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PUB.<br />

SAILING DIRECTIONS<br />

(ENROUTE)<br />

★<br />

★<br />

145<br />

NOVA SCOTIA<br />

AND THE<br />

ST. LAWRENCE<br />

Prepared <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> published by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY<br />

Springfield, Virginia<br />

© COPYRIGHT 2013 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT<br />

NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C.<br />

2013<br />

SIXTEENTH EDITION<br />

For sale by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office<br />

Internet: http://book<strong>st</strong>ore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800<br />

Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001


II<br />

0.0 Pub. 145, Sailing Directions (Enroute) Nova Scotia <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

St. Lawrence, Sixteenth Edition, 2013, is issued for use in conjunction<br />

with Pub. 140, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide)<br />

North Atlantic Ocean <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Adjacent Seas. Companion volumes<br />

are Pubs. 141, 142, 143, 146, 147, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 148.<br />

0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 22 provides electronic chart coverage<br />

for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> area covered by this publication.<br />

0.0 This publication has been corrected to 23 March 2013, including<br />

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 2013.<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Explanatory Remarks<br />

0.0 Sailing Directions are published by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> National Geospatial-<br />

Intelligence Agency (NGA), under <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> authority of Department<br />

of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

pursuant to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, Sections<br />

2791 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2792 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing Directions,<br />

covering <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbors, coa<strong>st</strong>s, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> waters of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> world,<br />

provide information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical<br />

charts <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is not readily available elsewhere.<br />

0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coa<strong>st</strong>al <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

port approach information which supplements <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> scale<br />

chart produced by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.<br />

This publication is divided into geographic areas called<br />

“Sectors.”<br />

0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are expressed in degrees<br />

from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General bearings<br />

are expressed by initial letters of points of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> compass<br />

(e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> adverb endings have<br />

been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended degrees<br />

are used.<br />

0.0 Charts.—Reference to charts made throughout this publication<br />

refer to both <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> paper chart <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Digital Nautical Chart<br />

(DNC).<br />

0.0 Coa<strong>st</strong>al Features.—It is assumed that <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> majority of ships<br />

have radar. Available coa<strong>st</strong>al descriptions <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> views, useful for<br />

radar <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> visual piloting are included in geographic sequence<br />

in each Sector.<br />

0.0 Corrective <strong>Information</strong>.—Users should refer corrections,<br />

additions, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> comments to NGA’s <strong>Maritime</strong> Operations Desk,<br />

as follows:<br />

0.0 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289<br />

0.0 2. Commercial: 571-557-5455<br />

0.0 3. DSN: 547-5455<br />

0.0 4. DNC web site: http://dnc.nga.mil/NGAPortal/<br />

0.0 DNC.portal<br />

0.0 5.<br />

0.0 main<br />

<strong>Maritime</strong> Doweb<br />

site: http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/<br />

0.0 MSI.portal<br />

0.0 6.<br />

0.0 7.<br />

0.0 National<br />

E-mail: navsafety@nga.mil<br />

Mailing address: <strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Office<br />

Geospatial-Intelligence<br />

0.0 Agency<br />

0.0 7500<br />

0.0 Springfield<br />

0.0 New<br />

Mail Stop N64-SH<br />

Geoint Drive<br />

VA 22150-7500<br />

editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Preface<br />

date of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> publication shown above. Important information to<br />

amend material in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> publication is available as a Publication<br />

Data Update (PDU) from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NGA <strong>Maritime</strong> Domain web site.<br />

0.0NGA <strong>Maritime</strong> Domain Website<br />

http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal<br />

0.0<br />

0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are expressed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same<br />

manner as bearings. The directives “<strong>st</strong>eer” <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> “make good” a<br />

course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of origin<br />

along a track having <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> identical meridianal angle as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

designated course. Vessels following <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> directives mu<strong>st</strong> allow<br />

for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigate so that <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> designated course is continuously being<br />

made good.<br />

0.0 Currents.—Current directions are <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> true directions toward<br />

which currents set.<br />

0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but<br />

inner dangers which are well-charted are, for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> part,<br />

omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped toge<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, are<br />

mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coa<strong>st</strong>al<br />

passage or fairway are described.<br />

0.0 Di<strong>st</strong>ances.—Di<strong>st</strong>ances are expressed in nautical miles of 1<br />

minute of latitude. Di<strong>st</strong>ances of less than 1 mile are expressed<br />

in meters, or tenths of miles.<br />

0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally<br />

those used by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> nation having sovereignty. Names in paren<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ses<br />

following ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r name are alternate names that may<br />

appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted<br />

only in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal description of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> place. Diacritical marks,<br />

such as accents, cedillas, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> circumflexes, which are related<br />

to specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> intere<strong>st</strong> of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> political<br />

<strong>st</strong>atus of an area by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> United States Government.<br />

0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> plane of reference<br />

used for that purpose on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> charts <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are expressed in meters.<br />

0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> place names<br />

are li<strong>st</strong>ed alphabetically in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> back of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> book. The approximate<br />

position, along with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sector <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> paragraph numbers<br />

(e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> text.<br />

0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to<br />

web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, including<br />

but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hydrographic<br />

Offices, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> foreign public/private port facilities.<br />

NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> contents of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> web<br />

sites <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> expressly disclaims any liability for errors <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> omissions<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se web sites.<br />

0.0 Light <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Fog Signals.—Lights <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> fog signals are not described,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> light sectors are not usually defined. The Light<br />

Li<strong>st</strong>s should be consulted for complete information.<br />

0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where appropriate<br />

by means of chartlets, sketches, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> photos, which<br />

facilitate positive identification of l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigational<br />

aids. These chartlets <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> sketches are not always to scale, however,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should be used only as a general informational guide


in conjunction with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> be<strong>st</strong> scale chart. Specific port facilities<br />

are omitted from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ard format. They are tabulated in<br />

Pub. 150, World Port Index.<br />

0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not<br />

described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational<br />

Aids <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine<br />

Broadca<strong>st</strong>s, should be consulted.<br />

0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> datum of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

charts <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are expressed in meters.<br />

0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> geographic area covered by this publication. Special<br />

Warnings are printed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> weekly Notice to Mariners upon<br />

promulgation <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners<br />

No. 1. A li<strong>st</strong>ing of Special Warnings currently in force is<br />

printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III,<br />

Broadca<strong>st</strong> Warnings, along with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> notice number of<br />

promulgation. Special Warnings are also available on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<strong>Maritime</strong> Division web site.<br />

0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> true directions<br />

from which winds blow.<br />

Reference Li<strong>st</strong><br />

0.0 The principal sources examined in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> preparation of this<br />

publication were:<br />

0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions.<br />

0.0 Canadian Hydrographic Service Sailing Directions.<br />

0.0 Various port h<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>books.<br />

0.0 Reports from United States naval <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> merchant vessels <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

various shipping companies.<br />

0.0 O<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r U.S. Government publications, reports, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> documents.<br />

0.0 Charts, light li<strong>st</strong>s, tide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> current tables, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r documents<br />

in possession of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Agency.<br />

0.0 Internet Web sites, as follows:<br />

0.0 1. Atlantic Canada <strong>Information</strong>.<br />

0.0 http://www.atlanticcanada.info/nsphotos.htm<br />

City Views—Montreal.<br />

0.0 2.<br />

0.0 http://www.cityvu.com/ENGLISH/MTLSKYS.HTM<br />

0.0 3.<br />

Environment Canada.<br />

0.0 http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/climate/normals/<br />

0.0 eprovndx.htm<br />

0.0 4. FedNav Terminals.<br />

0.0 http://www.cam.org/~fednav/terminals.html<br />

0.0 5.<br />

Government of Canada—Terrain Services Division.<br />

0.0 http://<strong>st</strong>s.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>f.htm<br />

0.0 6.<br />

Government of Prince Edward Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

0.0 http://www.gov.pe.ca/aerial/index.php3<br />

0.0 7.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Lighthouses.<br />

0.0 http://www.geocities.com/Heartl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>/Shores/9025<br />

0.0 8. IDAYC Lighthouse Search.<br />

0.0 http://www.corgy.freeserve.co.uk/links/<br />

0.0 lighthouselinks3.htm<br />

0.0 9. Iron Ore Company of Canada.<br />

0.0 http://www.ironore.ca<br />

0.0 10.<br />

0.0 http://www.ls<br />

0.0 11.<br />

Lighthouse Depot Online.<br />

dige<strong>st</strong>.com./home.cfm<br />

Lorne’s Lighthouses.<br />

0.0 http://www.lorneslights.com<br />

0.0 12.<br />

New Brunswick Home Page.<br />

0.0 http://www.gov.nb.ca/scripts/cnb/ImageB<br />

0.0 13.<br />

New Brunswick Lighthouses.<br />

0.0 http://66.96.244.85/~nblight/frames.html<br />

0.0 14.<br />

Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.<br />

0.0 http://ednet.ns.ca/educ/heritage/nslps<br />

0.0 15.<br />

Old Port of Montreal Home Page.<br />

0.0 http://www.oldportofmontreal.com/welcome4.html<br />

0.0 16.<br />

Port of Belledune.<br />

0.0 http://www.portofbelledune.ca<br />

0.0 17.<br />

Port of Halifax.<br />

0.0 http://www.portofhalifax.ca<br />

0.0 18.<br />

Port of Montreal.<br />

0.0 http://www.port-montreal.com<br />

0.0 19.<br />

Port of Quebec.<br />

0.0 http://www.portquebec.ca<br />

0.0 20.<br />

Port of Saint John, New Brunswick.<br />

0.0 http://www.sjport.com<br />

0.0 21.<br />

Port of Sept-Iles.<br />

0.0 http://www.portsi.com<br />

0.0 22.<br />

Port of Valleyfield.<br />

0.0 http://www.marmus.ca/valley/index.html<br />

0.0 23.<br />

St. Lawrence Seaway Sy<strong>st</strong>em.<br />

0.0 http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com<br />

Transport Canada—Atlantic Region.<br />

0.0 24.<br />

0.0 http://www.tc.gc.ca/atlanticregion/h&pinter/indexe/<br />

0.0 htm<br />

0.0 25.<br />

Virtual Nova Scotia.<br />

0.0 http://explore.gov.ns.ca/guidebook/default.htm<br />

III<br />

Pub. 145


Pub. 145 V<br />

0.0SECTOR LIMITS—PUB. 145


Conversion Tables<br />

Feet to Meters<br />

Feet 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

0 0.00 0.30 0.61 0.91 1.22 1.52 1.83 2.13 2.44 2.74<br />

10 3.05 3.35 3.66 3.96 4.27 4.57 4.88 5.18 5.49 5.79<br />

20 6.10 6.40 6.71 7.01 7.32 7.62 7.92 8.23 8.53 8.84<br />

30 9.14 9.45 9.75 10.06 10.36 10.67 10.97 11.28 11.58 11.89<br />

40 12.19 12.50 12.80 13.11 13.41 13.72 14.02 14.33 14.63 14.93<br />

50 15.24 15.54 15.85 16.15 16.46 16.76 17.07 17.37 17.68 17.98<br />

60 18.29 18.59 18.90 19.20 19.51 19.81 20.12 20.42 20.73 21.03<br />

70 21.34 21.64 21.95 22.25 22.55 22.86 23.16 23.47 23.77 24.08<br />

80 24.38 24.69 24.99 25.30 25.60 25.91 26.21 26.52 26.82 27.13<br />

90 27.43 27.74 28.04 28.35 28.65 28.96 29.26 29.57 29.87 30.17<br />

Fathoms to Meters<br />

Fathoms 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

0 0.00 1.83 3.66 5.49 7.32 9.14 10.97 12.80 14.63 16.46<br />

10 18.29 20.12 21.95 23.77 25.60 27.43 29.26 31.09 32.92 34.75<br />

20 36.58 38.40 40.23 42.06 43.89 45.72 47.55 49.38 51.21 53.03<br />

30 54.86 56.69 58.52 60.35 62.18 64.01 65.84 67.67 69.49 71.32<br />

40 73.15 74.98 76.81 78.64 80.47 82.30 84.12 85.95 87.78 89.61<br />

50 91.44 93.27 95.10 96.93 98.75 100.58 102.41 104.24 106.07 107.90<br />

60 109.73 111.56 113.39 115.21 117.04 118.87 120.70 122.53 124.36 126.19<br />

70 128.02 129.85 131.67 133.50 135.33 137.16 138.99 140.82 142.65 144.47<br />

80 146.30 148.13 149.96 151.79 153.62 155.45 157.28 159.11 160.93 162.76<br />

90 164.59 166.42 168.25 170.08 171.91 173.74 175.56 177.39 179.22 181.05<br />

Meters to Feet<br />

Meters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

0 0.00 3.28 6.56 9.84 13.12 16.40 19.68 22.97 26.25 29.53<br />

10 32.81 36.09 39.37 42.65 45.93 49.21 52.49 55.77 59.06 62.34<br />

20 65.62 68.90 72.18 75.46 78.74 82.02 85.30 88.58 91.86 95.14<br />

30 98.42 101.71 104.99 108.27 111.55 114.83 118.11 121.39 124.67 127.95<br />

40 131.23 134.51 137.80 141.08 144.36 147.64 150.92 154.20 157.48 160.76<br />

50 164.04 167.32 170.60 173.88 177.16 180.45 183.73 187.01 190.29 193.57<br />

60 196.85 200.13 203.41 206.69 209.97 213.25 216.54 219.82 223.10 226.38<br />

70 229.66 232.94 236.22 239.50 242.78 246.06 249.34 252.62 255.90 259.19<br />

80 262.47 265.75 269.03 272.31 275.59 278.87 282.15 285.43 288.71 291.99<br />

90 295.28 298.56 301.84 305.12 308.40 311.68 314.96 318.24 321.52 324.80<br />

Meters to Fathoms<br />

Meters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

0 0.00 0.55 1.09 1.64 2.19 2.73 3.28 3.83 4.37 4.92<br />

10 5.47 6.01 6.56 7.11 7.66 8.20 8.75 9.30 9.84 10.39<br />

20 10.94 11.48 12.03 12.58 13.12 13.67 14.22 14.76 15.31 15.86<br />

30 16.40 16.95 17.50 18.04 18.59 19.14 19.68 20.23 20.78 21.33<br />

40 21.87 22.42 22.97 23.51 24.06 24.61 25.15 25.70 26.25 26.79<br />

50 27.34 27.89 28.43 28.98 29.53 30.07 30.62 31.17 31.71 32.26<br />

60 32.81 33.36 33.90 34.45 35.00 35.54 36.09 36.64 37.18 37.73<br />

70 38.28 38.82 39.37 39.92 40.46 41.01 41.56 42.10 42.65 43.20<br />

80 43.74 44.29 44.84 45.38 45.93 46.48 47.03 47.57 48.12 48.67<br />

90 49.21 49.76 50.31 50.85 51.40 51.95 52.49 53.04 53.59 54.13<br />

Pub. 145 VI


The following abbreviations may be used in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> text:<br />

Abbreviations<br />

Units<br />

°C degree(s) Centigrade km kilometer(s)<br />

cm centimeter(s) m meter(s)<br />

cu.m. cubic meter(s) mb millibars<br />

dwt deadweight tons MHz megahertz<br />

FEU forty-foot equivalent units mm millimeter(s)<br />

grt gross regi<strong>st</strong>ered tons nrt net regi<strong>st</strong>ered tons<br />

kHz kilohertz TEU twenty-foot equivalent units<br />

Directions<br />

N north S south<br />

NNE northnor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> SSW southsouthwe<strong>st</strong><br />

NE nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> SW southwe<strong>st</strong><br />

ENE ea<strong>st</strong>nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> WSW we<strong>st</strong>southwe<strong>st</strong><br />

E ea<strong>st</strong> W we<strong>st</strong><br />

ESE ea<strong>st</strong>sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> WNW we<strong>st</strong>northwe<strong>st</strong><br />

SE sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> NW northwe<strong>st</strong><br />

SSE southsou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> NNW northnorthwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Vessel types<br />

LASH Lighter Aboard Ship ro-ro Roll-on Roll-off<br />

LNG Liquified Natural Gas ULCC Ultra Large Crude Carrier<br />

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier<br />

OBO Ore/Bulk/Oil<br />

Time<br />

ETA e<strong>st</strong>imated time of arrival GMT Greenwich Mean Time<br />

ETD e<strong>st</strong>imated time of departure UTC Coordinated Universal Time<br />

Water level<br />

MSL mean sea level LWS low water springs<br />

HW high water MHWN mean high water neaps<br />

LW low water MHWS mean high water springs<br />

MHW mean high water MLWN mean low water neaps<br />

MLW mean low water MLWS mean low water springs<br />

HWN high water neaps HAT highe<strong>st</strong> a<strong>st</strong>ronomical tide<br />

HWS high water springs LAT lowe<strong>st</strong> a<strong>st</strong>ronomical tide<br />

LWN low water neaps<br />

Communications<br />

D/F direction finder MF medium frequency<br />

R/T radiotelephone HF high frequency<br />

GMDSS Global <strong>Maritime</strong> Di<strong>st</strong>ress <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>Safety</strong> Sy<strong>st</strong>em VHF very high frequency<br />

LF low frequency UHF ultra high frequency<br />

Navigation<br />

LANBY Large Automatic Navigation Buoy SBM Single Buoy Mooring<br />

NAVSAT Navigation Satellite SPM Single Point Mooring<br />

ODAS Ocean Data Acquisition Sy<strong>st</strong>em TSS Traffic Separation Scheme<br />

CBM Conventional Buoy Mooring Sy<strong>st</strong>em VTC Vessel Traffic Center<br />

MBM Multi-Buoy Mooring Sy<strong>st</strong>em VTS Vessel Traffic Service<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

AIS Automatic Identification Sy<strong>st</strong>em MMSI <strong>Maritime</strong> Mobile Service Identity<br />

Code<br />

COLREGS Collision Regulations No./Nos. Number/Numbers<br />

IALA International Association of Lighthouse<br />

Authorities<br />

VII Pub. 145<br />

PA<br />

PD<br />

Position approximate<br />

Position doubtful


The following abbreviations may be used in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> text:<br />

IHO International Hydrographic Organization Pub. Publication<br />

IMO International <strong>Maritime</strong> Organization SOLAS International Convention for<br />

<strong>Safety</strong> of Life at Sea<br />

loa length overall St./Ste. Saint/Sainte


Contents<br />

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II<br />

Chartlet—Sector Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V<br />

Conversion Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI<br />

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII<br />

Sector 1<br />

The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

Sector 2<br />

Nova Scotia—Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong>—Cape Sable to Pennant Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />

Sector 3<br />

Nova Scotia—Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong>—Pennant Point to Cape Canso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />

Sector 4<br />

The Strait of Canso—Cape Canso to Cape North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

Sector 5<br />

Cabot Strait <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Breton Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />

Sector 6<br />

The Iles de la Madeleine, Prince Edward Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Northumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Strait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161<br />

Sector 7<br />

The Gulf of St. Lawrence (The Gaspe Peninsula) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Antico<strong>st</strong>i Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (South Side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213<br />

Sector 8<br />

The Gulf of St. Lawrence (North Side) from Longue Point to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Riviere St. Jean <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Antico<strong>st</strong>i Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (North Side) . . . . . . . . 241<br />

Sector 9<br />

The St. Lawrence River—Mouth <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lower Reaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257<br />

Sector 10<br />

The St. Lawrence River—The Riviere Saguenay to Cornwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277<br />

Index—Gazetteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321<br />

Symbols 317<br />

Pub. 145 IX


1.<br />

The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.0Additional chart coverage may be found in NGA/DLIS Catalog of Maps, Charts, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Related Products (Unlimited Di<strong>st</strong>ribution).<br />

