680 EAST COAST OF LABRADOR. 



Boulter Rock anchorage.— Boulter rock, small, flat, and bare, 

 with a red house at the top, lies just eastward of the northern part 

 of, and is joined at low water to, Old Jeff island. The anchorage 

 northwestward of this rock and between Stag and Big islands affords 

 shelter from all winds, during summer, in 4 to 9 fathoms of water, 

 but during the heavy gales of autumn it is not safe with winds be- 

 tween northwesterly and northeasterly directions. 



A rock lies close to the shore under the cliff northeastward of the 

 anchorage. 



Big island, close northwestward of Old Jeff island, rises in three 

 ranges divided by deep valleys, the summit, 254 feet high, being 

 at the southwestern end of the middle range. 



Northeast rock, with 12 feet of water over it, lies 135 yards north- 

 eastward of the eastern point of Big island and 150 yards from the 

 northwestern coast of Flat island. The white house on Old Jeff 

 island, well open southeastward of Big island, bearing about 227°, 

 leads southeastward; and Red island, open northward of Flat island, 

 bearing 104°, leads northward of this rock. 



Locks rock, with 3 fathoms of water over it, lies 135 yards off the 

 northern point of Big island. 



A rock, with 1 foot of water over it, bears 182°, distant 550 yards, 

 from the western point of Big island, leaving a clear passage. 250 

 yards wide, between it and the island. 



Caplin bay, entered between Stag and Harper islands, is con- 

 nected with Hawke bay by Deer pass (locally Squasho run, a channel 

 between Hawke island and the mainland. 



Off the northwestern point of Hawke island or the northeastern 

 entrance point of Deer pass there is a small island, and bearing 300°, 

 distant 200 yards from the northwestern end of this island, is a rocky 

 shoal 15 yards across, with 2 feet of water over it and steep-to. 



Deer pass. — There is fair anchorage in a small cove on the western 

 shore of this pass, just within the entrance from Caplin bay, in 15 

 fathoms of water, mud bottom. 



Hill harbor, a bight in the mainland northwestward of Big 

 island, is 800 yards deep, 250 yards broad, and clear except near the 

 head; it affords good anchorage in 4 to 10 fathoms of water, mud 

 bottom. 



The Hump, a shoal with 4f fathoms of water over it, bears 47°, 

 distant 800 yards from the northern point of Big island, and is dis- 

 tant 550 yards from the mainland. 



The Feather bed, a rocky patch with two heads and 7 feet least 

 water over it, bears 47°, distant 1,400 yards from the northern point 

 of Big island and 700 yards off shore. 



Bear island, open eastward of Red island, bearing about 168°, 

 leads eastward of the Hump and Feather Bed. 



