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tt . | C Grindstone I. The origin is lost both to the French and 



,-, , . , J English, but the name naturally suggests a wreck and 



Cap au hopital ] 



^ rescue. 



„, , ,, , ( Grindstone I. Pronounced by the English, Tantanour. 



Etang du Nord 1 . ^ * ' 



/ lhe 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 



r 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 Cartier. 



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

 ( 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 Magdalen of a 

 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 \ This * s ^ e ^ap au Dauphin of Cartier, a name still in use 

 / among the French. 



Bird rocks 

 Isle aux Margots 

 Isle aux Margaulx 

 Isle aux Oiseaux 



The last two are Carder's names, 1534. The Rocks are 

 separated into North or Great Bird (140 acres) and 

 the Little Birds, two in number. 



Deadman's I. 

 Corps Mort 

 Alezay 

 Alezai 



Seven miles west of Amherst. Alezay is Carder's name. 



TOPOGRAPHY 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, 



