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XT -. 1 C Grindstone I. The origin is lost both to the French and 



P li 1 "^ English, but the name naturally suggests a wreck and 



1^ rescue. 



T^, J TVT J \ Grindstone I. Pronounced by the English, Taiitanour. 



Etang du Nord -^ „, , • , , , r t^ tt , 



I Ihe pond is the north pond of Basque Harbor. 



{Sailor's term. Not older than the Coffin patent. Either this or 

 Grindstone I. was called Saunders I., by Bayfield or the 

 Coffins. 



House harbor | The harbor between Grindstone and Alright. An 



Harbor Maison ?■ ancient term referring to early settlement, probably 



Havre aux Maisons J the first on the islands. 



Shag I. This is a bird roost and a shag is a cormorant 

 Grand Entry 



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^ This passage between Alright and Coffin island seems to have 

 been in use from the days of the Basques and Bretons. It 



was, I believe, the harbor called by Leigh, 1591, Halo- 

 bolina, and was mentioned by Carticr. 



Pointe Basse \ ^^^^ steamer landing at Alright — not on chart. (Pointe 

 I Basque?) 



Coffin I. Named for the proprietor, Sir Isaac Coffin. 



Old Harry head. Coffin I. Probably of like date. 



The Great Island of the Magdalens or the Great J\lagdalen of a 



Grosse Isle^ few English writers. One of the smallest of the group but 



connected by vast sands with all the other land at the north. 



North cape \ '^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^P ^^^ Dauphin of Cartier, a name still in use 

 I among the French. 



Bird rocks 



Isle aux Margots 



The last two are Cartier's names, 1534. The Rocks arc 

 separated into North or Great Bird (140 acres) and 



Jseparaiea mio iNorin or vjreat jj 

 the Little Birds, two in number. 



Deadman's I. 



Corps Mort . 



Alezav f Seven miles west of Amherst. Alezay is Cartier's name, 



Alezai 



TOPOGR.\riIY AND GEOLOGY 



Surface modeling. Though the islands are not commanding 

 in bold contrasts of contour, their scenery is inviting and un- 

 usual. Rock platforms of dark purple-red bound the lower levels 

 of the coast, broken by higher cliffs of volcanics or of gray sand- 

 stone where the sea has cut into the rounded hills. The division 

 in the topography is, in respect to cause, threefold : the sands, 