SECTOR 1 — CHART INFORMATION<br />

1<br />

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2<br />

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1.0Additional DNC library coverage may be found in NGA DNC 18 (Limited Di<strong>st</strong>ribution) disc within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> README\GRAPHICS folder.<br />

1.0SECTOR 1 — DNC LIBRARY INFORMATION


SECTOR 1<br />

THE BAY OF FUNDY AND NOVA SCOTIA—SOUTHWEST COAST<br />

1.0 Plan.—This sector fir<strong>st</strong> describes <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay<br />

of Fundy, from Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin. The<br />

arrangement of this fir<strong>st</strong> part is from SW to NE.<br />

1.0 The SW coa<strong>st</strong> of Nova Scotia, from Cape Sable, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity<br />

of Nova Scotia to Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°15'N., 66°22'W.);<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy to Minas Basin is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n described.<br />

The arrangement of this part is from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE to NW,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE.<br />

1.0 Note.—The Nova Scotia Banks are described beginning in<br />

paragraph 3.59.<br />

General Remarks<br />

1.1 The Bay of Fundy, a NE extension of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gulf of<br />

Maine, separates <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula of Nova Scotia from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Province<br />

of New Brunswick. It has a general width of 30 miles <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

a length of 90 miles from Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> at its entrance to<br />

Cape Chignecto near its head. At Cape Chignecto it divides into<br />

two branches, Chignecto Channel on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Minas Basin<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S.<br />

1.1 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, with its associated islets <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dangers,<br />

divides <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance into two passages. The W passage, Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Manan Channel, is about 5.5 miles wide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> free from dangers.<br />

The E passage is much wider, but is bordered on each side by<br />

off-lying rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals. Navigation in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy requires<br />

con<strong>st</strong>ant attention due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rapid <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> uncertain tidal<br />

currents, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> prevalence of fogs, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> difficulty of obtaining<br />

anchorage due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> depth of water. Vessels bound for ports on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay may wish to use Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel<br />

in preference to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE channel, as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Maine coa<strong>st</strong> is often<br />

quite clear when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> of Nova Scotia <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay<br />

is enveloped in fog.<br />

1.1 Winds—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r.—In consequence of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> frequency with<br />

which depressions pass near to or across Nova Scotia, winds<br />

are very variable. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, winds tend to blow<br />

along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> central axis of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. Except in Minas Bay, S to SW<br />

winds in summer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N to NW winds in winter are more prevalent<br />

than in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> open sea SE of Nova Scotia.<br />

Bay of Fundy Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang-EN&n=C062DE2A-1<br />

1.1 Ice—There is a great amount of pack ice <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> icebergs that<br />

are carried S by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Labrador Current when approaching <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

side of Canada. In Canadian waters <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Canadian Coa<strong>st</strong> Guard<br />

Publication, "Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters", should be<br />

consulted. The internet site is as follows:<br />

Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters<br />

http://www.ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca<br />

1.1 Tides—Currents.—The tides of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, which<br />

are <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> greate<strong>st</strong> known, are very regular <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents<br />

are not easily di<strong>st</strong>urbed by wind. <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal differences are thus<br />

very con<strong>st</strong>ant for each locality from Yarmouth to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. The average spring range of tide in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> upper parts of<br />

Chignecto Bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Minas Channel are about 11.3m, as<br />

compared to about 3m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gulf of Maine. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of<br />

Burntcoat Head, at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Minas Basin, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide rises<br />

14.3m at neaps to 16.6m at spring tides.<br />

1.1 Tidal currents to a di<strong>st</strong>ance of 12 miles from Cape Sable<br />

were found to be somewhat regular during a survey in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> summer<br />

season; however, it was reported that on Browns Bank<br />

(42°29'N., 66°13'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> current occasionally sets to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE<br />

continuously for 15 hours at a velocity of 2 knots. Therefore,<br />

when crossing this area, mariners should exercise extreme caution,<br />

particularly during reduced visibility.<br />

1.1 The currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy are predominantly tidal in<br />

character, with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current running <strong>st</strong>rongly to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

NE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW; any set in a cross direction<br />

occurs only when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> current is weak. Offshore, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

current turns in a clockwise direction at SW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> does not reverse<br />

its direction as quickly as it does nearer <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore.<br />

1.1 Pilotage.—Pilotage for ports in this sector is obtained<br />

through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Atlantic Pilotage Authority. See Pub. 140, Sailing<br />

Directions (Planning Guide) North Atlantic Ocean <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Adjacent<br />

Seas for fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r information.<br />

1.1 Traffic Separation Scheme.—For vessels entering or departing<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a compulsory traffic separation scheme about 20<br />

miles SE of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head in Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Basin.<br />

1.1 Vessel Traffic Management Services.—A VTS center at<br />

Saint John, New Brunswick (call sign Fundy Traffic) admini<strong>st</strong>ers<br />

a sy<strong>st</strong>em for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, including Saint John Harbor.<br />

The sy<strong>st</strong>em features radar, VHF radio, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> VHF D/F<br />

monitoring.<br />

1.1 Participation is m<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>atory, as follows:<br />

1. All vessels of 20m or more in length.<br />

2. Vessels engaged in towing or pushing where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> combined<br />

length of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ship <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> any vessel or object towed or<br />

pushed by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ship is 45m or more in length.<br />

3. Vessels engaged in towing or pushing where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

length of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vessel or object being towed or pushed by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ship is 20m or more in length.<br />

4. Air cushion vehicles of 8m or more in length.<br />

1.1 A traffic clearance is required before entering a zone or departing<br />

a berth or mooring. Clearance is obtained by making<br />

reports 15 minutes before entering <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> zone, arriving at a calling<br />

in point, arriving at a berth, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> departing a berth.<br />

1.1 The VTS Center (call sign Fundy Traffic) can be contacted,<br />

as follows:<br />

1. Sector 1—VHF channel 14.<br />

2. Sector 2—VHF channel 12.<br />

3. Sector 3—VHF channel 71.<br />

3<br />

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4 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.1 Caution.—Large concentrations of fishing vessels may be<br />

encountered throughout <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> year in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay<br />

of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Basin.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

1.2 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, a part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Province of New<br />

Brunswick, is thickly wooded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 122m high near its N<br />

end. Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Head (44°48'N., 66°47'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 7 miles E of We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, Maine.<br />

The W coa<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <strong>st</strong>eep-to, with cliffs rising from<br />

61m near Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head, its S extremity, to nearly 122m near<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Head. The E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S sides have several harbors <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorages,<br />

but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir approach is made difficult by numerous islets,<br />

rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals extending about 8 miles SE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 10.5<br />

miles SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.2 Local<br />

magnetic anomalies exi<strong>st</strong> in two areas S of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 4.8 miles S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 6.5 miles ESE, respectively,<br />

of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head. It has been reported that compass deflections<br />

of up to 45° have been observed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> latter area.<br />

Off-lying Banks, Islets, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Dangers<br />

1.3 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Banks consi<strong>st</strong> of two rocky banks,<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Bank <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Southwe<strong>st</strong> Bank, located about 20 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 30<br />

miles SSW, respectively, of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong><br />

Bank has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 35m, while Southwe<strong>st</strong> Bank has 53m.<br />

1.3 Tides—Currents.—The flood current sets NNE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb<br />

current SSW over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Banks, with a velocity of<br />

about 1.5 knots causing an extensive tide rip.<br />

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1.3 Traffic Reporting Point.—The S entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of<br />

Fundy Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) begins about 20 miles<br />

S of Gannet Rock Light (44°31'N., 66°47'W.); this location is<br />

also <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fir<strong>st</strong> reporting point (1A) for inbound vessels. From its<br />

entrance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> TSS leads about 30 miles NE to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of<br />

position 44°30'N, 66°25'W, where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> TSS changes direction<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NNE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> leads ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r 33 miles to unob<strong>st</strong>ructed <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

open water.<br />

1.3 Caution.—A whale sanctuary, active annually from July to<br />

November, for right whales, which are an endangered species,<br />

exi<strong>st</strong>s in Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Basin within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> following coordinates:.<br />

a. 44°45'N, 66°35'W.<br />

b. 44°45'N, 66°18'W.<br />

c. 44°30'N, 66°18'W.<br />

d. 44°30'N, 63°35'W.<br />

1.3 A large part of this area is in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy Traffic Separation<br />

Scheme <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> consequently may be difficult to avoid.<br />

Mariners are advised to avoid passage through this area. If this<br />

is not possible, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n decrease speed, po<strong>st</strong> lookouts, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> maneuver<br />

around any marine mammal activity. Fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r information<br />

can be found in Pub. 140, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide)<br />

North Atlantic Ocean <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Adjacent Seas.<br />

1.3 Caution.—A whale sanctuary, active annually from April to<br />

July, for right whales, which are an endangered species, also<br />

exi<strong>st</strong>s near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bo<strong>st</strong>on Harbor Traffic Separation Scheme,<br />

about 43 miles SW of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> following coordinates:<br />

a. 42°00.0'N, 68°55.5'W.<br />

b. 42°10.0'N, 68°31.0'W.<br />

c. 42°00.0'N, 68°31.0'W.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Characteri<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Element<br />

Temperature (°C)<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Mean -4.4 -5.0 -1.1 4.4 8.9 13.3 16.7 16.7 13.9 8.9 3.9 -2.2<br />

Mean daily maximum 0.0 -0.6 2.8 7.8 13.3 17.8 21.1 20.6 17.8 12.2 7.2 2.2<br />

Mean daily minimum -9.4 -8.9 -4.4 0.5 5.0 8.9 12.2 12.2 10.0 5.6 0.5 -6.7<br />

Extreme high 12.2 15.0 15.6 23.9 25.6 28.9 31.1 31.1 28.9 25.6 16.1 13.3<br />

Extreme low -23.9 -22.8 -19.4 -10.0 -1.7 2.2 4.4 6.1 1.1 -3.3 -11.7 -26.1<br />

Relative Humidity (per cent)<br />

Mean (1200Z) 89 89 86 81 78 76 79 81 81 81 82 87<br />

Mean (2000Z)<br />

Cloud Cover (tenths)<br />

84 84 79 73 71 71 72 71 74 75 77 83<br />

Mean (1200Z) 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.8 6.9 6.7<br />

Mean (2000Z)<br />

Precipitation (millimeters)<br />

6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.4 7.1 5.8<br />

Mean 123.4 97.2 120.9 85.6 91.7 79.5 71.1 83.6 87.6 106.9 127.3 163.3<br />

Maximum in 24 hours 88.9 58.4 63.5 53.3 63.5 162.6 86.4 88.9 81.3 137.2 111.8 71.1<br />

Mean amount of snow<br />

(cm)<br />

43.7 48.0 32.3 14.0


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 5<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Characteri<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Element Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Mean number of days<br />

with precipitation<br />

Wind Speed (knots)<br />

14 11 14 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 13 12<br />

Mean 9.0 8.9 9.4 8.8 8.8 8.9 7.9 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.4 8.4<br />

Mean number of days<br />

with gales<br />

10 7 8 5 7 3 3 2 4 6 7 7<br />

Wind Direction (percentage of observations)<br />

North 9 8 10 13 10 7 6 7 8 11 14 13<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 9 10 9 9 10 5 2 5 6 8 9 9<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> 7 8 11 13 12 13 11 8 8 6 7 5<br />

Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 7 7 6 6 7 10 8 6 6 7 5 5<br />

South 6 6 9 7 10 10 11 10 9 8 6 4<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> 9 9 11 13 14 15 15 12 15 13 12 9<br />

We<strong>st</strong> 28 29 22 20 20 20 28 27 26 24 24 25<br />

Wind Direction (percentage of observations) (continued)<br />

Northwe<strong>st</strong> 22 21 19 15 10 9 7 13 12 15 20 27<br />

Calm<br />

Visibility<br />

3 2 3 4 7 2 12 12 10 8 3 2<br />

Mean number of days<br />

with fog<br />

2 1 3 4 7 8 9 8 6 4 2 1<br />

1.4 Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°30'N., 67°06'W.), 8.5m<br />

high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eep to on its W side, lies about 10 miles SW of<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head. Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown from a<br />

white octagonal concrete tower with a red top, 18.3m high, on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> summit of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A fog signal of two bla<strong>st</strong>s every<br />

minute is sounded.<br />

Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lt (aerial)<br />

A drying reef, with an islet near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end, extends about<br />

0.4 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> islet. A 4.3m patch over which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a<br />

Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

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6 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

tide rip, a 6.1m shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 9.1m patch, lie about 0.4 mile<br />

ESE, 0.7 mile E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1.3 miles ENE, respectively, of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.4 Note.—Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is a designated Migratory Bird<br />

Sanctuary admini<strong>st</strong>ered by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Government of Canada. L<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ing<br />

to observe <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wildlife is only possible on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a small boat in ideal wind <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> sea conditions. Such<br />

visits are controlled by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sanctuary Warden <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> visitors mu<strong>st</strong><br />

comply with specified regulations.<br />

1.5 Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.7m, about 1<br />

mile SE of Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, breaks in heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shows tide rips extending 1 mile N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal during<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide. The tidal currents in this vicinity reach<br />

a velocity of 3 knots. The flood current sets NNE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb<br />

current sets SSW.<br />

1.5 Patches, with depths of 16.5m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 13.7m, lie about 3.3 miles<br />

SSW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 6 miles W of Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.5 North Rock, 1.2m high, lies about 2 miles NNE of Machias<br />

Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is a tide rip over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank surrounding <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

danger. Rocky patches, with depths of 10.3m, 7.6m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 14.6m<br />

lie 0.2 mile NE, 1.4 miles E, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.5 mile SSW of North Rock.<br />

1.5 North Shoal, with a depth of 2.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sea<br />

breaks in heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, lies about 1.5 miles NNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

A shoal, with depths of less than 18.3m, extends about<br />

3.8 miles W of North Shoal. A depth of 9.1m lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

end of this shoal. Tide rips exi<strong>st</strong> in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal.<br />

1.5 Middle Shoal, about 5 miles NE of Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has<br />

a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 5.2m, breaks in very heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shows<br />

a tide rip.<br />

1.5 Bull Rock (44°30'N., 66°57'W.), which dries 0.3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on<br />

which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sea usually breaks, lies about 6.8 miles E of Machias<br />

Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored 0.3 mile NE of<br />

Bull Rock. Little Shoal, over which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a tide rip <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> with<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 8.5m, lies about midway between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Two rocky patches, with depths of 8.8m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 9.4m,<br />

lie about 1.3 miles SSW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW, respectively, of Bull Rock, in<br />

an area known as Guptill Grounds.<br />

1.5 Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Ledge, about 5.8 miles SE of Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 5.2m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> breaks only in heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, but<br />

is marked by tide rips. Middle Breaker, with a depth of 11m,<br />

lies nearly 1.5 miles NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge. There are tide rips over<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> between it <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.6 Gannet Rock (44°31'N., 66°47'W.), about 7.5 miles<br />

SE of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head, is a bare islet, about 4.6m high. The W<br />

side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> islet is <strong>st</strong>eep-to, but a 2.1m shoal lies 0.25 mile SE,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 3.4m shoal lies 0.3 mile E of it. A boat l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ing can be effected<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> islet in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> be<strong>st</strong> time<br />

being at LW. The islet is connected by telephone, used for life<br />

saving purposes only, with Outer Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Gannet Rock<br />

Light is shown from a white octagonal tower with black vertical<br />

<strong>st</strong>ripes, 23m high, with a dwelling attached.<br />

1.6 Gannet Rock Bank, with depths of 12.8m, extends 1.3 miles<br />

S of Gannet Rock.<br />

Gannet Rock Light<br />

1.6 Murr Ledges (44°31'N., 66°52'W.), mo<strong>st</strong> of which dry, lie<br />

between Gannet Rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bull Rock. Yellow Ledge, about 3.4<br />

miles SW of Gannet Rock, is 3m high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ledges. A rock, with a depth of 1.2m, which breaks in a<br />

moderate swell, lies about 0.2 mile E of this ledge. A beacon<br />

<strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on White Ledge, about 2.3 miles NNW of Yellow<br />

Ledge.<br />

1.6 Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Ledge Shoal, an isolated 8.8m shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Mary<br />

Ledge, which dries 5.2m, lie about 1.8 miles WSW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over<br />

0.75 mile E, respectively, of Yellow Ledge.<br />

1.6 Kent Shoal, with a depth of 3.4m, lies about 2 miles NNE of<br />

Gannet Rock, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> center of an extensive bank, with depths<br />

of less than 18.3m. A rock, with a depth of 10.7m, lies about<br />

0.4 mile SSW of Kent Shoal. Outer Kent Shoal has depths of<br />

7.6m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 4.9m about 0.8 mile <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1.3 miles W, respectively, of<br />

Gannet Rock.<br />

1.6 Caution.—Vessels should keep well S of Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(44°30'N., 67°06'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Murr Ledges, if practicable,<br />

due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> many dangers, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> deep <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> irregular soundings, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> area S of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.6 O<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges, which are be<strong>st</strong> seen on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> chart, lie<br />

N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW of Murr Ledges <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gannet Rock.<br />

1.7 Old Proprietor Shoal (44°33'N., 66°40'W.), a ledge<br />

which dries 1.5m, lies about 5.8 miles NE of Gannet Rock. A<br />

lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 0.8 mile SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same<br />

shoal. Proprietor Shoal, with less than 1.8m, lies nearly 0.5<br />

mile WNW of Old Proprietor Shoal. Crawley Shoal, with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 6.7m, extends about 0.8 mile NNW of Proprietor<br />

Shoal. Rans Shoal, with less than 1.8m, lies nearly 3 miles S of


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 7<br />

Long Point. A 3m patch lies 0.25 mile E of Rans Shoal.<br />

1.7 Clarks Ground, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 9.1m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over which<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are heavy tide rips on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb (SW) current, lies about 2.5<br />

miles NE of Old Proprietor Shoal. Bulkhead Rip is a very<br />

heavy tide rip with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb (SW) current, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is caused by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

uneven rocky bottom between Clarks Ground <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> White Head<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.7 Tides—Currents.—About 3.5 miles S of Old Proprietor<br />

Shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal current at mid-flood sets NE at 2.6 knots; at<br />

mid-ebb it sets SW at 3.9 knots for average tides. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity<br />

of Crawley Shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents have a maximum rate of<br />

from 4 to 6 knots.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—South Shore<br />

1.8 Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head (44°36'N., 66°54'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity<br />

of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A light is shown at an elevation<br />

of 48m from a white square tower, attached to a white<br />

building, situated on Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head.<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head Light<br />

1.8 MacGregors Reef, with a depth of 6.7m, lies nearly 1 mile S<br />

of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head. A 5.8m patch lies about midway between<br />

MacGregors Reef <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.8 Buck Rock (Black Rock), which dries 2.4m, lies about 0.3<br />

mile offshore on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Seal Cove. A<br />

lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.5 mile SE of Buck Rock.<br />

1.8 Seal Cove lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> promontory of Southwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Head. The cove is entered between South Head (Columbia<br />

Head) (44°35'N., 66°53'W.), about 0.9 mile E of Southwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong>ern Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 12.5m high, about 1.5 miles<br />

fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r E; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove is sheltered on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E by Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The<br />

cove affords good shelter except from S gales, which send in a<br />

heavy sea. The W shore is relatively <strong>st</strong>eep-to, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are projecting<br />

ledges off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E shore.<br />

1.8 Two groups of conspicuous boulders, locally known as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Upper <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lower Flock of Sheep, are located at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peak of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

cliff along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S part of South Head (Columbia Head).<br />

