HUNTINGDON ISLAND CAETWEIGHT HARBOR. 709 



Huntingdon island, westward If miles from Pompey island and 

 in the middle of the entrance to Sandwich bay, is 6^ miles long, east- 

 ward and westward, and about If miles wide; Huntingdon flats, a 

 chain of islands and shoals, among which there is no passage, extend 

 southwestward between Huntingdon and Diver islands. 



A rock, awash at low water, lies about 300 yards off the north- 

 eastern end of Huntingdon island, and northwestward 1,600 yards 

 from this rock is an islet, with shoal water a short distance off it. 



Dog" islands, northwestward about a mile from the above-men- 

 tioned islet, are two islands separated by a narrow shallow passage; 

 the northeastern island is 176 feet high. 



Egg island, a small rock, lies off the mouth of Egg harbor, an 

 anchorage for small vessels on the southern side of Huntingdon 

 island. 



Diver island, southwestward 2f miles from Huntingdon island, is 

 separated from the northwestern shore of Sandwich bay by Sand- 

 wich or Main tickle, f mile wide from shore to shore, but narrowed 

 to 400 yards by shoals. It is reported that this tickle is practically 

 closed, even to small craft. 



Earl island lies southward about ^ mile from Diver island, and 

 Diver tickle, which runs between them, is shallow. 



Cartwright harbor lies at the bottom end of the channel, be- 

 tween Earl island and the mainland to the eastward, and southward 

 of a small peninsula named Curlew point. Merlin point, the south- 

 western end of the peninsula, is foul for ^ mile. The harbor is sur- 

 rounded by hills, the sides of which are covered with small spruce 

 trees, and it is well sheltered. There is an establishment of the Hud- 

 son Bay Company at Cartwright, on the southern side of the penin- 

 sula ; the settlement has large buildings and a wharf. 



The anchorage is in 7 fathoms of water, mud bottom, with the 

 wharf bearing 42°. 



Tidal streams. — The tidal streams in the channel between Earl 

 island and the mainland, at the entrance to Cartwright harbor, are 

 strong, and attention is necessary at the helm. 



Communication. — The steamer to and from St. Johns, via Battle 

 harbor, calls at Cartwright harbor fortnightly in summer. 



Favorites tickle is the narrow passage between Earl island and 

 the mainland at 2f miles within Merlin point. There is an islet in 

 the tickle, with some rocks above water northeastward of it. The 

 passages eastward of this islet are reported to be unsafe by the local 

 fishermen, but a depth of 4 fathoms of water can be carried through 

 the passage on the southwestern side of the islet by keeping in mid- 

 channel at the northern end and two-thirds of the width of the 

 channel away from Earl island at the southern end. H. B. M. S. 

 " Scjdla " i^assed both into and out from Sandwich bay by this 

 passage. 



