NACHVAK BAY. 751 



A jagged group of mountains, 3.000 to 4,000 feet high, is situated 

 southwestward of Eamah and Shug vi luk. 



Communication. — The Labrador steamer makes two trips to 

 Eamah in summer. 



Naksarektok (Gulch cape), situated north-northeastward, dis- 

 tant 37 miles from Uivuk, rises steeply on all sides to a dome-shaped 

 summit about 1,000 feet high, and a low neck connects it to the ad- 

 joining high land, over which the komatiks (dog sledges) pass in 

 winter. 



Current. — A southeasterly current, with a rate of 2 miles an hour, 

 has been experienced close off this cape. 



The coast trends west-northwestward from Naksarektok to Kama- 

 suk (Hut point), the southern entrance point of Nachvak bay. 



Nachvak bay has an average width of 1 mile as far as the Hudson 

 Bay Company's post, situated about 15 miles from the entrance, but 

 the bay is reported to extend about 10 miles farther up. The land 

 on either side is high, and the cliffs in some places rise almost per- 

 pendicularly to the height of about 1,000 feet. 



Passag'e reef, a rock with little water over it, and on which the sea 

 sometimes breaks, bears 89°, distant 2 miles from Kamasuk, and 

 I mile offshore, abreast a conspicuous round beach and gap in the 

 coast cliffs. The passage into Nachvak bay is southwestward of this 

 reef and between it and the shore, which should be kept aboard. 

 There is no leading mark through the passage. 



The eastern end of Kazorback point in line with the eastern end of 

 Nanutok, bearing 350°, leads over the reef. 



Southeast rock, a shoal with less than 3 fathoms of water over it. 

 bears 67°, distant -4^ miles, and Big reef, a rock which dries at low 

 water, with breakers extending southeastward ^ mile from it, bears 

 44°, distant 2^ miles, respectively, from Kamasuk. 



The Hudson Bay Company's post, in latitude 59° 4' north, and 

 longitude 63° 51^' west of Greenwich, is visited once a year by the 

 steamer Labrador, which lands a year's supplies (including firewood, 

 as there is none in this vicinity), and takes away the furs, seal oil, 

 and trout obtained during the past year. 



Eskimo occasionally come here from Ungava bay in winter with 

 their komatiks (dog sledges), performing the journey sometimes in 

 less than two days. 



Trout are numerous in the bay, and they attain a weight of 17i^ 

 pounds, and a length of 34 inches. 



Anchorage. — There is excellent anchorage, in 7 to 8 fathoms of 

 water, in Tin ya vik (Shoal Water bight), the second cove on the 

 southern side, westward of Kamasuk; also off Ak la vik (Black Bear 

 cove) in the same depth. 