1.8 The village of Seal Cove (44°39'N., 66°50'W.), where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re<br />

are two boat harbors, lies at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW corner of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove. The inner<br />

harbor, which dries, has an entrance 28m wide between two<br />

curved breakwaters. A light is shown from a triangular skeleton<br />

tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W breakwater.<br />

1.8 The o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r boat harbor is located to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner harbor.<br />

This is protected by an outer breakwater <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf, 280m<br />

long, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a breakwater with a wharf close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m is 26m wide. A light is shown from a<br />

ma<strong>st</strong> at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater.<br />

1.8 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Seal Cove is 6m at<br />

springs <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 5.2m at neaps.<br />

1.8 Anchorage.—Anchorage can be taken, in 11m, mud, about<br />

0.2 mile SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer breakwater head. Anchorage can be<br />

taken fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r out, in 18.3m, about 0.7 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer heads<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E of Joes Point.<br />

1.8 Caution.—Ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned submarine cables are laid from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Seal Cove to a point on Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

about 0.3 mile W of Joes Point. Ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r cable runs from Wood<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Outer Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Mariners are cautioned not to anchor<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cables.<br />

1.8 The passage between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Red<br />

Head on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocky<br />

ledges through which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a channel with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of<br />

4m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fairway. The channel is marked by buoys.<br />

1.8 Maple Hill (44°40'N., 66°50'W.), 87m high, lies nearly 1<br />

mile NW of Red Head.<br />

1.8 Outer Wood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 0.7 mile E of We<strong>st</strong>ern Green<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Shag Head Breaker, which dries 1.5m, lies about 0.2<br />

mile SSW of Shag Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a buoy. White<br />

Horse Islet, 5.5m high, lies on a rocky ledge extending about<br />

0.5 mile S from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A light is shown<br />

from a ma<strong>st</strong>, with a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white daymark having a black<br />

square in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> center, on White Horse Islet.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor Approach<br />

1.9 The approach to Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor lies between White<br />

Horse Islet <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Long Point (44°37'N., 66°43'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity<br />

of White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 4 miles E. A light is<br />

shown from Long Point. White Head, a peninsula 21.3m high<br />

with conspicuous white cliffs, lies close W of White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.9 Cheney<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ross Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, each 15m high, lie between<br />

White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Drying flats <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ledges join <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above four isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s. Half Tide Rock, marked by<br />

a light, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying flat between Chene Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ross<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.9 The<br />

Three Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, consi<strong>st</strong>ing of Kent Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, Hay Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sheep Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, joined by flats or ledges, lie in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach<br />

to Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor. A reef, with Ea<strong>st</strong>ern Ledge on its outer edge,<br />

extends about 0.4 mile E from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> central part of Kent Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Con<strong>st</strong>able Ledge, which dries 2.7m, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of a<br />

shallow bank extending about 0.5 mile W from Hays Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked on its NW end by a buoy. Sheep Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoal,<br />

with a depth of 7m, lies about 0.5 mile W of Sheep Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.9 Tinker<br />

Shoal, drying 0.6m, lies about 2 miles E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N ex-<br />

tremity of Kent Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a buoy on its N end.<br />

Inner <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Outer Diamond are two rocks, each of which dries<br />

0.6m, lying close SE of Tinker Shoal.<br />

1.9 The<br />

Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, each 6m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> connected by a bank<br />

with a depth of about 4.3m, lie about 1 mile N of Hay Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A<br />

ledge, which dries 1.8m, lies nearly 0.2 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m, lies about 1 mile<br />

WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

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8 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.9 Pumpkin Islet (44°37'N., 66°44'W.), 6.1m high, lies near<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank with depths of less than 5.5m, which<br />

extends about 0.4 mile SW of White Head. Long Ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bar Ledge, N of it, dry up to 3.6m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lie about 0.5 mile<br />

W of White Head, in a N-S direction. A buoy marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end<br />

of Long Ledge; a lighted bell buoy is moored off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of<br />

S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bar Ledge.<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Long Point Light<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head Light<br />

1.10 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor (44°40'N., 66°45'W.), sheltered by<br />

Ross Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has a depth of 3.7m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance until pa<strong>st</strong> Fish<br />

Fluke Point. The harbor itself is dry at LW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> can be used<br />

only by small vessels that can lie aground. There is a government<br />

wharf, 57m long, with a depth of 4.6m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head<br />

at HW.<br />

1.10 Ox Head Ledges, which dry 1.5m, lie on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

entrance to Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor. A buoy is moored about 0.2 mile SE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges. A buoyed channel leads to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.10 A ferry service runs several times a day between Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—Ea<strong>st</strong> Shore<br />

1.11 The Bluff (44°37'N., 66°42'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity of<br />

White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 0.9 mile ENE of Long Point.<br />

Black Rocks, marked by a beacon, lie about 0.8 mile ESE of<br />

The Bluff. Halibut Rock, with 2.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked close SE by a<br />

buoy, lies about 0.5 mile NE of The Bluff.<br />

1.11 Gull Cove (44°38'N., 66°41'W.) is entered between Prangle<br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gull Rock. Gull Rock is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE of a group of ledges.<br />

Foul ground, with drying ledges on it, extend about 0.5 mile<br />

NE of Prangle Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked E by a lighted bell buoy.<br />

Good anchorage for small vessels may be obtained, in 10m,<br />

s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 275m NW of Gull Rock, sheltered from all winds<br />

except those between N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE.<br />

1.11 Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 1.5 miles NE of Ross Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, to<br />

which it is connected by a spit with depths of less than 5.5m. A<br />

light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A drying ledge extends<br />

about 0.5 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Great Duck Ledge,<br />

0.3m high, lies about 1 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r SE. A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy<br />

is moored about 0.5 mile S of Great Duck Ledge. A spit, with a<br />

depth of 5.5m at its outer end, extends 0.5 mile SSE of Great<br />

Duck Ledge.<br />

1.11 Andys Ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Edmunds Rock, which dries 2.7m, lie near<br />

foul ground extending more than 0.5 mile E of Ross Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Edmunds Rock Light is shown from a rock, which dries 2.1m,<br />

located between Edmunds Rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ross Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 9<br />

useful mark is a beacon with a radar reflector on Edmunds<br />

Rock, 1.1 miles SW of Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light.<br />

1.11 Anchorage can be taken, in about 9.1m, between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of<br />

Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Andys Ledge. Mariners are cautioned<br />

not to anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> submarine cable N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should pass W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> 4.9m patch, about 0.5 mile<br />

SSW of Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.11 Low Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 4.6m high, lies about 1 mile NNW of<br />

Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. High Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 18.3m high, lies about<br />

0.4 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NW. The isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s lie on a drying reef.<br />

1.11 Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°43'N., 66°43'W.), 23m high, lies about 0.5<br />

mile N of High Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A rock, which dries 4.6m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

marked by a buoy, lies about 0.3 mile ENE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A 4.9m patch lies about 0.3 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock. Farmer<br />

Ledge, 1.2m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a light, lies on a shallow bar<br />

connecting Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay<br />

1.12 Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay is entered between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N point of<br />

Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Swallow Tail, a narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bold point about<br />

1.5 miles N. The bay affords shelter from all winds except<br />

those between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE. A light is shown from a white<br />

octagonal tower with a white dwelling close by on Swallow<br />

Tail.<br />

1.12 A<br />

shoal, which dries 0.9m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a patch, which dries 0.6m, lie<br />

about 0.2 mile NE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.2 mile NW, respectively, of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N<br />

point of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Both dangers are marked by buoys.<br />

Dutch Ledge, which dries 4.6m, is an extension of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges<br />

which fringe <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay.<br />

1.12 Pettes<br />

Cove lies between Swallow Tail <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Net Point, about<br />

0.5 mile WSW. Net Rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> of which dry 4.9m, extend<br />

about 0.2 mile SE of Net Point. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored slightly over 0.1 mile S of Net Rocks.<br />

1.12 Flagg<br />

Great Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light (aerial)<br />

Cove lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay, W of<br />

Net Point. The village of North Head is situated about 0.4 mile<br />

NW of Net Point. A Y-shaped jetty extends about 165m WSW<br />

into a depth of 6.7m. The S arm of this jetty, known as Ferry<br />

Wharf, has a berth about 70m long on its N side with depths<br />

from 4.9 to 5.5m. A <strong>st</strong>ern-loading ramp is situated at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> root of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf. On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N leg of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> jetty <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a berth<br />

22m long with a depth of 4m.<br />

1.12 There is a T-shaped jetty situated NW of Ferry Wharf,<br />

known as Fisherman’s Wharf. The T-head is 212m long, with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.7m alongside, except for a 0.6m shoal near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

E end. A floating slip is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> we<strong>st</strong> side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach<br />

section to Fisherman’s Wharf. There is a h<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>-operated<br />

derrick on Fisherman’s Wharf.<br />

1.12 A daily vehicle ferry service runs between Blacks Harbor on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> North Head.<br />

1.12 Anchorage.—There is good anchorage, in a depth of about<br />

9m, mud, about 0.5 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. This<br />

anchorage is exposed to winds between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE.<br />

1.12 There is also anchorage about 0.3 mile WSW of Net Point,<br />

in about 20m, <strong>st</strong>iff clay, or closer inshore in Flagg Cove, in<br />

about 10m, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se berths are exposed to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE winds.<br />

1.12 The coa<strong>st</strong> from Swallow Tail to Fish Head, about 1 mile<br />

NNW, is bold with <strong>st</strong>eep cliffs. Fish Head forms <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance<br />

point of Whale Cove, which affords good temporary anchorage,<br />

sheltered from S winds, in a depth of 9.1m, about 0.3 mile<br />

offshore.<br />

1.12 Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Head (44°48'N., 66°47'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N point of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 2 miles NW of Fish Head. The extreme<br />

NW point of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, Long Eddy Point, so<br />

named from a remarkable tide rip that darkens <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>, lies close W of Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Head. A light is<br />

shown near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan V Ferry<br />

1.13 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W<br />

side of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> of Maine, between<br />

We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong>ern Head, about 14.5 miles SW.<br />

The S entrance lies between We<strong>st</strong>ern Head (44°39'N.,<br />

67°11'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head. There are no dangers in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

fairway. Machias Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> dangers SW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> have been previously described beginning<br />

in paragraph 1.4.<br />

1.13 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> direct passage for vessels<br />

bound up <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy from along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> of Maine. It is<br />

also <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> safe<strong>st</strong> passage up <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, not only due to its<br />

freedom from shoals, but also because it is less subject to fog<br />

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10 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

than is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage E of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.13 Winds—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r.—It is reported that fog often persi<strong>st</strong>s<br />

close in to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Maine coa<strong>st</strong> between Machias Bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong><br />

Qoddy Head, extending about one third of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> way across<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel, while <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> re<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel may be<br />

entirely free of fog.<br />

1.13 Tides—Currents.—The tidal currents set through Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Manan Channel at velocities of from 1.5 to 2.5 knots. The current<br />

sets approximately parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood setting<br />

NE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb SW. Off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W coa<strong>st</strong> of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> currents run parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore at a velocity of<br />

about 3 knots.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—We<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.14 The W coa<strong>st</strong> of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from Southwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Head (44°36'N., 66°55'W.) to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Dark Harbor, 9<br />

miles NNE, is wooded with <strong>st</strong>eep rocky cliffs from 91 to 107m<br />

high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> free from dangers. Bradford Cove, a small bight about<br />

2 miles NNE of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Head, affords temporary anchorage<br />

with offshore winds, in depths of 14.6 to 18.3m. Dark Harbor<br />

is a remarkable inlet with depths of 9 to 13m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of<br />

which is almo<strong>st</strong> closed by a shingle beach.<br />

1.14 The<br />

coa<strong>st</strong> from Dark Harbor to Long Eddy Point continues<br />

bold <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded, with an elevation of about 122m. A ledge extends<br />

about 275m NW from Long Eddy Point.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel—Northwe<strong>st</strong> Side<br />

1.15 Little River Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°39'N., 67°12'W.), in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Little River, is wooded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocky, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

can be recognized by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> white conical tower on its NE corner.<br />

The Little River, entered N of Little River Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is small <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

easy to access through a channel with a depth of about 8.5m. It<br />

is an excellent harbor of refuge, sheltered from all winds, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

never ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by ice. Two tree-covered islets off We<strong>st</strong>ern<br />

Head, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a tree-covered islet on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance, are conspicuous.<br />

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Swallow Tail Light<br />

1.15 From <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Little River to We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, about 14.5<br />

miles NE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> is mo<strong>st</strong>ly high, rocky, wooded, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eepto.<br />

The only off-lying dangers are an unmarked 3.7m shoal,<br />

about 0.2 mile offshore, about 1.8 miles ENE of Little River Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Morton Ledge, with a depth of 1.8m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a<br />

buoy, about 0.4 mile offshore <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 2.3 miles SW of We<strong>st</strong><br />

Quoddy Head Light.<br />

1.15 The coa<strong>st</strong> is broken by a number of unimportant coves. The<br />

large<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se, Moose Cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Baileys Mi<strong>st</strong>ake, appear from<br />

seaward to be good open anchorages, but nei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r has good<br />

holding ground nor any value as a harbor of refuge. Both have<br />

ledges at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir entrances <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> afford shelter from N winds only.<br />

1.15 We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head (44°49'N., 66°57'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

United States, is bold, high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded. We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head<br />

Light is shown from a white <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> red b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ed tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

edge of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned Coa<strong>st</strong> Guard lookout<br />

tower, 70m high, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> summit of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ridge about 0.5 mile<br />

W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> conspicuous l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>mark in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach<br />

to Quoddy Narrows from seaward.<br />

1.15 A radio tower, 27.7m high, <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s about 40m NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

light. The fog signal is sounded at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.15 Sail Rocks are two small rocks above-water that lie near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer end of a ledge extending about 0.3 mile SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light. A<br />

lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 0.4 mile SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks.<br />

During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal current, a <strong>st</strong>rong tide rip extends<br />

0.75 mile SE of Sail Rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>y should be given a<br />

wide berth.<br />

1.15 A submerged power cable is laid across Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Channel<br />

between Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan. "No Anchorage"<br />

signs are situated at each shore end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cable.<br />

Passamaquoddy Bay Approaches<br />

1.16 Passamaquoddy Bay indents <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore between Maine<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> New Brunswick, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> has a maximum length of about 10<br />

miles in a NNE-SSW direction. The bay is never closed by ice<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> affords excellent shelter for all classes of vessels. The<br />

boundary between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> United States <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Canada extends


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 11<br />

through Quoddy Roads, Lubec Channel, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Friar Roads, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n passes between Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Moose Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> continues<br />

parallel with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Maine shore up <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Croix River. The<br />

line is marked by numerous ranges consi<strong>st</strong>ing of small pyramidal<br />

concrete beacons that should not be mi<strong>st</strong>aken for navigational<br />

aids.<br />

1.16 Across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay is a group of isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, of which<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> are Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The<br />

principal channel of entrance, Head Harbour Passage, is<br />

between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se two isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s. Lubec Channel, between<br />

Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to SW, is narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

limited in depth, but is frequently used by small vessels,<br />

especially at HW. Letite Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, is<br />

narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dangerous, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> only available with local<br />

knowledge.<br />

1.16 Tides—Currents.—The main flood current from Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Manan Channel sets NE directly for Point Lepreau (45°03'N.,<br />

66°28'W.); <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb sets in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> opposite direction. The W<br />

branch of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current passes along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Campobello<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> divides near Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, one part setting<br />

E, while <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r sets through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> various entrances into<br />

Passamaquoddy Bay. With both <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb<br />

current, an indraft is often experienced into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> indentation between<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point Lepreau.<br />

1.16 Pilotage.—Pilotage is required for all foreign vessels <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> all<br />

U.S. vessels regi<strong>st</strong>ered in foreign trade with a draft over 2.7m<br />

bound for Ea<strong>st</strong>port, Cobscook Bay, Lubec, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Friar Roads<br />

when entering through Head Harbour Passage. Pilotage should<br />

be reque<strong>st</strong>ed 24 hours prior to ETA; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot boards off Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Quoddy Head from a black hulled fishing boat.<br />

1.16 For U.S. pilots refer to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> United States Coa<strong>st</strong> Pilot 1<br />

Atlantic Coa<strong>st</strong>: Ea<strong>st</strong>port to Cape Cod.<br />

1.16 Fundy Traffic can be contacted on VHF channels 14, 16, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

65A.<br />

1.16 Pilots for Bayside, New Brunswick board about 1 mile E off<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE tip of Camponello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The website is:<br />

Bayside Port<br />

http://www.portofbayside.com<br />

South Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

1.17 The Wolves (44°58'N., 66°44'W.), a group of wooded<br />

<strong>st</strong>eep-to isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, 15.2 to 33.5m high, lie in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N approach to<br />

Passamaquoddy Bay. The Saint John Harbor pilot boarding<br />

area lies 30 miles ENE of The Wolves. South Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>) (44°56'N., 66°44'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group, lies about 8.5 miles NNE of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Manan Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (Ea<strong>st</strong>ern Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group, lies about 1.5 miles NNE of South Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Three smaller isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s lie between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above two isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s. The<br />

passages between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s are suitable for boats only.<br />

Wolf Rock, above-water, lies about 0.2 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A small rock, above-water, lies about 0.1<br />

mile E of Wolf Rock, from which it is separated by deep water.<br />

1.17 South Wolf Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown from a white round tower,<br />

9m high, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.17 Anchorage.—In thick wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, or while waiting for<br />

favorable tides, anchorage can be taken, in 36.6 to 45.7m, good<br />

holding ground, about midway between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N.<br />

Quoddy Narrows <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lubec Channel<br />

1.18 Quoddy Narrows (Quoddy Roads) (44°50'N.,<br />

66°57'W.), between We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of Campobello<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is used as an anchorage by vessels seeking shelter<br />

or waiting for a favorable tide to pass through Lubec<br />

Narrows. The entrance between The Boring Stone <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong><br />

Quoddy Head is about 0.8 mile wide, with a depth of 8.5m near<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle.<br />

1.18 The<br />

Boring Stone, 1.5m high, lies about 0.3 mile SW of<br />

Liberty Point (44°50'N., 66°56'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should be given a<br />

safe berth. Middle Ground, with a depth of 1.2m, lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

middle of Quoddy Narrows. The N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W parts of Quoddy<br />

Narrows between We<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lubec are full of<br />

shoals which partly uncover.<br />

1.18 The anchorage affords shelter from N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W winds, in<br />

depths of 3.6 to 7.6m, but is open to winds from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> protection from NE gales is reported poor.<br />

1.18 A local magnetic anomaly exi<strong>st</strong>s SE of Liberty Point, 0.75 to<br />

1 mile. Abnormal compass variation has also been reported<br />

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12 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

about 2 miles E of Herring Point.<br />

1.18 Lubec Channel <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lubec Narrows, between Quoddy Narrows<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Friar Roads, have been improved by dredging. The<br />

controlling depth in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel was 1.1m. Strong tidal currents<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies are experienced in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Narrows. The channel<br />

is buoyed, but it is inadvisable to use this passage without local<br />

knowledge.<br />

1.18 Tides—Currents.—The mean range of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide at Lubec is<br />

5.3m, but tidal ranges over 6.1m are not uncommon.<br />

1.18 In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current sets N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb sets S,<br />

with a maximum velocity of 4 knots. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Narrows, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity<br />

increases to 6 knots with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current of spring tides,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 8 knots with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current of spring tides.<br />

1.18 In Quoddy Narrows <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Lubec Narrows, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current<br />

commences to run about 1 hours 30 minutes before LW by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shore, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current about 1 hour before HW.<br />

1.19 Lubec (44°52'N., 66°59'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of Lubec<br />

Narrows, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are two fish canning factory wharves. One is an<br />

