay. 



Square island, which divides St. Michael bay into two parts, is 

 bare and rises to a double hill 497 feet high. The coasts are bold and 

 intersected by numerous ravines; the northeastern point ends in 

 Sugarloaf hill, a truncated cone 221 feet high, about 200 yards north- 

 ward of which is Gull island 49 feet high. An islet 7 feet high is 

 nearly joined to the northeastern side of Gull island, and from it a 

 reef extends northeastward 100 yards. Snapper cove is a deep in- 

 dentation southward of Sugarloaf, having in it Upper rock, on which 

 the depth is 4| fathoms, and Northward rock, with 5 fathoms of 

 water over it, small, steep-to, and close to the shore. 



Square Island harbor, a cove 400 yards in extent at the south- 

 eastern end of Square island, is sheltered by East and West islands 

 and approached by three channels. The southwestern channel is 

 marked by Motion island, 30 feet high, round and faced by cliffs, and 

 nearly joined to Square island by a low rock. The middle channel is 

 between East and West islands and the eastern channel between East 

 and Square islands. Both these channels are clear. 



Harbor point, southward of the harbor, has a rock close off it, and 

 a rock that covers lies in the cove on the northern side. Harbor rock, 

 11 feet high, is situated off the northeastern point. 



There is not room in the harbor for vessels to swing, and though 

 one or two might anchor in 12 fathoms of water and moor to the 



