672 EAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Dead Islands harbor, 

 at 6h. 51m. ; springs rise 5| feet, neaps 3^ feet. 



Communication. — The Labrador steamer to and from St. Johns, 

 via Battle harbor, calls at Dead Islands harbor fortnightly during 

 summer. 



North island, 1^ miles long, northwestward and southeastward, 

 and 220 feet high, is separated by a narrow channel from the northern 

 side of West island. In the northwestern side of the island there is a 

 cove 500 yards in extent, which is clear of dangers. 



Stowe tickle, between West and North islands, is available for 

 small vessels, with a commanding breeze, but not without a local 

 pilot. A rock, awash at high water, lies in mid-channel at the nar- 

 rows, where the passage is only 100 yards wide from shore to shore, 

 and is connected by shoal water to West island. Shoal water also 

 extends northeastward 150 yards from the rock. 



Anchorage may be obtained off the northwestern entrance to Stowe 

 tickle in 7 to 14 fathoms of water, mud bottom, in a space 750 yards 

 long and 400 yards broad, which is sheltered from all winds. 



Gull island, northward of North island, is 281 feet high, conical, 

 dark, and conspicuous. An islet, with shoal water of 4 fathoms run- 

 ning southward, about 400 yards from it, lies eastward about 400 

 yards from the southern point of the island. A shoal, with 4f 

 fathoms water over it, bears 110°, ^ mile from the eastern point of 

 the island. A rock, with 12 feet water over it, lies 135 yards from 

 the northern point, and a reef nearly 200 yards long, with 1^ feet of 

 water over the shoalest part, lies 100 yards from the southwestern 

 coast of Gull island. When passing through the channel between 

 North and Gull islands, keep about one-third of the breadth from 

 North island. 



Triangle harbor is entered northward of Triangle island, which 

 bears northwestward i mile from the northern end of Gull island, 

 through a passage 45 yards wdde, which opens into two coves | mile 

 deep and 200 yards broad, affording good anchorage for small craft 

 in 6i fathoms of water, mud bottom. The shores, on which are 

 several houses, are bold-to, except at the southern turning point into 

 the eastern cove, close off which is a rock. The entrance is sometimes 

 completely blocked by an iceberg. 



Cape Bluff harbor is entered northeastward of Pigeon island, 

 which lies northward, distant 800 yards from the northern end of Gull 

 island and westward 1 mile from the southern end of cape Bluff ; the 

 harbor extends inland 1^ miles nearly, with a breadth of about 700 

 yards, and then divides into two arms. The southwestern arm is 250 

 yards across and a long shallow inlet runs southeastward from it; 

 it affords good anchorage for small vessels in 9 to 12 fathoms of 

 water, mud bottom. The northern arm is narrow and ^ mile long. 