L-shaped fish pier (0.2 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bridge), extending 76m<br />

into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> narrows with alongside depths of 0.6m on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

face; fuel can be delivered by road tanker. The o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r is an Lshaped<br />

concrete fish pier extending 52m from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

town, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face being 19m long; reported depths alongside<br />

are 1.8 to 4.3m. Both <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> canning factories have piers which<br />

dry.<br />

1.19 Lubec<br />

is di<strong>st</strong>inguished by a tall church spire on a hill <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> an<br />

elevated tank on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town. The Franklin D.<br />

Roosevelt Memorial Highway Bridge, a fixed highway bridge<br />

with a vertical clearance of 14.3m, crosses Lubec Narrows at<br />

Lubec <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> connects to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town of Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Canadian side. The mean range of tide at Lubec is 5.2m. The<br />

navigable span of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bridge is marked by a green light in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

center <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by red lights at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W sides. These lights are<br />

visible from N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bridge. United States Immigration<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cu<strong>st</strong>oms Enforcement officials are <strong>st</strong>ationed on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W end<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bridge.<br />

1.19 Popes Folly, a thinly-wooded islet, is 17m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies off<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to Lubec Narrows. It is connected to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore<br />

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Lubec—The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Highway Bridge<br />

SE by a bar with a depth of 3.7m. The bar is crossed by vessels<br />

bound S to Lubec or through Lubec Narrows.<br />

1.19 Dudley Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.7 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NW, is connected to<br />

Treat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by an earth dam.<br />

Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

1.20 Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. The E coa<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

from Liberty Point to Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head (44°57'N.,<br />

66°54'W.), its N extremity, about 8 miles NNE, is <strong>st</strong>eep-to off<br />

its salient points.<br />

Herring Bay (Herring Cove) (44°52'N., 66°56'W.) affords<br />

good temporary anchorage, in depths of 11 to 14.6m, about 0.5<br />

mile offshore.<br />

1.20 Schooner Cove, about 2 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NNE, affords temporary<br />

anchorage to small vessels, in a depth of about 11m.<br />

1.20 Mill<br />

Cove, entered N of Scott Head (44°56'N., 66°54'W.),<br />

affords temporary anchorage to small vessels, in 7.3 to 11m. A<br />

0.8m patch, marked by a buoy, lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance, about 0.3<br />

mile NNW of Scott Head.<br />

1.20 Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Quoddy Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is<br />

extended about 0.3 mile NE by a reef on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are several<br />

islets. Head Harbour Light (44°57'N., 66°54'W.) is shown<br />

from a 15m high white octagonal tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer islet.<br />

1.20 Head<br />

Harbour, protected from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E by Head Harbour Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

24.4m high, with its N end about 0.3 mile SE of Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy<br />

Head, is a secure anchorage for small vessels. A narrow creek<br />

extends about 0.8 mile SW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.20 The<br />

harbor is entered passing ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r N or S of Head Harbour<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The N channel, partially marked by buoys, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> preferred<br />

entrance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S channel being ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

fish weirs. A light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> creek.<br />

1.20 An<br />

L-shaped public pier, 97m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 12m wide at its outer<br />

end, with a depth of 5.2m alongside, is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. It is frequently used by fishing vessels. Numerous<br />

mooring buoys are laid S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier.<br />

1.20 Caution.—Strong E to NE winds again<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 13<br />

will create a breaking sea off Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head.<br />

Head Harbour Passage<br />

Head Harbor Light<br />

Head Harbour Light<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head Harbor Light<br />

1.21 Head Harbour Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main channel to Passamaquoddy<br />

Bay, is entered from seaward between Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy<br />

Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.8 miles NNW of Head Harbour<br />

Light. The passage runs between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of Campo-<br />

bello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a chain of isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s located about midway<br />

between Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The passage<br />

leads to We<strong>st</strong>ern Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main entrance to Passamaquoddy<br />

Bay, through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Friar Roads.<br />

1.21 Tides—Currents.—As <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current rounds Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy<br />

Head, it will set <strong>st</strong>rongly to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W onto Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Black Rock, following <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> general direction of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage S.<br />

Rates of up to 5 knots have been obtained, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W flow<br />

weakens considerably during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> la<strong>st</strong> hour of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood.<br />

1.21 White Horse Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°00'N., 66°52'W.), about 2.3 miles<br />

NE of Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, is 20.7m high, bare, rocky, of whitish<br />

appearance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> easily identified. Little White Horse Ledges<br />

consi<strong>st</strong>s of a rock, with a depth of 0.3m, about 0.1 mile NE<br />

of White Horse Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a second rock, with a depth of less<br />

than 1.8m, about 0.1 mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fir<strong>st</strong> rock.<br />

1.21 North Rock, with a depth of 0.3m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eep-to except on its<br />

N side, lies about 0.5 mile NW of White Horse Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

marked SE by a buoy.<br />

1.21 Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.8 mile N of Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, lies<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <strong>st</strong>eep-to on its SE side.<br />

White Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 0.5 mile N of Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.21 S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.3 mile W of Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has ledges<br />

extending about 0.4 mile SSW, with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges<br />

marked by a radar reflector.<br />

1.21 Tinker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (Tinkers Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), <strong>st</strong>eep-to on its W side, lies<br />

about 0.5 mile W of S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Two ledges, which dry, lie<br />

0.25 mile NE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same di<strong>st</strong>ance SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Both<br />

ledges are marked by radar reflectors.<br />

1.21 Dinner Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 1 mile NW of Tinker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The entrance<br />

to Northwe<strong>st</strong> Harbor lies about 0.2 mile W of Dinner Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

This harbor is a narrow inlet, with depths of 11 to 12.8m,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is suitable only for small vessels.<br />

1.21 Black Rock, which covers at HWS, lies about 0.5 mile SW<br />

of Spruce Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a radar reflector.<br />

1.21 Casco Bay Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 26m high, lies about 0.5 mile SW of<br />

Black Rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <strong>st</strong>eep to on its SE side. Ledges extend 275m<br />

off its N end, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges lie within 0.35 mile SW of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.21 Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, lies nearly 0.5<br />

mile SW of Casco Bay Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A shoal, with a charted depth of<br />

7.3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked close E by a buoy, lies in mid-channel, about<br />

0.3 mile E of Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y Ledge, about 0.3 mile W of<br />

Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is marked by a radar reflector.<br />

1.21 Popes Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 17m high, lies about 0.5 mile SW of Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Popes Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> charted depth of 2.7m, lies<br />

about 0.2 mile SE of Popes Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 7.3m spot lies about<br />

0.2 mile E of Popes Shoal. Chocolate Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> charted<br />

depth of 2.4m, lies nearly 0.5 mile W of Popes Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.22 Windmill Point (44°56'N., 66°57'W.), about 2.5<br />

miles SW of Ea<strong>st</strong> Quoddy Head, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance point of<br />

Harbour de Lute. A 5m rocky shoal lies nearly 275m W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

point. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Wilsons Beach, about 0.3 mile NE of<br />

Windmill Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a U-shaped breakwater-wharf that extends<br />

75m to an outer part that is 57m long. The harbor is<br />

shoal; however, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a depth of 2.1m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer 24m of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner side.<br />

1.22 The remains of an ob<strong>st</strong>ruction are reported to lie about 60m<br />

off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole.<br />

1.22 A submerged power cable is laid between Wilsons Beach<br />

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14 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Chocolate Cove on Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. "No Anchorage" signs are<br />

situated at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore ends of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cable.<br />

1.22 Harbour de Lute is entered between Windmill Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Bald Head, 31m high, about 1 mile SSW. Man of War Head,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner entrance point, lies about 0.8 mile NE of Bald Head.<br />

Stovers Ledge, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 6.1m, lies about 0.5 mile<br />

NE of Bald Head. Racer Rock, with a depth of 2.7m, lies about<br />

0.3 mile ENE of Man of War Head.<br />

1.22 Anchorage, with good shelter, can be taken in Harbour de<br />

Lute, in a depth of about 22m, N of Man of War Head.<br />

1.22 Indian Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 33m high near its N end, lies about 0.3 mile E<br />

of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, from which it is separated by a deep channel. A<br />

shallow bank extends about 0.8 mile off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE part of Indian<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Cherry Islet, 15.8m high, lies at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE end of this bank.<br />

A light, 8m high, is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Thrumcap (Thumb Cap), 25.3m high, lies about 0.3 mile N of<br />

Cherry Islet.<br />

1.22 Friar Roads (Ea<strong>st</strong>port Harbor), between Campobello Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Moose Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°55'N., 67°00'W.), is sheltered <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> free<br />

from ice, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water is deep, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bottom uneven, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal<br />

currents <strong>st</strong>rong. It is seldom used as an anchorage.<br />

1.23 Ea<strong>st</strong>port (44°54'N., 66°59'W.) (World Port Index No.<br />

6600) lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> hilly E side of Moose Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. It is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ea<strong>st</strong>ernmo<strong>st</strong><br />

deep-water port of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> United States <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is a port of entry.<br />

The principal indu<strong>st</strong>ry is fishing, with its attendant canning,<br />

smoking of herring, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> manufacturing of by-products.<br />

1.23 On<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> waterfront, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cu<strong>st</strong>omhouse, with its square tower, is<br />

conspicuous. The spire of a church, lying about 275m WSW of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cu<strong>st</strong>omhouse, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>orm warning signal tower on a hill<br />

overlooking <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town, are also conspicuous. Numerous fluorescent<br />

orange pylon boundary markers on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tops of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> hills are<br />

also conspicuous.<br />

1.23 A<br />

dredged small craft harbor for commercial <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> pleasure<br />

craft is located off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cu<strong>st</strong>omhouse. The basin is protected on<br />

its N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E sides by a solid-filled L-shaped breakwater onto<br />

which fishing vessels can unload <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir catch into trucks. There<br />

were depths of 4m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.7m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N parts, respectively,<br />

of this basin. In fair wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, berthing is available along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

125m long E face <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater in depths of<br />

11m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.1m, respectively. The breakwater is floodlighted at<br />

night.<br />

1.23 For berthing refer to United States Coa<strong>st</strong> Pilot 1 Atlantic<br />

Coa<strong>st</strong>: Ea<strong>st</strong>port to Cape Cod.<br />

1.23 Pilotage.—For fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r information, see Passamaquoddy Bay<br />

Approaches, paragraph 1.16.<br />

1.23 Deep-draft<br />

vessels may anchor off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town, in a depth of<br />

about 29m, with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light on Cherry Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bearing 017°, at a<br />

di<strong>st</strong>ance of about 2.1 miles, about 0.5 mile off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> city. The bottom<br />

here is broken <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocky, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents are <strong>st</strong>rong;<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage is not recommended with E winds, when improved<br />

conditions will be found in Broad Cove or Friars Bay.<br />

Friar Bay (Friars Bay) (44°53'N., 66°52'W.) lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE<br />

side of Friar Roads. Friar Head (Friars Head), 55m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wooded, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. There is good anchorage<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, in about 22m, with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surrounding shore<br />

0.5 mile di<strong>st</strong>ant. Small vessels can lie alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> L-shaped<br />

government wharf at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Welshpool in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. The wharf has a face 65m long, with a depth of 4.3m<br />

alongside.<br />

Pub. 145<br />

We<strong>st</strong>ern Passage<br />

1.24 We<strong>st</strong>ern Passage, between Moose Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

connects Friar Roads with Passamaquoddy Bay. The passage<br />

is entered between Deer Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Deer<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°55'N., 66°59'W.), 6.1m high, about<br />

0.5 mile SSW. Lights are shown from Deer Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.24 Tides—Currents.—Off Deer Point, abrea<strong>st</strong> Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

current forms whirlpools <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies which may be dangerous.<br />

The flood <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current usually run at about 3 knots, but may<br />

attain a rate of 6 to 7 knots. It is reported to be <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> active<br />

about 3 hours before HW. The lea<strong>st</strong> di<strong>st</strong>urbance is usually<br />

about 275m N of Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a comparatively<br />

narrow direct current which can be readily followed between<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> whirlpools <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies on ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r side. A fish pen is e<strong>st</strong>ablished<br />

close S of Kendall Head.<br />

1.24 Above Deer Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood sets N with decreasing velocity<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> follows <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> general direction of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel with <strong>st</strong>rong<br />

countercurrents <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. The ebb sets S<br />

with reduced velocity <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> di<strong>st</strong>urbance off Deer Point; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inshore<br />

reverse currents are less marked than <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood. The flood<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb currents usually run about 3 knots, but a rate of 5 knots<br />

has been observed.<br />

1.24 Clark Ledge, which dries 5.8m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a daybeacon,<br />

lies about 0.1 mile offshore, about 0.3 mile SE of Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.24 The coa<strong>st</strong> between Dog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Kendall Head, about 1.5<br />

miles NW, recedes forming a bight. Kendall Hill, 56m high,<br />

lies close W of Kendall Head. Good anchorage for deep-draft<br />

vessels is available in Johnson Cove in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

bight.<br />

1.24 Pleasant Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 2 miles NW of Kendall Head, lies<br />

about 275m offshore, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of a drying spit.<br />

1.24 Fro<strong>st</strong> Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 0.7 mile NW of Pleasant Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Fro<strong>st</strong><br />

Ledge, which dries in places <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a bell buoy, lies<br />

about 0.3 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, to which it is joined by a shoal<br />

spit.<br />

1.24 Clam Cove Head (44°58'N., 67°01'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE side of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, lies about 1 mile E of Pleasant Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. At<br />

Fairhaven, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a public pier with depths of 1.8 to 2.4m<br />

alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face, which is 26m long, A slip is situated<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a light is exhibited from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier<br />

head. A large fish canning factory <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> root of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier.<br />

1.24 Clam Cove, close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, provides good, but limited<br />

anchorage, in a depth of 16.5m, about 0.2 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A beacon marks some rocks that lie<br />

about 95m S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>—Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Part<br />

1.25 Bean Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°00'N., 66°56'W.), 27m high, lies in<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Lords Cove, where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government pier,<br />

100m long, with a depth of 2.1m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end.<br />

1.25 Fish Harbor is entered between Bean Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

about 0.4 mile NNE.<br />

1.25 Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°01'N., 66°56'W.) lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S part of a<br />

shore bank on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are many isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, ledges, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks<br />

which extend more than 1 mile E from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE side of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, lies about 1 mile E


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 15<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Splitting Knife Ledge,<br />

which dries 6.4m, lies about 0.1 mile E of Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

marked by a radar reflector. Adam Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 1 mile SSE of<br />

Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has rocky ledges extending about 0.2 mile off its<br />

N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E sides.<br />

1.25 McMa<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°03'N., 66°56'W.), 107m high, lies<br />

with Grass Point, its SE extremity, about 0.4 mile NNE of<br />

Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Letite Passage<br />

1.26 Letete Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to Passamaquoddy<br />

Bay, lies between Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> McMa<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N<br />

end of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> of New Brunswick, N of<br />

Greens Point (Mascabins Point) (45°02'N., 66°54'W.). The<br />

passage is relatively deep, but unmarked dangers <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong<br />

tidal currents render its navigation difficult. It should not be attempted<br />

without local knowledge. A regular ferry service operates<br />

between Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Letete Harbor.<br />

1.26 Caution.—The tidal currents form <strong>st</strong>rong swirls, eddies, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

boils. They attain rates of about 5 knots <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are <strong>st</strong>ronge<strong>st</strong> both<br />

3 hours before <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> after HW.<br />

1.26 Letit<br />

Passage is not recommended for vessels larger than<br />

1,200 grt. Transit of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage is be<strong>st</strong> made 45 minutes ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

side of HW. Large alterations of course should be avoided at all<br />

times.<br />

1.26 Greens<br />

Point is marked by a 13.1m high white disused light<br />

tower. Morgan Ledge extends about 230m SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

is marked by a light, shown from a red ma<strong>st</strong> near its SW extremity.<br />

Greens Point Light<br />

1.26 Black Ledge, which dries 7m, lies about 0.7 mile WSW of<br />

Greens Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a radar reflector on its W side.<br />

New Lid Ledges, with a depth of 0.9m, lie from 0.1 to 0.2 mile<br />

S of Black Ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Black Ledge Rocks, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth<br />

of 1.5m, extend about 0.2 mile E of Black Ledge.<br />

1.26 Mohawk Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 25m high to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tops of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> trees, lies in<br />

mid-channel, about 0.5 mile W of Greens Point. Ledges <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

rocks extend about 0.2 mile SE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 2.1m depth lies about<br />

275m E, respectively, of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Mohawk Ledge, which<br />

dries 5.8m, extends about 274m NNE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.26 A rocky shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 6.1m, lies between 0.25<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.35 mile NNE of Mohawk Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.26 The NE side of Letite Passage is indented by many small<br />

coves. From Greens Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> trends N for 1 mile to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

entrance to Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ws Cove, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n about 1.5 miles NW to<br />

McMahon Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance point to Passamaquoddy Bay.<br />

1.26 Chambers Rock, with a depth of 0.6m, lies about 0.1 mile<br />

offshore <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.35 mile NNW of Greens Point. Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ws Rock,<br />

with a depth of 1.8m, lies about 0.3 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NW. Buoys<br />

mark <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks.<br />

1.26 Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ws Cove, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Letite Harbor,<br />

is entered about 0.8 mile N of Greens Point. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a 70m long ferry wharf. To <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ferry wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a combined wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater,<br />

which extends about 70m from shore to a depth of about 2.4m.<br />

A lighted buoy is moored in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>w Cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Letite Harbor.<br />

1.26 Dry Ledge, 1.2m high, lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> center of Letite Passage,<br />

about 0.5 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E extremity of McMa<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A<br />

60m tower <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge. A high-power overhead transmission<br />

cable runs from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> via Dry Ledge to Mc-<br />

Ma<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The minimum clearance above Letite Passage is<br />

39m.<br />

1.26 Little Dry Ledge, which dries 0.9m, lies about 0.1 mile SE of<br />

Dry Ledge. Whorls Rock, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.7m, lies about<br />

275m off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> of McMa<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.3 mile<br />

ESE of Deadmans Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of that isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Thumb<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 13.7m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> surrounded by drying ledges, lies near<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, nearly 0.5 mile<br />

ENE of Deadmans Head. Deadmans Ledge extends about 0.1<br />

mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> latter headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A lighted buoy is moored close<br />

NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.26 Little Letite Passage, narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shallow, leads between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

S side of McMa<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N sides of Parker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

Jameson Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> several o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s N of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. It is<br />

available to small craft with local knowledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> its W end is<br />

crossed by an overhead cable with a clearance of 41m.<br />

Passamaquoddy Bay<br />

1.27 Calders Head (44°58'N., 67°01'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of<br />

Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 0.5 mile NNW of Clam Cove Head, previously<br />

described in paragraph 1.24. From Calders Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

coa<strong>st</strong> trends NE for about 0.7 mile to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance point of<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rn Harbor, a small drying inlet. Gardner Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, lies about 0.3 mile fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NE.<br />

Above-water rocks lie about 275m SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point. From<br />

Gardner Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW coa<strong>st</strong> of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is clear of dangers<br />

outside of about 0.1 mile offshore.<br />

1.27 Tides—Currents.—With <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> exception of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> waters near<br />

its entrance passages <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Croix River,<br />

tidal currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay seldom exceed 0.5 knot.<br />

1.27 Pendleton Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 77m high, lies close N of Deer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

is separated from it by a shallow, narrow passage, ob<strong>st</strong>ructed<br />

by rocks. The W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N sides of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are free of dangers.<br />

1.27 The<br />

E coa<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, between McMahon Point (Upper<br />

Green Point) (45°04'N., 66°55'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Clark Point, about 1<br />

mile N, recedes forming a bight where temporary anchorage<br />

can be taken. A bank, with depths of less than 5.5m, extends<br />

about 0.3 mile W from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, about 1 mile N of Clark<br />

Point.<br />

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16 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.27 Midjik Bluff (45°07'N., 66°55'W.), 39m high, is a <strong>st</strong>eep<br />

rock face that is red; it is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Magaguadavic<br />

