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HYDROGRAPHY. 



side is Kalamut Island, which is surrounded by a reef of rocks. 

 The anchorage in the bay is from 8 to 12 fathoms in depth. 



Holmes' Harbor lies in Saratoga Passage, 10 miles south of Penn's 

 Cove, 6 miles deep by one wide, an indentation which nearly divides 

 Whidby's Island. The water in it is deep, but anchorage may be 

 found at its extreme south. It offers but few advantages. 



Port Gardner lies at the south end of Saratoga Passage. It is 6 

 miles square. On the east side of it Fresh-water Creek empties, at 

 the mouth of which is a broad mud-flat. The anchorage is on the 

 southeast side. Gedney's Island lies in the middle of Port Gardner : 

 it is one and a quarter miles in length by one-third of a mile wide, 

 and trends northwest and southeast. There is a shoal off its south- 

 east point. 



Possession Sound joins Saratoga Passage at its southern termination. 

 It has the south end of Whidby's Island on the west, and divides it 

 from the mainland on the east. It leads from Admiralty Inlet into 

 Port Gardner, a distance of four miles ; it is two and a half miles 

 wide. Vessels seeking anchorage at Port Gardner, must pass close 

 to Point Elliott, and anchor under and near to the south shore, as the 

 bank drops off very suddenly. 



Between Possession Sound and Elliott Bay, on the east side of Admi- 

 ralty Inlet, there is no anchorage or harbor for a distance of 16 miles. 

 The shore trends a little to the westward of south. 



Five miles above Pilot's Cove, on the west side, there is another 

 good anchorage, at Apple Cove ; though small, it is very convenient 

 for vessels passing up and down the inlet. 



ELLIOTT BAY. 



Elliott Bay is embraced between West Point and Point Roberts, the 

 south bluff. From West Point the shore trends southeast 5 miles, 

 to the head of the bay, has a sweep of 2 miles to the southwest, and 

 thence northwest the same distance to Point Rand, which is 11 miles 

 from Point Roberts. The anchorage is of comparatively small ex- 

 tent, owing to the great depth of water, as well as to the extensive 

 mud-flats ; these are bare at low water. Three small streams enter at 

 the head of the bay, where good water may be obtained. I do not 

 consider the bay a desirable anchorage ; from the west it is exposed 

 to the prevailing winds, and during their strength there is much sea. 

 Admiralty Inlet at this point is 3 miles wide. 



