704 EAST COAST OF LABEADOR. 



Cross island, 12!> feet high, lies 300 yards oli' the southwestern 

 point of Gready island, with 10 to 12 fathoms of water in mid- 

 channel between ; an islet, 13 feet high, lies about 150 yards from the 

 eastern point of Cross island. 



Little Gready island is separated from the western side of 

 Gready island by a channel 200 yards wide, through which a depth of 

 3 fathoms can be carried by keeping close along the coast of Gready 

 island, and thus avoiding a rock that covers at high water near the 

 northeastern entrance. On this island there is a large fishing estab- 

 lishment. 



A rock, with 4 fathoms of water over it, bears 38°, distant 400 

 yards, from the southwestern end of Little Gready island. 



Stunk island, westward 800 yards from Little Gready island, is 

 round-topped. 277 feet high, and steep on all sides. 



Mad Moll rock, bearing 165°, distant 400 yards from the southern 

 point of Stunk island, to which it is nearly joined by shoal water, 

 covers 5 feet. 



Anchorage can be obtained off Watering cove in 10 to 14 fathoms 

 of water, with the northeastern end of Stunk island shut in with the 

 southwestern end of Little Gready island bearing about 339°. 



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

 via Battle harbor, calls at Stunk island fortnightly during summer. 



Coal. — About 20 tons of coal may be obtained here. 



Current. — Between Gready and White Bear islands, and at the 

 entrance to Hamilton inlet, a strong outset has been experienced in 

 spring. 



Ice. — Field ice remains in the proximity of Gready anchorage until 

 about the middle of July, soon after which the fishing fleet is enabled 

 to sail northward. 



Gannet islands lie northwestward, 7^ miles from the northeastern 

 point of Gready island. The western island, 22C feet high, is steep 

 on the northeastern side and slopes gently to the southwestward, and 

 there is a little foul ground off it. The eastern group consists of two 

 islands and several rocky islets, the southern and largest of which is 

 184 feet high ; vessels must not pass between the islets of this group. 



A rock, with 3 feet of water over it, bears 308°, distant about 600 

 yards from the western point of the southern island, and a shoal, 

 with 12 feet of water over it, bears 52°, distant 250 yards from the 

 southeastern end of the same island. 



West Gannet rock, bearing 221°, distant 1^ miles from the soiith- 

 eastern end of the western Gannet island, is 12 feet high, and a rock, 

 that breaks in moderate weather, bears 288°, distant 400 yards 

 from it. 