River. Small vessels can anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river,<br />

in a depth of 18.3m, about 0.4 mile SE of Midjik Bluff. The<br />

river is navigable by small craft at LW to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town of St.<br />

George, about 3.5 miles above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth. The channel, which<br />

is easily discernable at LW when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.2m,<br />

is marked by buoys <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> leads between cliffy banks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> high<br />

hills on ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r h<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A government wharf at St. George has a<br />

berth on its E side, 52m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 16.7m wide, with a dredged<br />

depth of 3m.<br />

1.27 The N shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, between Midjik Bluff <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> McCann<br />

Head (45°07'N., 67°02'W.), about 5.3 miles W, is indented by<br />

Digdequash Harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bobabec Cove, both of which form <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mouths of small rivers. Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 29m high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Hog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

12m high, lie at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Digdequash Harbor.<br />

1.28 Bocabec Bay (45°09'N., 67°01'W.) is entered between<br />

Creighton Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> McCann Head, 1.75 miles SW. Vessels<br />

can anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bottom is mud with good<br />

holding ground. Good anchorage was reported, in 16.5m, about<br />

0.6 mile SW of Creighton Point.<br />

1.28 Hardwood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 9.1m high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Hospital Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, close W,<br />

to which it is almo<strong>st</strong> connected by drying ledges, lie E of Mc-<br />

Cann Head. Fish weirs extend 0.2 to 0.3 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W end<br />

of Hospital Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Hardwood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> between<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s.<br />

1.28 Chamcook Harbor, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of Passamaquoddy Bay, is<br />

entered between McCann Head, off of which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a rock,<br />

awash, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N point of Mini<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.5 mile SW.<br />

The S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor is closed by a drying spit which connects<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. The entrance channel, N of Mini<strong>st</strong>er<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has a depth of 5.5m, is about 91m wide, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

marked by buoys. Anchorage can be taken by small vessels, in<br />

depths of 12.8 to 14.6m.<br />

1.28 Caution.—The waters of Passamaquoddy Bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> adjoining<br />

inl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> waters contain numerous lob<strong>st</strong>er pots. Small painted<br />

wooden buoys of various designs <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> colors, secured by small<br />

lines, float on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surface. In some cases a second buoy, usually<br />

not painted <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> difficult to see, is attached to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> lob<strong>st</strong>er trap.<br />

Fish weirs are also numerous in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se waters, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>y may not<br />

show at or near HW. Vessels are cautioned again<strong>st</strong> fouling fish<br />

weirs <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lob<strong>st</strong>er pots.<br />

1.29 Indian Point (45°04'N., 67°02'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Andrews Peninsula, lies about 1.8 miles S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S<br />

extremity of Mini<strong>st</strong>er Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Stony ledges extend 0.5 mile SE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point. Tongue Shoal, which dries 5.2m, lies from 0.25 to<br />

0.75 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above <strong>st</strong>ony ledge, to<br />

which it is joined by a bar with depths of 3m or less. Tongue<br />

Shoal Light is shown from a red ma<strong>st</strong>, 9m high, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E end<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal.<br />

Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (St. Andrews Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>) (45°04'N., 67°03'W.),<br />

12.5m high, lies with its SE extremity about 1 mile SSW of St.<br />

Andrews Point. The SE end of Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> consi<strong>st</strong>s of a<br />

wedge-shaped white cliff, 11m high, which is conspicuous<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S or E.<br />

1.29 Navy<br />

Bar, a <strong>st</strong>ony flat which dries up to 4.3m, extends about<br />

0.2 mile SE from Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> up to 0.4 mile NE from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

NE side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The SW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> may be ap-<br />

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proached to within a short di<strong>st</strong>ance.<br />

1.29 Niger Reef, about 0.3 mile WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW extremity of<br />

Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, dries 2.1m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a buoy. Drying <strong>st</strong>one<br />

flats almo<strong>st</strong> join <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Joes Point,<br />

about 1 mile NW.<br />

1.30 Port St. Andrews (45°04'N., 67°03'W.), formed between<br />

Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town of St. Andrews, is open all<br />

year, re<strong>st</strong>ricted by drying flats, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should not be entered without<br />

local knowledge. Two narrow channels lead across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying<br />

flats <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.30 The<br />

main entrance is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E dredged channel, marked by<br />

buoys, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth reported of 3m. North Point lies on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance, nearly 0.5 mile W of Indian Point.<br />

A government wharf, 259m long, with a 46m outer face having<br />

a depth of 2.4m, lies about 0.4 mile NW of North Point.<br />

1.30 The We<strong>st</strong>ern Channel, between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flats extending SE from<br />

Joes Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW from Navy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has a lea<strong>st</strong> reported<br />

depth of 2.1m.<br />

1.30 The tidal rise at St. Andrews is 7.3m at MHWS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 6.4m at<br />

MHWN.<br />

1.30 Lights<br />

are exhibited from North Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf. The Algonquin Hotel, with a red roof <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a water<br />

tower close W, situated on a hill overlooking <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town, are conspicuous.<br />

1.30 Anchorage.—There is anchorage, in 18.3m, clay, about 0.4<br />

mile S of Joes Point.<br />

The St. Croix River<br />

1.31 The St. Croix River, from its entrance between Joes<br />

Point (45°05'N., 67°05'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Liberty Point, extends about 6<br />

miles NNW to Devils Head, 103.6m high. At Devils Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

river turns WNW, decreasing in width, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> continues about 6<br />

miles to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of navigation. Navigation of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river during<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> winter is usually not hindered by ice, but during severe<br />

wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river has been reported to be blocked by ice for 1<br />

or 2 weeks in February.<br />

1.31 Tides—Currents.—Between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Croix<br />

River <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Devils Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents have a velocity of<br />

about 2 knots. Between Devils Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Stephen, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity<br />

is from 3 to 4 knots. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood tidal current<br />

sets N with countercurrents inshore on both sides where conformation<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is favorable for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m. The ebb current<br />

sets S with less marked countercurrents.<br />

1.31 Pilotage.—Pilotage is not compulsory. For fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r information,<br />

see paragraph 1.16.<br />

1.31 Two shoals, with depths of 4.2m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 3.9m, lie about 0.3 mile<br />

NW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.4 mile WNW, respectively, of Joes Point. A buoy is<br />

moored close SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W shoal. About 0.4 mile N of Joes<br />

Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government biological <strong>st</strong>ation. The L-shaped<br />

wharf at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>ation is connected to l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a 91m long <strong>st</strong>em.<br />

The W face is 49m long, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4.9m. The N face<br />

is 30m long, with a depth of 4.3m alongside.<br />

1.31 The E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river, from Joes Point to S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point, about<br />

4.5 miles NNW, is free of off-lying dangers. A T-shaped wharf,<br />

extending 91m from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, lies about 1.3 miles N of S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Point. The outer face is 241m long, with depths of 7.5 to 8.5m<br />

alongside. A berth on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner face is 80m long with a depth<br />

of 6.5m.


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 17<br />

1.32 St. Croix Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°08'N., 67°08'W.) lies in mid-river,<br />

about 0.6 mile S of S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point. The isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is surrounded by<br />

rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals; a bank with several drying ledges extends<br />

about 0.5 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A buoy marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shoal extending about 0.1 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. St. Croix River<br />

Light, 31m above water, is shown above a platform on a white<br />

tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.32 Lower Middle Ground, awash, lies about 1 mile SSE of St.<br />

Croix Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked E by a buoy.<br />

1.32 Todds Point, about 1 mile N of Devils Head, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance<br />

point of Oak Bay, a shallow inlet of no commercial importance.<br />

1.32 Caution.—Mariners without local knowledge should not<br />

proceed W of Spruce Point, which lies about 1 mile W of<br />

Todds Point.<br />

1.32 From<br />

The Narrows, about 1.8 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r up<strong>st</strong>ream, a<br />

dredged channel leads to Calais <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Stephen. The channel<br />

is marked by buoys, but is not maintained. The channel from<br />

The Narrows to Todd Point, about 1.3 miles NW, has a depth of<br />

2.1m. From Todd Point to Calais <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Stephen it has a depth<br />

of 1.5m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals to 0.9m, about 25m E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> International<br />

Bridge.<br />

1.32 At St. Stephen (45°11'N., 67°17'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a wharf at an<br />

inactive fertilizer plant, which in recent years has been used by<br />

small coa<strong>st</strong>al tankers to unload petroleum products.<br />

1.32 At<br />

Calais (45°11'N., 67°17'W) mo<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves are in<br />

ruins <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dry at LW. There is a town wharf, 13m long, with a<br />

depth of 1.2m alongside.<br />

Back Bay<br />

1.33 Back Bay (45°02'N., 66°52'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

approach to Letite Passage, lies between Frye Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> its<br />

off-lying islets, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW. The bay is entered between<br />

White Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity of White Head Islan<br />

(Pain Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>) (45°01'N., 66°52'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Greens Point, 1.5<br />

miles NW.<br />

1.33 Cailiff Rocks, which dry 2.4m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are marked W by a buoy,<br />

lie about 0.5 mile NNW of White Head. A 0.3m rocky shoal<br />

lies about 275m WNW of White Head. A rocky patch, with a<br />

minimum depth of 2.1m, lies about 0.8 mile NNW of White<br />

Head. A buoy is moored close W of this shoal.<br />

1.33 Douglas Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 1.4 miles NE of White Head, is bordered<br />

by a line of fishing <strong>st</strong>akes, marked at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W ends<br />

by a beacon (each a pole with a radar reflector, 0.6m in height),<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> extending about 0.2 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Numerous fish<br />

weirs <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> cages are situated on this shoal. A shoal area, with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.7m, lies about 0.4 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Drying<br />

ledges extend about 0.3 mile off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N shore, about 0.7 mile<br />

E of Greens Point.<br />

1.33 In Back Bay, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a public wharf about 98m long, with an<br />

L-shaped extension about 111m in length. There are depths of<br />

2.7 to 3.7m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer faces of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf. The wharf is<br />

protected by a breakwater extending from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore to Halftide<br />

Rock. Back Bay Light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

breakwater from a green skeleton tower.<br />

1.33 Anchorage.—There is anchorage for small vessels, in 11 to<br />

12.8m, about 0.3 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater head. Larger vessels<br />

may anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, remaining clear of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

submerged power cable laid from Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Mariners are cautioned not to anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity<br />

of this cable or an ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned cable nearby.<br />

1.34 Letang Harbor (45°04'N., 66°49'W.), sheltered,<br />

deep, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open throughout <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> winter, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE side of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to Letete Passage. The SE approach to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor<br />

lies between Deadman Head (45°02'N., 66°47'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

end of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 1.8 miles W. The SW approach to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

harbor is through Bliss Harbor, NW of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.34 Deadman Harbor, entered between Deadman Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Pea<br />

Point, about 1 mile W, is a deep indentation, open SW. Halftide<br />

Rock lies about 0.1 mile WSW of Deadman Head.<br />

1.34 Pea Point (45°02'N., 66°49'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W end of Pea Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

which lies close off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Letang Harbor<br />

entrance. Drying ledges extend 95m SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Pea Rock, which dries, lies about 230m ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Pea<br />

Point Light is shown from a white square tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corner<br />

of a white square building, 8m high, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

Pea Point Light<br />

1.34 Roaring Bull, a rock which dries 7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by a<br />

light, lies about 275m WNW of Pea Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

entrance channel to Letang Harbor.<br />

1.34 Green Islet, 6.1m high, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance, lies<br />

about 0.8 mile SW of Pea Point, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of a ledge<br />

extending from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A shoal, with a depth<br />

of 8.2m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a buoy, lies ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> islet. It should<br />

not be passed within 0.1 mile on its E side.<br />

1.34 Colt Rock, which dries 3.7m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance,<br />

about 0.5 mile WSW of Pea Point. Mare Rock, which<br />

dries 3.7m, lies about 0.1 mile N of Colt Rock. Mink Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

6.1m high, lies about 275m WNW of Mare Rock, to which it is<br />

joined by a bank.<br />

1.35 Letang Head (45°03'N., 66°49'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.8 mile NW of Pea Point, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity<br />

of a peninsula, 60m high, separating Blacks Harbor<br />

from Letang Harbor.<br />

1.35 Blacks Harbor, S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula, provides temporary anchorage<br />

for small vessels W of a 1.8m rock, located about 0.5<br />

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mile within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. An L-shaped ferry wharf, 122m long,<br />

with a depth of 4.6m alongside, lies close within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.35 A<br />

patent slip <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marine railway with repair facilities is situ-<br />

ated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. The length of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cradle is<br />

24m; it can accommodate vessels of up to 24m in length, 6m<br />

breadth, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a maximum draft of 3.4m, with a lifting capacity<br />

of 60 tons. There is a refitting berth, which dries, adjacent to<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> slip.<br />

1.35 McCann<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 29m high, lies about 0.2 mile SW of Letang<br />

Head, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Letang Harbor. Drying<br />

ledges extend from about 0.1 to 0.2 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.35 Kings Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Letang Peninsula, lies<br />

about 0.7 mile N of Letang Head.<br />

1.35 Letang<br />

Harbor lies SW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Letang Peninsula <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

provides good anchorage anywhere. A good anchorage for<br />

small vessels is in 14.6m, mid-channel, about 0.5 mile ENE of<br />

Kings Point.<br />

Bliss Harbor<br />

1.36 Bliss Harbor (45°02'N., 66°51'W.) is entered between<br />

White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°01'N., 66°52'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW<br />

end of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 33m high, wooded<br />

with <strong>st</strong>eep cliffs, is <strong>st</strong>eep-to on its S side. Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 275m SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light. Shoals in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> area, including<br />

one about 0.5 mile W of Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light, with a lea<strong>st</strong><br />

depth of 6.4m, can be<strong>st</strong> be seen on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> appropriate chart.<br />

1.36 Man of War Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.7 mile NE of White Head Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. Man of War Rock, which<br />

dries about 3.7m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from which drying ledges extend about<br />

275m S, lies about 0.1 mile SE of Man of War Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A buoy<br />

marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se ledges <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a buoy marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of<br />

Man of War Rock. Boat Rock, above-water, lies about 0.1 mile N<br />

of Man of War Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, to which it is almo<strong>st</strong> joined by rocky ledges.<br />

1.36 Flea Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.8 mile NE of Man of War Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S<br />

of three isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, which with McCann Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.3 mile W,<br />

separates Bliss Harbor from Letang Harbor.<br />

1.36 Anchorage.—Vessels can anchor, in about 11.9m, out of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents, about 0.3 mile WSW of Flea Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

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Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

Smaller vessels can anchor, in 14.6m, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Fisherman<br />

Cove, a bight formed in Bliss Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.5 mile SE of<br />

Man of War Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.36 Vessels<br />

proceeding to Letang Harbor <strong>st</strong>eer to pass S of Flea<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, remaining clear of a 5.5m patch, about 137m S of that<br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n <strong>st</strong>eer to pass about 0.1 mile SE of McCann Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Letang Harbor to Point Lepreau<br />

1.37 Deadman Head (45°02'N., 66°47'W.), about 1 mile E<br />

of Peg Point, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity of a narrow peninsula. The W<br />

entrance point of Beaver Harbor (45°04'N., 66°44'W.) lies<br />

about 2.3 miles E of Deadman Head. The intervening shore is<br />

<strong>st</strong>eep-to except about midway, where a shoal on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is<br />

an islet <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a reef extends about 275m offshore.<br />

1.37 Drews<br />

Head (Lighthouse Point), nearly 0.5 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

W entrance point, is marked by a light shown from a white circular<br />

tower. A lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.7 mile SSE<br />

of Drews Head Light.<br />

Drews Head Light (Lighthouse Point)<br />

1.37 A rock, with a depth of 2.9m, lies 0.35 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

Ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r rock, with a depth of 4m, lies about 0.1 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

same light.<br />

1.37 The village of Beaver Harbor is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W shore of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, about 0.5 mile NNW of Drew Head. There are two<br />

public wharves in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village. The S wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> larger being<br />

133m long with a depth of 2.7m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer 70m<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side is dredged to a depth of 5.5m, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are<br />

lesser depths in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> berth. Close W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S<br />

wharf, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r public wharf has an outer section 61m long<br />

with a depth of 1.8m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end. A breakwater, about<br />

100m in length, is located S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main pier.<br />

1.37 To <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fish plant wharf is 40m long,<br />

with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.8m alongside. A submarine pipeline extends<br />

about 150m NE.<br />

1.37 Anchorage.—Small vessels with local knowledge will find<br />

secure anchorage, in 4.6m, off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village, about 0.5 mile N of<br />

Drews Head. Additional anchorage, in 40m, is located about<br />

3.2 mile SE of Deadmans Head.


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 19<br />

1.38 Seely Cove (Seeleys Cove) lies close N of Sealy<br />

Head, about 3.5 miles ENE of Beaver Harbor. A lighted bell<br />

buoy is moored about 0.5 mile S of Sealy Head. Good<br />

anchorage for mariners with local knowledge lies close N of<br />

Sealy Head, in depths of 9.1m, sheltered from SW winds.<br />

Rocks, which dry, extend about 0.2 mile S from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove.<br />

1.38 Red Head (45°06'N., 66°35'W.), about 3 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r ENE,<br />

is a wooded headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> with <strong>st</strong>eep cliffs, 68m high.<br />

1.38 Maces Bay lies between Red Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point Lepreau, about<br />

5.8 miles ESE. There is anchorage for mariners with local<br />

knowledge in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W part of Maces Bay.<br />

1.38 Pocologan<br />

Islet lies about 0.6 mile NE of Red Head. Mink<br />

Ledge, about 0.3 mile ENE, has a small portion of its SE end<br />

always above water. A 6.4m patch lies about 275m E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE<br />

end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.38 Barnaby Head (45°07'N., 66°32'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance<br />

point of Lepreau Harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE extension of Maces Bay.<br />

Mink Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 32m high, lies about 0.5 mile W of Barnaby<br />

Head. A lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.4 mile S of Barnaby<br />

Head.<br />

1.38 Lepreau Harbor, entered between Barnaby Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ragged<br />

Head, about 1 mile ENE, provides anchorage for small vessels<br />

with local knowledge, in a depth of 5.5m. Close inside Ragged<br />

Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government wharf 99m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 12m wide at<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end, with a depth of 1.5m alongside. A slip is situated<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier. A breakwater, about 150m in length,<br />

lies close W if <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier.<br />

1.39 Point Lepreau (45°04'N., 66°28'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance<br />

point of Maces Bay, is marked by a light, shown from a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

white horizontally-b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ed octagonal tower. The E shore of<br />

Maces Bay, N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point, consi<strong>st</strong>s of <strong>st</strong>eep cliffs.<br />

1.39 The<br />

Cape Lepreau Light<br />

44m high concrete dome of a nuclear power plant is sit-<br />

uated on Point Lepreau. A microwave tower <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s at an elevation<br />

of 60m, about 2.5 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.39 Lepreau Ledges (Maces Bay Ledges), upon which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are<br />

several islets, extend about 1.8 miles SSW from a position 3<br />

miles N of Point Lepreau. A lighted bell buoy is moored about<br />

0.2 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 2 miles NW of Point Lepreau.<br />

1.39 The Bro<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rs (Salkeld Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s) are two islets NW of Lepreau<br />

Ledges. The larger islet is 23.8m high. A shingle bar, which<br />

dries, extends nearly to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, about 1.3 miles ENE.<br />

1.39 The E side of Barnaby Head, bearing 354° <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open W of<br />

The Bro<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rs, leads W of Lepreau Ledges.<br />

1.39 Little Lepreau Basin, a narrow inlet, almo<strong>st</strong> dry at LW, lies<br />

about 4 miles N of Point Lepreau. A breakwater-wharf, about<br />

0.7 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin, has a depth of 2.7m at<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end.<br />

Point Lepreau to Saint John Harbor<br />

1.40 Dipper Harbor We<strong>st</strong> (45°06'N., 66°25'W.) is entered<br />

between Fishing Point, a bold point about 2.8 miles NE of<br />

Point Lepreau, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Campbells Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S point of a peninsula,<br />

23m high, about 0.4 mile NNE. A lighted bell buoy is moored<br />

about 0.5 mile ESE of Fishing Point. Dipper Ledges, which dry<br />

6.1m, lie about 0.2 mile ENE of Campbells Point.<br />

1.40 At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Dipper Harbor We<strong>st</strong>, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a breakwater-wharf, 88m long, with depths of<br />

1.5 to 3.4m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer 60m.<br />

1.40 Little Dipper Harbor, about 2 miles ENE of Campbells Point,<br />

is suitable only for small craft; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance is ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by<br />

ledges <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks. Foul ground, on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a rock, 2.4m<br />

high, extends almo<strong>st</strong> 0.5 mile ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE entrance point.<br />

1.40 Chance Harbor, open SE, is entered between Reef Point<br />

(Lighthouse Point) (45°07'N., 66°21'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cranberry Head,<br />

about 0.8 mile ENE. Chance Harbor Light is shown from a circular<br />

tower, with red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, on Reef Point. A lighted<br />

bell buoy is moored about 0.8 mile ESE of Reef Point.<br />

1.40 Mann Rock (Dry Ledge), 5m high, lies about 0.5 mile SW of<br />

Reef Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is almo<strong>st</strong> joined to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ledges, some of which dry. Rocks, above-water <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> awash, extend<br />

about 0.1 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are marked by a buoy.<br />

1.40 Mawhinney Rock, which dries 1.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> exhibits a radar reflector,<br />

lies about 0.4 mile N of Reef Rock. Half Tide Rock, on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, lies about 0.3 mile ENE of Mawhinney<br />

Rock.<br />

1.40 A breakwater-wharf, 132m long, with a depth of 2.4m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer end, which is 12m wide, lies about 0.3 mile NW of Reef<br />

Point.<br />

1.40 Anchorage.—There is anchorage for small vessels, in about<br />

5.5m, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner part of Chance Harbor.<br />

1.40 Haleys Cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Little Musquash Cove, about 0.5 mile <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

1.8 miles ENE of Cranberry Head, respectively, provide temporary<br />

anchorage, sheltered from N winds, to small vessels.<br />

Pork Ledge, a drying flat with a small islet, extends about<br />

275m S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance point to Haleys Cove.<br />

1.41 Musquash Harbor (45°09'N., 66°15'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> e<strong>st</strong>uary<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Musquash River, is entered between We<strong>st</strong>ern Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Musquash Head, about 0.5 mile E. The harbor is open S, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

available only to small vessels. Gooseberry Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 21.3m high,<br />

lies about 0.3 mile SW of We<strong>st</strong>ern Head. A rock, awash, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

marked by a lighted bell buoy, lies about 138m E of We<strong>st</strong>ern<br />

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Head. Split Rock, 7.6m high, lies close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, about 1<br />

mile E of Musquash Head.<br />

1.41 Musquash Light is shown from a white tower with a red horizontal<br />

b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on Musquash Head.<br />

1.41 Split Rock (45°08'N., 66°13'W.), 8m high, lies close S of a<br />

point lying about 0.9 mile E of Musquash Head. Tide rips<br />

extend about 0.1 mile S of Split Rock.<br />

1.41 Tiner Point (45°09'N., 66°12'W.), on which <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s a white<br />

rectangular building, lies about 1.3 miles NE of Split Rock. A<br />

chimney, 192m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by white <strong>st</strong>robe lights, is situated<br />

close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, about 1 mile NE of Split Rock, in Coleson<br />

Cove.<br />

1.41 The coa<strong>st</strong> continuing NE to Negro Head (45°11'N.,<br />

66°09'W.), 41m high, is bold, cliffy, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded. A rock, with<br />

a depth of 1.8m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked close NE by a lighted bell buoy,<br />

lies about 0.3 mile NE of Negro Head.<br />

1.41 A conspicuous grey chimney, 196m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by white<br />

ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, is situated nearly 2.5 miles NW of Negro Head.<br />

1.41 Lorneville Harbor (45°12'N., 66°09'W.) is entered between<br />

Lorneville Point, located about 0.5 mile N of Negro Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Seely Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of a peninsula about 0.8 mile<br />

NNE. A breakwater extends 162m N of Lorneville Point. A<br />

l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ing platform, about 43m long, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater,<br />

has a depth of 4.6m alongside at HW. Mo<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor<br />

dries at LW.<br />

1.41 The coa<strong>st</strong> between Seely Point (45°12'N., 66°08'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Sheldon Point, about 2.3 miles NE, recedes forming a bight.<br />

Two coves, separated by a headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 35m high, lie at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bight. Radio towers, with elevations of up to 116m, are<br />

situated about 0.5 mile NW of Sheldon Point.<br />

1.41 Manawagonish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 30m high, lies with its N end about 1<br />

mile SSW of Sheldon Point. Thumb Cap Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 11m high, lies<br />

about 0.2 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A reef, which dries <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on<br />

which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a rock drying 8.5m, extends about 0.2 mile SW<br />

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Musquash Light<br />

of Thumb Cap Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. These isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s are joined to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>al<br />

bank, about 0.5 mile W of Sheldon Point, by a bank with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.4m. Temporary anchorage can be taken between<br />

Manawagonish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W.<br />

1.41 A chimney, 192m high, is situated 1.5 miles ENE of<br />

Musquash Light.<br />

Saint John Harbor (45°16'N., 66°03'E.)<br />

World Port Index No. 6550<br />

1.42 Saint John Harbor, at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John<br />

River, is open to shipping all year. It is important as a winter<br />

port when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Lawrence River is ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by ice. Saint<br />

John is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> important commercial center in New Brunswick<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> carries on a considerable trade with all parts of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

world. A sugar refinery, oil refinery, pulp <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> paper mills, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r indu<strong>st</strong>ries are situated in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John area. The area<br />

consi<strong>st</strong>s of four sections: Saint John, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula Courtenay<br />

Bay from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River; Ea<strong>st</strong> Saint John, E of<br />

Courtenay Bay; We<strong>st</strong> Saint John, W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor entrance; <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Lanca<strong>st</strong>er, W of We<strong>st</strong> Saint John.<br />

1.42 The Saint John River is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> river flowing through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Province of New Brunswick, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is navigable for small craft as<br />

far as Fredericton, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> capital of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> province. A monobuoy is<br />

positioned close W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage between Negro<br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Green Head. It is equipped with a 244m free floating<br />

discharge hose marked by two flashing white lights.<br />

Winds—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

1.42 During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> winter months, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> prevailing winds are from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

NW. From April through Augu<strong>st</strong>, winds are usually from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SE, S, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW. Gales occur in winter <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> early spring.<br />

1.42 Fogs are ra<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r frequent, particularly in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> early part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

day, from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of June to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> end of Augu<strong>st</strong>. November<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> December have <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> lea<strong>st</strong> fog.<br />

Ice<br />

1.42 Due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large tidal range in Saint John Harbor, it is <strong>st</strong>ated<br />

that <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> formation of ice in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor is almo<strong>st</strong> impossible <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

that field ice never drifts into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor from<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy.<br />

1.42 The ice which does form in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River terminates 3<br />

miles above Reversing Falls (45°15.7'N., 66°05.3'W.), at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

head of harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is prevented by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m from escaping into<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. When <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ice does break up in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring, it is rotten<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> completely pulverized when coming down over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> falls.<br />

Tides—Currents<br />

Saint John Port Authority Home Page<br />

http://www.sjport.com<br />

1.42 Saint John Harbor is noted for extremely high tides, <strong>st</strong>rong<br />

tidal currents, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> significant currents caused by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outflow<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> its approach


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channels, especially during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring freshet in April <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> May.<br />

At spring tides <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> range is about 8.8m.<br />

1.42 There is a conflict between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

river current; when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river is high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> current is <strong>st</strong>ronger <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

la<strong>st</strong>s longer again<strong>st</strong> a flood tidal current. The river normally rises<br />

24 hours after a heavy rain, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> it is at its highe<strong>st</strong> during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

spring freshet. Ea<strong>st</strong> winds reduce <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> effect of ebb tidal currents<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> increase <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> amount of salt water entering <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor<br />

during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current.<br />

1.42 During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring freshet, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> great volume of water discharging<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river causes a con<strong>st</strong>ant outgoing surface flow to a considerable<br />

depth, which at times attains a velocity of 5 knots in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

main harbor. When <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se conditions prevail, vessels entering or<br />

departing from Coutenay Bay may be re<strong>st</strong>ricted to a maximum<br />

draft of 8.5m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> daylight movements only.<br />

1.42 Even with normal conditions, because of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outflow from<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surface flow may be misleading with a rising tide.<br />

After half tide, rising, an outward surface flow may <strong>st</strong>ill be<br />

very evident, while underneath but coming nearer <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surface<br />

as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide continues to rise, a <strong>st</strong>rong inward current may exi<strong>st</strong>.<br />

From approximately half tide, falling, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> whole movement of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water is outward.<br />

1.42 The following conditions were observed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel<br />

opposite Negro Point (45°15'N., 66°04'W.), in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> month of<br />

Augu<strong>st</strong> with tides of average range: At a depth of 6.1m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

flood tidal current began 3 hours after LW, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current<br />

about 2 hours 30 minutes after HW. On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surface, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb<br />

rate rose to 2.5 knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood rate to 1.75 knots; at a<br />

depth of 3m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rates were 1.5 knots <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1 knot, respectively.<br />

Saint John Harbor—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Charactari<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

Element<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Sea Level Pressure (millibars)<br />

Mean<br />

Temperature (°C)<br />

1014 1012 1013 1014 1014 1013 1014 1015 1018 1017 1015 1015<br />

Mean -0.2 -1.3 0.5 3.4 7.0 11.0 15.5 17.6 15.5 11.5 2.1 -5.0<br />

Mean daily max -2.8 -2.3 2.1 7.9 14.4 19.2 22.1 21.8 17.6 12.1 6.0 -0.2<br />

Mean daily min -13.2 -13.3 -7.5 -1.5 3.7 8.4 11.6 11.5 7.6 2.9 -1.9 9.9<br />

Extreme high 14.0 11.1 15.8 22.8 30.0 32.0 32.8 34.4 28.9 25.6 21.7 16.1<br />

Extreme low -31.7 -36.7 -30.0 -16.7 -7.8 -2.2 1.1 -0.6 -6.7 -10.6 -16.7 -34.4<br />

Relative Humidity (per cent)<br />

Mean 82 80 77 75 72 77 80 82 82 83 85 82<br />

Precipitation (millimeters)<br />

Mean 128.3 102.6 109.9 109.7 123.1 104.8 103.7 103.0 111.3 122.5 146.2 167.6<br />

Max in 24 hours 83.0 82.3 74.0 125.5 66.5 108.2 79.4 125.2 74.9 85.3 154.4 92.4<br />

Mean amt snow<br />

(cm)<br />

Mean no. of<br />

71.7 56.5 47.6 23.1 2.2 0 0 0 0 2.4 15.1 64.4<br />

days with<br />

precipitiation<br />

17 14 14 13 14 13 12 12 12 12 15 16<br />

Mean no. days<br />

snow<br />

14 12 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 12<br />

Wind Speed (knots)<br />

Mean 11.4 10.7 11.4 10.1 9.7 9.6 8.3 8.2 8.7 9.9 10.9 10.8<br />

Wind Direction (percentage of observations)<br />

North 14 11 10 9 7 5 4 5 7 7 9 11<br />

Northnor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 10 9 11 11 5 7 4 4 5 7 8 9<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 5 4 6 5 3 4 2 3 4 5 5 5<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong>nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong>sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 2<br />

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22 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

Wind Direction (percentage of observations) (continued)<br />

Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 1 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3<br />

Southsou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3<br />

South 2 4 5 7 12 15 19 16 11 9 7 4<br />

Southsouthwe<strong>st</strong> 3 3 4 9 14 16 17 16 15 9 6 4<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> 4 4 5 8 12 12 14 13 10 9 6 4<br />

We<strong>st</strong>southwe<strong>st</strong> 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 4<br />

We<strong>st</strong> 8 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 10 10<br />

We<strong>st</strong>northwe<strong>st</strong> 9 9 8 5 4 3 3 3 5 6 8 8<br />

Northwe<strong>st</strong> 13 5 13 8 6 4 4 5 7 9 11 13<br />

Northnorthwe<strong>st</strong> 12 10 9 6 5 3 3 4 6 6 8 10<br />

Calm 3 4 3 5 5 5 6 8 8 5 4 5<br />

Wind Direction (mean speed in knots)<br />

North 9.7 9.4 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.6 7.4 7.5 8.6 8.8 9.5 9.1<br />

Northnor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 9.6 10.4 11.2 10.2 9.2 10.5 7.4 8.9 8.2 10.1 11.0 10.1<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 8.9 7.6 9.4 9.1 7.6 8.2 6.3 6.9 6.5 8.0 8.1 8.2<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong>nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 12.1 11.2 11.4 9.0 7.5 7.6 4.9 7.6 7.4 8.1 10.2 9.8<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> 13.3 11.2 11.5 10.5 8.9 8.4 6.6 7.2 8.1 9.6 9.5 10.2<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong>sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 13.4 13.3 13.3 10.8 10.0 8.4 7.9 8.2 8.9 11.1 12.0 12.6<br />

Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 12.7 10.5 8.5 9.2 9.1 7.6 6.9 6.5 7.3 9.5 11.7 12.0<br />

Southsou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> 14.2 11.7 9.4 9.6 9.2 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.9 9.0 13.7 14.5<br />

South 14.1 12.9 11.4 9.8 9.2 9.1 8.7 8.2 8.9 10.1 13.5 13.9<br />

Southsouthwe<strong>st</strong> 16.0 14.1 12.5 12.2 11.4 11.3 10.1 10.5 11.6 12.2 15.2 15.5<br />

Wind Direction (mean speed in knots) (continued)<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> 13.8 11.6 11.5 12.0 12.4 11.9 10.6 10.6 10.9 10.9 11.9 12.7<br />

We<strong>st</strong>southwe<strong>st</strong> 11.1 10.6 12.4 10.2 10.9 11.0 9.6 9.2 9.4 10.5 10.2 11.8<br />

We<strong>st</strong> 11.4 10.1 11.8 9.3 8.9 7.9 7.6 8.2 8.2 9.6 9.9 11.3<br />

We<strong>st</strong>northwe<strong>st</strong> 13.1 11.8 13.1 11.8 10.9 10.5 8.7 8.9 9.6 11.2 12.0 12.4<br />

Northwe<strong>st</strong> 12.7 12.1 13.5 12.3 11.7 11.3 9.6 8.9 10.5 11.5 11.8 11.7<br />

Northnorthwe<strong>st</strong> 11.8 11.5 12.6 11.3 11.3 11.1 9.3 9.2 10.3 11.8 11.1 11.0<br />

1.42 Density current.—The hydraulic conditions in Saint John<br />

Harbor can be<strong>st</strong> be described as a wedge of salt water that<br />

advances <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> recedes beneath <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river water under <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

influence of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide. There is a clearly defined layering of<br />

water throughout <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> area, forming an interface between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

two bodies of water. With <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> difference in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> relative density<br />

of each layer, mixing between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m will occur. As <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> deeper<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> denser salt water mixes upward into a fresher layer, it is<br />

carried outward <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water thus lo<strong>st</strong> is replaced by more<br />

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Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

Element<br />

Saint John Harbor—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Charactari<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Temperature <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> precipitation data courtesy of Environment Canada<br />

inflowing deep water. This is known as a density current, an<br />

undercurrent that has been recorded to be as high as 1.8 knots.<br />

1.42 At HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entire movement is inflowing. While at half tide<br />

falling, after <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> change in flow at Reversing Falls, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entire<br />

water movement is outward.<br />

1.42 Mixing of salt <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> fresh water occurs in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

carries on up<strong>st</strong>ream through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Reversing Falls. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

to Courtenay Bay (45°15'N., 66°03'W.), a complex circular<br />

motion of water exi<strong>st</strong>s. There is a minimal flow of fresh


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 23<br />

water into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> as a result <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> density current is not as<br />

<strong>st</strong>rong as in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main harbor. These conditions vary somewhat<br />

during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> freshet.<br />

1.42 Salinity.—The salinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor varies with<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>ate of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide. During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring freshet, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

main harbor is almo<strong>st</strong> all fresh.<br />

Depths—Limitations<br />

Courtney Bay Channel<br />

Pugsley Terminal<br />

1.42 The channel into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main section of Saint John Harbor is<br />

180m wide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dredged to a depth of 8.4m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> range<br />

line. Maximum tidal range in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel is 9.1m. The channel<br />

leading into Courtenay Bay lies to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

has a dredged depth of 5.3m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> range line. Lesser depths<br />

occur along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sides of both channels. The channel to<br />

Courtney Bay has a minimum width of 152m.<br />

Long Wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Long Wharf Range Lights<br />

1.42 Small vessels <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> small craft proceeding beyond <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r up <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River will encounter a<br />

road bridge, with a vertical clearance of 23m, close W of Navy<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Terminal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a road <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rail bridge at Reversing Falls,<br />

with a vertical clearance of 24m.<br />

1.42 The large<strong>st</strong> dry-dock has a length of 427m, a width of 38m,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a depth of 13m over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sill. When needed, this dry-dock<br />

can be leng<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ned.<br />

1.42 Note.—Due to continuous silting in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> dredged<br />

depths are subject to change.<br />

1.42 The main harbor channel has required little dredging in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

pa<strong>st</strong>; however, silting is a more serious problem in Courtenay<br />

Bay, where maintenance dredging is usually done annually.<br />

1.42 With <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> exception of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> dredged portions, Courtenay Bay<br />

is entirely occupied by drying s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> mud flats.<br />

1.42 The bridge across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River, above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main<br />

harbor, has a clearance of 23m. Fixed white lights are fitted on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two bridge piers, one on each side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel, visible<br />

from both directions.<br />

1.42 Canaport Oil Terminal (45°12'N., 65°59'W.), a deep-water<br />

oil terminal operated by Irving Oil Company, is situated 0.6<br />

mile S of Mispec Point (45°12'N., 65°59'W.). The large<strong>st</strong><br />

tanker berth, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E approach to Saint John Harbor can<br />

accommodate ULCCs up to 400,000 dwt in a depth of 37m;<br />

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24 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

vessels are moored during daylight hours only in favorable<br />

wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r conditions. Generally, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> berths at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> commercial<br />

terminals have 12.2m depth.<br />

1.42 The terminal also consi<strong>st</strong>s of an SBM connected to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tank<br />

farm at Mispec Point by submarine pipelines. A re<strong>st</strong>ricted area,<br />

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Berth Length Depth at<br />

Low Tide<br />

Saint John, New Brunswick<br />

Saint John—Port Facilities<br />

with a radius of 0.5 mile centered on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SBM, comes into<br />

force when tankers approach, discharge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> depart <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

terminal.<br />

1.42 <strong>Information</strong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port facilities available at Saint John is<br />

given in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> table titled Saint John—Port Facilities<br />

Remarks<br />

NAVY ISLAND FOREST PRODUCTS TERMINAL<br />

No. 1A 378m 10.4m Fore<strong>st</strong> Products, general cargo, break bulk, dry bulk, containers, RO-<br />

RO facilities<br />

No. 1B 378m 10.4m Fore<strong>st</strong> Products, general cargo, break bulk, dry bulk, containers, RO-<br />

RO facilities<br />

No. 2B 190m 10.4m Fore<strong>st</strong> Products, general cargo, break bulk, dry bulk, containers, RO-<br />

RO facilities<br />

No.3A 313m 10.4m Fore<strong>st</strong> Products, general cargo, break bulk, dry bulk, containers, RO-<br />

RO facilities<br />

No. 3B 313m 10.4m Fore<strong>st</strong> Products, general cargo, break bulk, dry bulk, containers, RO-<br />

RO facilities


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 25<br />

1.42 A jetty has been e<strong>st</strong>ablished approximately 340m off of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SE shore <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 550m ESE of Mispec Point.<br />

Aspect<br />

Berth Length Depth at<br />

Low Tide<br />

SLIP<br />

BERTH<br />

LONG WARF TERMINAL<br />

188m 9.1m General <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dry bulk cargo, cruise <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> cargo ships<br />

Marginal 285m 9.1m General <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dry bulk cargo, cruise <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> cargo ships<br />

1.42 Inner approaches to Saint John.—Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(45°14'N., 66°03'W.), about 2 miles ENE of Sheldon Point, is<br />

Saint John—Port Facilities<br />

MARCO POLO CRUISE TERMINAL(aka PUGSLEY A/B)<br />

Berth A 388m 10.4m Cruise Liner Terminal operated by Saint John Port Authority<br />

Berth B 388m 10.4m Cruise Liner Terminal operated by Saint John Port Authority<br />

PUGSLEY TERMINAL<br />

Berth C 235m 10.4m Cruise,break <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> project cargo<br />

Remarks<br />

LOWER COVE TERMINAL<br />

225m 10.4m Dry bulk, break bulk, project cargo <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> cruise ships There are facilities<br />

for vessels with <strong>st</strong>arboard quarter ramps<br />

RODNEY CONTAINER TERMINAL<br />

Slip Berth 291m 12.2m Containers, dry, break bulk, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> project cargo<br />

Marginal 369m 5.5m Containers, dry, break bulk, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> project cargo<br />

BARRACK POINT POTASH TERMINAL<br />

Dolphin 290m 13.0m Potash <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bulk rock salt<br />

BAY FERRIES TERMINAL<br />

Berth A 189m 9.1m RO-RO, Dry & Liquid Berths<br />

No. 25 137m 4.9m Marine Training In<strong>st</strong>itute, marine training facility<br />

LOWER WESTSIDE TERMINALS<br />

No. 10 107m 12.2m Dry,liquid, bulkbreak bulk, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> project cargo<br />

No. 11 107m 12.2m Dry,liquid, bulkbreak bulk, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> project cargo<br />

No. 12 264m 9.1m (Crosby Molasses) Molasses, fish oil <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> calcium chloride<br />

No. 12 265m 9.1m (Rodney-Crosby Molasses)<br />

CANAPORT TERMINAL-SPM<br />

SPM 14m 11.0m Crude 350,000 DWT<br />

SBM 39.6m Canaport Deep Water Terminal (SBM)<br />

LNG Dock 412m 26.0m<br />

Dock 1 215m 10.9m Petroleum products chemicals,<br />

Dock 2 98m 10.9m Petroleum products chemicals,<br />

24m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> surrounded by reefs <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals extending to about<br />

275m NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> part of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a monument is conspicuous about 0.1 mile SSW<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.42 Negro Point (Negrotown Point) (45°15'N., 66°04'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SE point of We<strong>st</strong> Saint John, lies about 0.5 mile NNW of<br />

Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, to which it is connected by a breakwater.<br />

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26 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.42 Between Negro Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sheldon Point, about 2 miles SW,<br />

a coa<strong>st</strong>al bank, with depths of less than 5.5m, extends about 0.8<br />

mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. Shag Rocks, one of which is 1.2m high,<br />

lie on this bank, about 1 mile W of Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.42 The entrance channel to Saint John Harbor lies E of Partridge<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is buoyed. Range lights, in line bearing<br />

333.5°, lead into Saint John Harbor.<br />

1.42 Courtenay Bay (45°15'N., 66°03'W.) lies between Red<br />

Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John Peninsula. A breakwater extends<br />

about 1 mile SSW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, about 1.3 miles<br />

NNW of Red Head. The dredged channel into Courtenay Bay<br />

lies W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by buoys; a directional<br />

light marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer portion of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> dredged channel. Courtney<br />

Bay Range Lights, in line bearing 021°, are shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. Each light is shown from a skeleton tower with<br />

a fluorescent red daymark having a black vertical <strong>st</strong>ripe.<br />

1.42 Three conspicuous chimneys, each 110m high, painted in red<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white horizontal b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, are situated about 1.3 miles NE of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Courtenay Bay Breakwater. There are two conspicuous<br />

red cranes in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> dry dock area to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se chimneys.<br />

1.42 In Courtenay Bay, a number of deep water berths are located<br />

around <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> edge of an irregularly-shaped dredged area in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

bay; in o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r palaces, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay is occupied by drying s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mud flats. Major in<strong>st</strong>allations include a bulk potash terminal,<br />

with conspicuous <strong>st</strong>orage sheds, at Barrack Point; a number of<br />

tanker berths <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> oil depots; <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a large shipyard with a graving<br />

dock.<br />

Pilotage<br />

1.42 Pilotage is compulsory. The pilot boarding <strong>st</strong>ation is in<br />

position 45°10.8'N, 66°03.7'W, about 3.5 miles S of Partridge<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The pilot vessel (black hull with white b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white<br />

deckhouse, 19m long) is equipped with radar <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> VHF radio.<br />

VHF channel 12 is guarded when underway. Also available is<br />

Saint John Marine Radio Station (call sign VCS) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

Guard Traffic Center on VHF channels 12, 14, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 16.<br />

1.42 Pilots should be obtained from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Atlantic Pilotage<br />

Authority 12 hours before arrival at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot boarding <strong>st</strong>ation.<br />

The time used mu<strong>st</strong> be GMT. The ETA mu<strong>st</strong> be confirmed or<br />

corrected 4 hours before arrival at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot boarding <strong>st</strong>ation.<br />

1.42 The ma<strong>st</strong>er of a vessel that is to depart or move within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

compulsory pilotage area mu<strong>st</strong> reque<strong>st</strong> a pilot from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Atlantic<br />

Pilotage Authority 4 hours before <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ETD. Local time should<br />

be used. If GMT is used it mu<strong>st</strong> be expressly <strong>st</strong>ated.<br />

1.42 A large fleet of tugs operate within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port. The use of tugs<br />

is compulsory for berthing <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> unberthing at Canaport Oil Terminal.<br />

The use of one or more is recommended when berthing<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> unberthing in o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r parts of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

Regulations<br />

1.42 Traffic Separation Scheme.—For vessels approaching or<br />

departing from Saint John Harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a traffic separation<br />

scheme situated about 15 miles SSW of Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, in use<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot boarding <strong>st</strong>ation. Its use is compulsory<br />

for all ships of 20m in length or more, during both day<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> night, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in all wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r conditions. The International Regulations<br />

for Preventing Collisions at Sea mu<strong>st</strong> be observed at<br />

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Saint John Harbor—Coa<strong>st</strong> Guard Wharf (foreground) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Pugsley Wharf from N<br />

all times while using <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Traffic Separation Scheme.<br />

1.42 Vessels maneuvering or o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rwise underway in Saint John<br />

Harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> also while at an alongside berth or at anchor, are<br />

subject to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John Port Corporation By-Law "Operating<br />

Regulations". A copy of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se regulations may be obtained<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corporation. The harbor limit extends across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, 0.5 mile S of Musquash Head.<br />

1.42 These Operating In<strong>st</strong>ructions require that no vessel shall<br />

move in a harbor at a rate of speed that may endanger life or<br />

property.<br />

1.42 The port corporation has wide powers over vessels in its<br />

harbors, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> may order vessels to move, to use tugs, to berth or<br />

anchor in locations which it designates. Certain re<strong>st</strong>rictions on<br />

berthing <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchoring are set forth, along with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

requirements for vessels to inform <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port in advance of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir<br />

intention to berth or anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.42 Vessels are regulated with respect to cargo-h<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ling operations,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> equipment <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lighting employed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se operations. In<strong>st</strong>ructions<br />

for signalling, action in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> event of accidents, cargo or


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gear lo<strong>st</strong> overboard, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> safety requirements are included.<br />

1.42 There are specific vessel regulations for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> carriage <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

h<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ling of explosives <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dangerous goods, as well as rules to<br />

be observed in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> prevention of fire.<br />

1.42 Due to tidal conditions in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> average ship’s<br />

gangway is not long enough; a longer one may be rented from<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port corporation.<br />

Vessel Traffic Service<br />

1.42 A<br />

ST. John Pilot Boat<br />

VTS center at Saint John admini<strong>st</strong>ers a m<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>atory sy<strong>st</strong>em<br />

Saint John Harbor—Fore<strong>st</strong> Products Terminal<br />

for all vessels 20m in regi<strong>st</strong>ered length or more. Vessels of less<br />

than 20m in length are encouraged to maintain a li<strong>st</strong>ening<br />

watch on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> appropriate VTS channel when navigating in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Fundy Zone.<br />

Signals<br />

1.42 Vessels reque<strong>st</strong>ing pilots should show <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> International Signals<br />

required for pilots by day or night. In abnormal wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

such as fog, snow, or heavy rain, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vessel reque<strong>st</strong>ing a pilot<br />

should, in addition to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> regular signals, sound four long<br />

bla<strong>st</strong>s, at intervals until <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot vessel is situated. The pilot<br />

vessel will, in addition to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> regular signals, sound four short<br />

bla<strong>st</strong>s at intervals.<br />

Anchorage<br />

1.42 Designated anchorage areas A, B, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> D are e<strong>st</strong>ablished<br />

within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port limits in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.42 Anchorage A, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW approaches, is bounded by lines<br />

joining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> following positions:<br />

a. 45°13.3'N, 66°04.9'W.<br />

b. 45°13.3'N, 66°03.3'W.<br />

c. 45°11.4'N, 66°04.6'W.<br />

d. 45°11.9'N, 66°05.9'W.<br />

1.42 Anchorage B, adjoining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S boundary of Anchorage A, is<br />

bounded by lines joining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> following positions:<br />

a. 45°11.9'N, 66°05.9'W.<br />

b. 45°11.4'N, 66°04.6'W.<br />

c. 45°08.1'N, 66°06.7'W.<br />

d. 45°08.1'N, 66°11.3'W.<br />

1.42 Anchorage D, adjoining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S boundary of Anchorage C, is<br />

bounded by lines joining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> following positions:<br />

a. 45°10.7'N, 66°02.6'W.<br />

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28 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.42 Pilotage<br />

b. 45°10.0'N, 66°00.5'W.<br />

c. 45°10.0'N, 66°00.0'W.<br />

d. 45°08.1'N, 66°00.0'W.<br />

e. 45°08.1'N, 66°04.0'W.<br />

is compulsory in Anchorage A <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N parts of<br />

Anchorage B <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Anchorage C. A continuous li<strong>st</strong>ening watch<br />

on VHF channel 12 should be maintained by vessels at anchor,<br />

in compliance with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Coa<strong>st</strong> Guard Traffic Center. Vessels<br />

should be ready to proceed or maneuver on short notice.<br />

1.42 Herring<br />

purse seining operations are conducted in Anchor-<br />

age A from November 1 to April 1. Vessels should exercise<br />

caution <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> avoid fouling nets.<br />

Caution<br />

1.42 A line consi<strong>st</strong>ing of foam <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> small bits of debris <strong>st</strong>retches<br />

across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to Saint John Harbor. Its location changes<br />

with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>ate of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide, but it should be <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mo<strong>st</strong> visible at<br />

half flood tide before SW at Reversing Falls.<br />

1.42 On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outside of this line, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> seawater is slightly tainted in<br />

color with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> yellowish green tinge of fine s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y particles<br />

held in suspension. The fresher surface water on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inside is<br />

deep brown in color.<br />

1.42 Dredged channels are subject to con<strong>st</strong>ant silting; mariners<br />

are advised to contact <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port authorities for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> late<strong>st</strong> information.<br />

1.42 Herring purse seine fishing is carried out in Area A between<br />

November 1<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> April 1<strong>st</strong> each year. Mariners mu<strong>st</strong> use<br />

caution as necessary to avoid fouling nets.<br />

The Saint John River<br />

1.43 Reversing Falls (45°16'N., 66°05'W.), at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of<br />

Saint John Harbor, lead to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> upper reaches of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John<br />

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Reversing Falls<br />

River. This remarkable phenomenon is caused primarily by a<br />

ridge of rock, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4m at LW, extending across<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. The ridge rises abruptly from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river bed, with deep<br />

water on ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r side, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> has a damming effect on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inward<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> outward flow of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal water.<br />

1.43 At<br />

LW, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> surface of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> falls is 3.4 to 4.6m<br />

above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> level of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> at HW it is 1.8 to 3m below<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor level. The falls reverse with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> effect is<br />

more marked during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outward flow.<br />

1.43 The<br />

falls are navigable by small vessels for about 0.5 hour<br />

before <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> after SW, which la<strong>st</strong>s about 10 minutes. Small boats<br />

should pass during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> period of SW. During great freshets, due<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> melting of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> snow, which usually occurs between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

beginning of April <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of May, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> falls are impassable<br />

as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor level never reaches that of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. Meteorological<br />

conditions can alter <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> time of LW or HW from that<br />

predicted by an appreciable amount.<br />

1.43 There<br />

is no requirement to contact <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port corporation when<br />

berthing to await SW at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Reversing Falls. A temporary berth<br />

is available at a pontoon adjacent to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Market Square complex,<br />

close N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Canadian Coa<strong>st</strong> Guard wharf. The pontoon<br />

is 30m long, but it is reported that <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner 9m has depths of<br />

only 0.6 to 0.9m alongside.<br />

1.43 The<br />

river above Reversing Falls is navigable as far as<br />

Fredericton (45°57'N., 66°38'W.), about 70 miles above<br />

Reversing Falls. Kennebecasis Bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Kennebecasis River<br />

join <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Saint John River about 3 miles above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Falls. The<br />

controlling depths in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river are 4.3m to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of<br />

Kennebecasis Bay, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.7m to Fredericton.<br />

Saint John Harbor to Chignecto Bay<br />

1.44 Red Head (45°15'N., 66°01'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance point<br />

of Courtenay Bay, has <strong>st</strong>eep cliffs about 19.2m high. Cranberry<br />

Point, 1 mile SE of Red Head, is about 3.7m high.<br />

1.44 Black Point (45°13'N., 66°00'W.), about 1.5 miles S of<br />

Cranberry Point, is bordered by drying reefs extending about<br />

0.1 mile SSW. A shoal patch, mud, used as a dredged spoils<br />

dumping ground <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked close SW by a lighted bell buoy,<br />

lies about 0.5 mile SW of Black Point. Mariners are advised to<br />

use caution as o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r unreported shoal depths may lie in this area.<br />

A light is shown from a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white tower on Black Point.<br />

A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy, equipped with a racon, is moored about<br />

1.5 miles W of Black Point.<br />

1.44 Mispic Point (45°12'N., 65°59'W.), lying about 1 mile SE of<br />

Black Point, is a bold projection rising to an elevation of 87m.<br />

A tank farm is situated close within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point. A red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white<br />

radar tower, 157m high, lies about 1.5 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.44 Mispec Bay is entered between Mispic Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Connoly<br />

Head, 30.5m high, about 1.5 miles ESE. The bay is open to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> affords little protection; however, anchorage is available,<br />

in depths of 7.3 to 9.1m. Black Rock, 3m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eep-to,<br />

lies about 0.5 mile S of Connoly Head.<br />

1.45 Canaport Deep Water Oil Terminal (45°12'N.,<br />

65°59'W.) (World Port Index No. 6545) consi<strong>st</strong>s of a single<br />

point mooring (SPM), marked "Irving," which is moored 0.6<br />

mile S of Mispec Point. Submarine pipelines are laid from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

buoy to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> buoy has a 290m long free-floating


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 29<br />

discharge hose, whose relative direction to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> buoy is<br />

dependent on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wind <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal current. The terminal enables<br />

bulk carriers to perform cargo unloading <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> deballa<strong>st</strong>ing<br />

operations. The depth at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> terminal is 37m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tankers of<br />

350,000 dwt, drawing 22.9m, can be accepted.<br />

1.45 Pilotage is compulsory <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should be reque<strong>st</strong>ed from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Atlantic<br />

Pilotage Authority 12 hours in advance <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> confirmed or<br />

corrected 4 hours prior to arrival. The pilot will board 3.25<br />

miles WSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> terminal, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same position as for Saint<br />

John Harbor. Vessels waiting to berth should anchor in Anchorage<br />

C, S of 45°10'N.<br />

1.45 Currently, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is daylight berthing only, but with no re<strong>st</strong>rictions<br />

on departure.<br />

1.45 The vessel’s ETA at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> terminal should be sent via <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> agent<br />

96 hours, 72 hours, 48 hours, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 24 hours before arrival.<br />

1.45 Re<strong>st</strong>ricted area.—Within <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.5 mile range of Canaport<br />

SPM area, re<strong>st</strong>rictiona are in force when a vessel is approaching,<br />

discharging, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> leaving <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> berth.<br />

1.46 Canaport LNG Terminal (45°12'N., 65°59'W.) is<br />

situated 0.7 mile NE of Canaport Deep Water Oil Terminal, at<br />

Mispec Point. It is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fir<strong>st</strong> Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)<br />

receiving <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> regassification terminal in Canada. Three large<br />

concrete LNG <strong>st</strong>orage tanks are positioned close NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Irving Oil <strong>st</strong>orage tanks in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity. A flame tower <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tanks.<br />

1.46 The<br />

Canadport LNG Terminal Home Page<br />

http://www.canaportlng.com<br />

Canaport LNG Terminal<br />

Canaport LNG jetty consi<strong>st</strong>s of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> unloading platform,<br />

eight mooring dolphins joined by catwalks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a tre<strong>st</strong>le<br />

joining <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. The face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> unloading platform is<br />

65m long with a depth alongside of 29m. There are depths of<br />

23.8 to 25.6m near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mooring dolphins. The outer portion of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> unloading platform <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mooring dolphins are aligned,<br />

giving a berthing length of 115m. The tre<strong>st</strong>le is 300m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

includes a roadway <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> pipeline to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore.<br />

1.46 Pilotage for vessels proceeding to Canaport is compulsory.<br />

The pilot boarding area is near position 45°09'03''N,<br />

66°04'50''W. For vessels departing Canaport LNG Terminal,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pilot will disembark at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same <strong>st</strong>ation for Saint John<br />

Harbor.<br />

1.46 Under certain wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r conditions, vessels may be required to<br />

take anchorage outside of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> facility.<br />

1.47 Cape Spencer (45°12'N., 65°55'W.), in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E approach<br />

to Saint John, about 2.3 miles SE of Connoly Head, is<br />

high, bold, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded. A light is shown at an elevation of<br />

64m from a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white circular tower on Cape Spencer.<br />

1.47 Caution.—There is a <strong>st</strong>rong tide rip off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape with a W<br />

wind <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a W tidal current. Vessels should pass S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape in<br />

order to avoid this tide rip.<br />

1.47 The coa<strong>st</strong> from Cape Spencer to Cape Enrage, about 54<br />

miles ENE, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of Chignecto Bay, is bold, thickly<br />

wooded, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from 122 to 274m high. It is intersected by numerous<br />

valleys, through which small rivers enter <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of<br />

Fundy. The mouths of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> small rivers are very similar in appearance,<br />

being composed of bars of shingle <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> gravel, with a<br />

narrow passage on one side through which small vessels may<br />

enter at HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> berth on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mud, generally sheltered from all<br />

winds; however, local knowledge is required.<br />

1.47 During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> summer months vessels may anchor, at a reasonable<br />

di<strong>st</strong>ance offshore, anywhere between Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Cape Enrage.<br />

1.48 McCoy Head (45°15'N., 65°44'W.), a rounded headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

61m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> covered with trees, lies about 8 miles ENE<br />

of Cape Spencer. The coa<strong>st</strong> between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two points recedes<br />

forming a bight with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Black River at its head. A government<br />

pier, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river, is 50m in length, extending<br />

to a depth of 7.6m at HW.<br />

1.48 The<br />

Cape Spencer Light<br />

shore between Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Black River is<br />

<strong>st</strong>eep-to, except in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of a point about 2.5 miles ENE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> former, from which drying rocks extend about 0.1 mile<br />

offshore.<br />

1.48 The Si<strong>st</strong>ers consi<strong>st</strong> of a small group of rocks 0.6 mile offshore,<br />

about 2 miles W of McCoy Head. The outer rocks dry<br />

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30 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

about 3.4m, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner rock, about 0.1 mile nearer <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>,<br />

from which it is separated by a deep-water channel, only shows<br />

at LW. A lighted bell buoy is moored close S of The Si<strong>st</strong>ers.<br />

1.48 Ea<strong>st</strong> Red Head (45°17'N., 65°41'W.), about 2.5 miles ENE<br />

of McCoy Head, is composed of red cliffs about 15.2m high.<br />

Rogers Head, about 5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r ENE, is 122m high, thickly<br />

wooded, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eep-to, with high perpendicular cliffs on its W<br />

side <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a <strong>st</strong>eep slope on its S side.<br />

1.48 Caution.—A submarine telecommunications cable is laid<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore W of Rodgers Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> extends SE to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE<br />

shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Port Gerorge.<br />

1.49 Quaco Head (45°19'N., 65°32'W.), 76m high, lies<br />

about 2 miles NE of Rogers Head, from which it is separated<br />

by a treeless valley. There is a tide rip off Quaco Head. Quaco<br />

Head Reef, on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an above-water rock, extends<br />

about 0.5 mile SE of Quaco Head. A light is shown from a<br />

white square tower at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corner of a white square building situated<br />

on Quaco Head. A lighted bell buoy, which is withdrawn<br />

during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> winter, is moored SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> reef.<br />

1.49 A depth of 16.5m lies about 2 miles SE of Quaco Head.<br />

1.49 Quaco Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.8m, lies from about 0.5<br />

to 1.5 miles NNE of Quaco Head. The S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W ends of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shoal are marked by buoys.<br />

1.49 Quaco Bay (45°19'N., 65°32'W.) is entered between Quaco<br />

Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Macomber Point, 2 miles NNE. The mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Irish River, protected by two small breakwaters <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> accessible<br />

by coa<strong>st</strong>ing vessels to which it provides shelter, lies 0.7 mile W<br />

of Macomber Point, with Macomber Creek between.<br />

1.49 There is a public pier close N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Irish River,<br />

with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face 70m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> depths of 1.5 to 2.4m alongside<br />

at HW.<br />

1.49 Anchorage.—Good temporary anchorage for mariners with<br />

local knowledge can be taken, in depths of 9.1 to 11m, sheltered<br />

from N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W winds, about 0.5 mile NE of McCoy Head,<br />

with Ea<strong>st</strong> Red Head in line with Rogers Head. Anchorage is also<br />

available, in depths of 9.1 to 11m, mud, between Quaco<br />

Shoal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, about 1 mile N of Quaco Head,<br />

but this anchorage is unsafe with E winds.<br />

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Quaco Head Light<br />

1.49 Caution.—Quaco Ledge (45°14'N., 65°22'W.), about 8.8<br />

miles ESE of Quaco Head, consi<strong>st</strong>s of a small ridge of rocks<br />

surrounded by deep water. The highe<strong>st</strong> part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ridge dries<br />

4m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> when covered, shows a heavy tide rip. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity<br />

of Quaco Ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents set parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> with<br />

a maximum velocity of about 2 knots. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 230m NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.50 Fownes Head (45°23'N., 65°27'W.), about 5 miles<br />

NE of Quaco Head, can be di<strong>st</strong>inguished by its perpendicular<br />

red cliffs, 91.4 to 122m high.<br />

1.50 The entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Salmon River, about 3.3 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

NE, is protected by two breakwaters. A shoal, with depths of<br />

9.1m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> less, extends about 1.3 miles S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

river.<br />

1.50 Tufts Point, about 1.5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NE, is an earthy headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

9.1 to 15.2m high, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> partly cleared.<br />

1.50 Martin Head (45°29'N., 65°11'W.), about 8.5 miles ENE of<br />

Tufts Point, is a small, bare hillock, 30.5m high, connected to<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.5 mile WNW, by a gravel <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

causeway. Martin Head, when seen from a di<strong>st</strong>ance, resembles<br />

an isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A patch of rocks, which dry 1.5m, lies about 0.3 mile<br />

WSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head.<br />

1.50 Tides—Currents.—Between Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Martin<br />

Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents run parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> at an average<br />

rate of 2 knots. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Cape Spencer, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W current<br />

commences about 2 hours before HW; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E current commences<br />

about 2 hours before LW by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore.<br />

Chignecto Bay<br />

1.51 Chignecto Bay lies between New Brunswick <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova<br />

Scotia, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is entered between Martin Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape<br />

Chignecto, about 14 miles SE. Cape Chignecto is a <strong>st</strong>eep-to,<br />

bold, conspicuous headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape rises rapidly<br />

to over 213m. The bay is free from off-lying dangers, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

even in thick wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> gradual decrease of soundings on ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

side is sufficiently defined to ensure safe navigation to<br />

within 5 miles of Cape Maringouin (45°43'N., 64°33'W.),<br />

where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay shoals before branching into Shepody<br />

Bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin.<br />

1.51 Caution.—A dangerous wreck lies about 1.2 miles NW of<br />

Cape Chignecto.<br />

1.52 Northwe<strong>st</strong> shore.—Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ws Head (45°34'N.,<br />

64°58'W.), about 10.5 miles ENE of Martin Head, is a bold <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

rounded point, 46m high, partially cleared of trees. A thicklywooded<br />

hill rises to an elevation of about 213m close behind<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.52 The<br />

entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Upper Salmon River, which dries, lies<br />

about 2 miles NNE of Mat<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ws Head. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are two breakwaters <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> close within is spanned by a<br />

road bridge, vertical clearance 1.5m, at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> resort village of Alma<br />

which lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E bank. The river <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> its approaches dry<br />

for a di<strong>st</strong>ance of more than 0.5 mile offshore. A lighted buoy is<br />

moored about 0.6 mile SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance. A channel marked<br />

by <strong>st</strong>akes leads through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying bank in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance where a light <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE breakwater<br />

at Alma. A tide gauge, with a radar reflector, <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

about 0.6 mile SSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE breakwater, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying flats


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 31<br />

W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach channel.<br />

1.52 Three radio towers, 61m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> fitted with red aircraft<br />

ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights at an elevation of 347m, are situated about<br />

3.3 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance. Owls Head, a thickly-wooded<br />

point, lies about 1.8 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r ENE.<br />

1.52 There is a berth alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE breakwater, 70m long with<br />

depths at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of 3.4m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 4.9m, respectively, at HW<br />

Cape Chignecto<br />

Cape Chignecto<br />

neap <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring tides.<br />

1.53 Salisbury Bay (Rocher Bay) is entered between Owls<br />

Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Enrage (45°36'N., 64°47'W.), which is thickly<br />

wooded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> faced with perpendicular cliffs, 30.5m high. A<br />

rocky spit, which dries, extends nearly 0.3 mile SSW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

cape; a lighted bell buoy, which is not maintained during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

winter months, is moored about 0.6 mile SW of Cape Enrage<br />

Pub. 145


32 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

Pub. 145<br />

Cape Chignecto<br />

Cape Chignecto Light<br />

Cape Enrage Light<br />

Light.<br />

1.53 Red Head, composed of earthy cliffs, 15 to 30m high, is<br />

located near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Rocher Bay, 3 miles NW of Cape<br />

Enrage. Tidal currents generally set towards Cape Enrage. A<br />

depth of 6.4m lies about 2.5 miles SW of Red Head. The bay is<br />

not recommended as an anchorage, being shallow towards its<br />

head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> entirely open to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> prevailing S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W winds.<br />

1.53 Marys Point (45°43'N., 64°39'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Shepody River, lies about 9.5 miles NE of Cape Enrage. New<br />

Horton Flats, which dry 6.7m, fill <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay between Marys Point<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> SW.<br />

1.53 Marys Point Reef (St. Mary Ledge), which dries 8.5m, extends<br />

about 0.6 mile NE of Marys Point.<br />

1.53 Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 36m high, on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are several<br />

ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned grind<strong>st</strong>one quarries, lies about 1 mile ENE of<br />

Marys Point. A light is shown from a white six-sided tower, 6m<br />

high, <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ing near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Grind<strong>st</strong>one Shoal,<br />

with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.7m, lies with its N end about 0.3 mile<br />

SSE of Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> extends about 1.3 miles SSW.<br />

The N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S ends of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal are marked by buoys.<br />

1.53 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

11.9m at MHWS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 10.4m at MHWN. The tidal currents between<br />

Martin Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> run parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shore with an average velocity of 2 knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> cause eddies<br />

near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> projecting points.<br />

1.53 Anchorage between Martin Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> can<br />

be taken anywhere along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, but with<br />

winds of any <strong>st</strong>rength <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se anchorages become insecure.<br />

1.54 Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> shore.—The coa<strong>st</strong> from Cape Chignecto<br />

(45°20'N., 64°57'W.) to Squally Point, about 6.3 miles N, is<br />

<strong>st</strong>eep-to. From Squally Point to Pudsey Point, about 2.8 miles<br />

NE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>al bank, with depths of less than 5.5m, extends up<br />

to 0.5 mile offshore. Dudgen Rock lies on this bank, about 0.2<br />

mile NE of Squally Point.<br />

1.54 The Apple River, which dries across ju<strong>st</strong> above its entrance,<br />

is entered between Pudsey Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Cap<strong>st</strong>an (45°28'N.,<br />

64°51'W.), about 0.8 mile NNE. Apple River Light is shown<br />

on Cape Cap<strong>st</strong>an from a white square tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corner of a<br />

white square building.<br />

1.54 The coa<strong>st</strong> between Apple Head, about 1.5 miles NE of Cape<br />

Cap<strong>st</strong>an, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Raven Head, about 10.5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NE, recedes<br />

forming a bight. From a position close NE of Raven Head to<br />

Ragged Reef Point (45°40'N., 64°30'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>al bank,<br />

with depths of less than 5.5m, extends about 0.3 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shore. A lighted bell buoy is moored about 1 mile WSW of<br />

Ragged Reef Point.<br />

1.54 Between Ragged Reef Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Boss Point, about 4 miles<br />

NNE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore recedes forming a bight, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of which<br />

dries out for about 0.5 mile. The village of Joggins is situated<br />

near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bight.<br />

1.54 Cape Maringouin (45°44'N., 64°33'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula which divides <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Chignecto Bay<br />

into two branches, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Petitcodiac River to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Basin to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E. A bank, with depths of less than 5.5m, extends<br />

about 1.5 miles S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. Maringouin Shoal, with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 0.3m, lies about 1.5 miles SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

E part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> latter bank.


The Petitcodiac River<br />

Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 33<br />

1.55 The Petitcodiac River is navigable at HW, as far as<br />

Moncton (46°05'N., 64°46'W.), 24 miles above Cape Maringouin.<br />

1.55 Tidal currents in Shepody Bay, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river,<br />

have a maximum velocity of from 3 to 4 knots. Tide rips extend<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in a NNE direction for a<br />

di<strong>st</strong>ance of about 5 miles.<br />

1.55 The Petitcodiac River is noted for its bore, which occurs between<br />

Stoney Creek, about 9.5 miles above Fort Folly Point,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Moncton. The bore, with a breaking face, occurs in this<br />

section of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river about 3 hours before HW. At Moncton, its<br />

rate of progress at spring tides is about 8 knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> average<br />

height about 1m. After <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bore’s passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide rises very<br />

rapidly until HW. The breaking face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bore is only a few<br />

inches high at neap tides.<br />

1.55 The outer edge of drying flats, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW part of Shepody<br />

Bay, extend from Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Cape Demoiselle, about<br />

5.5 miles NNE. The latter cape rises to 69.2m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity<br />

of Hopewell Cape. Middle Ground, which dries 1.8m,<br />

lies with its S end about 2 miles SSE of Cape Demoiselle, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Petitcodiac River.<br />

1.55 Shepody Mountain (45°48'N., 64°39'W.), 327m high, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

highe<strong>st</strong> point of l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> along this coa<strong>st</strong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is located about 2.8<br />

miles SW of Cape Demoiselle.<br />

1.55 Maringouin Flats, which dry 1.2m, lie about 1.3 miles NNE<br />

of Cape Maringouin, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> extend about 0.8 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Anse Ledge, which dries 6.1m,<br />

lies about 4 miles N of Cape Maringouin, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer edge<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying flats which fill Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>e Anse.<br />

1.55 In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main channel <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are two shoal patches, with depths<br />

of 4.3 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 4.6m, located about 2.3 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.5 miles SSE, respectively,<br />

of Cape Demoiselle.<br />

1.55 Dorche<strong>st</strong>er Cape (45°51'N., 64°32'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E bank of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Petitcodiac River about 7.5 miles N of Cape Maringouin, consi<strong>st</strong>s<br />

of conspicuous red cliffs, about 30.5m high, which in<br />

good visibility can be seen S of Grind<strong>st</strong>one Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Drying<br />

rocky ledges extend about 0.4 mile W of Dorche<strong>st</strong>er Cape.<br />

1.55 The Memramcook River is entered between Cole Point<br />

(Cole Head), located close N of Dorche<strong>st</strong>er Cape, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Fort Folly<br />

Point, about 0.8 mile W. This river dries about 1.3 miles<br />

above its mouth, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> local knowledge is necessary for navigating<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river.<br />

1.55 Close N of Cole Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned concrete pier<br />

head, 24m wide, at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> face which dries 9.1m.<br />

1.55 Calhoun Flats, which dry, extend nearly 0.8 mile E from<br />

Hopewell Cape (45°50'N., 64°34'W.), about 2 miles N of<br />

Cape Demoiselle.<br />

1.55 Above Fort Folly Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Petitcodiac River winds its way<br />

for about 18 miles to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of navigation at Moncton<br />

(46°05'N., 64°46'W.) where a causeway crosses <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. At<br />

Moncton is an Irving Oil Company wharf used by small tankers.<br />

1.56 At Hillsborough (45°56'N., 64°39'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W<br />

bank of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river, about 4.5 miles above Fort Folly Point, are<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ruins of a pier <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> gypsum plant, with two conspicuous<br />

concrete silos <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a water tower adjacent.<br />

1.56 On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river opposite Hillsborough is a small<br />

pier with a depth of 4.9m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face at HW. O<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

berths in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river are in ruins or disused.<br />

1.56 Local knowledge is necessary for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigation of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Petitcodiac<br />

River. The river dries about 2 miles above Fort Folly<br />

Point.<br />

1.56 Anchorage.—There is anchorage for vessels, in about 7.6m,<br />

mud, about 0.5 mile W of Fort Folly Point. With <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wind opposed<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a heavy sea in this area.<br />

Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin<br />

1.57 Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin is entered between Ward Point<br />

(45°44'N., 64°29'W.), about 2.8 miles E of Cape Maringouin,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Boss Point, about 1.8 miles E. Pecks Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner W entrance<br />

point, lies about 1 mile NNE of Ward Point. It is navigable<br />

at HW as far as Sackville (45°53'N., 64°22'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Amher<strong>st</strong> Basin, which lie about 12 miles NNE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 12 miles<br />

NE, respectively, from Cape Maringouin.<br />

1.57 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Amher<strong>st</strong> Basin is<br />

13.6m at MHWS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 11.9m at MHWN.<br />

1.57 In Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents set parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shore with a velocity of 4 to 5 knots.<br />

1.57 Cumberl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Basin receives <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water of several rivers, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

largely occupied by drying flats, but is easily navigable as far<br />

as Wood Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> la<strong>st</strong> treed point on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W shore, about 7.5<br />

miles NE of Peck Point. The narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tortuous Tantramar<br />

River is entered about 2.5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NE. Low <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marshy<br />

l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, known as Elysian Fields, extend about 3.8 miles NE of<br />

Minudie Point, which lies about 4.5 miles NE of Boss Point.<br />

1.57 Anchorage.—There is anchorage for small vessels, in 11m,<br />

about 1 mile NE of Peck Point. Anchorage can also be taken in<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> narrow channel, about 1 mile NE of Wood Point, in depths<br />

of about 5 to 7m. Beyond this anchorage vessels have to lie<br />

aground at LW.<br />

1.57 Local knowledge is required.<br />

Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> of Nova Scotia—Cape Sable to<br />

Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

1.58 Cape Sable (43°23'N., 65°37'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity<br />

of Nova Scotia, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of an isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> composed of shifting<br />

s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dunes, 2 to 6m high, almo<strong>st</strong> joined to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of Cape<br />

Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y beach. Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, flat <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wooded, is joined to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N by a causeway. Cape Sable<br />

Light, 29.6m high, with a racon <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a fog signal, is shown<br />

from a white octagonal tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. A racon operates<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a fog signal is sounded from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.58 From Cape Sable, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> is indented <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> trends NW for<br />

about 34 miles to Cape Fourchu, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point for<br />

Yarmouth Harbor. Many isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> numerous dangers lie off<br />

this part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outermo<strong>st</strong> being about 15 miles offshore.<br />

1.58 Tides—Currents.—We<strong>st</strong> of Cape Sable, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> current sets<br />

NW on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb. Heavy tide rips <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 4-knot<br />

tidal currents have been reported S of Cape Sable.<br />

1.58 Caution.—Cape Sable often presents a poor radar image.<br />

Mariners are cautioned that due to severe <strong>st</strong>orm conditions <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shore line in this area is subject to change, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> local knowledge<br />

is required for navigation in all inshore waters.<br />

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1.59 Horse Race, an extensive shoal with depths of less<br />

than 9.1m, extends nearly 2 miles SSE of Cape Sable. Outer<br />

Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.7m, is located between 1.25 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

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Cape Sable Light<br />

1.75 miles SSE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape on this bank.<br />

1.59 Columbia Rock, with a depth of 0.9m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same bank,<br />

about 1 mile SSE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. Black Rock, 0.6m high, lies<br />

about 0.4 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E point of Cape Sable.<br />

1.59 From Cape Sable, a narrow neck of shifting s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dunes, 4.6<br />

to 8.5m high, extends about 1.5 miles NW to Black Point<br />

(Black Head), 3m high. Southwe<strong>st</strong> Ledge, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of<br />

0.6m, extends 2 miles S from Black Point. There are several<br />

drying rocks close N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> depths of less than 1.8m<br />

between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Black Point. A bank, with depths of less<br />

than 11m, extends about 1.3 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r S. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S tip of this<br />

bank, called Tail of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Rip, tidal currents of up to 4 knots have<br />

been reported.<br />

1.59 A lighted buoy is moored about 4 miles SW of Cape Sable,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 1 mile SSW of Tale of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Rip.<br />

1.59 There are many shoals, with depths of 9.1 to 11m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> general<br />

area between Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about<br />

15.5 miles W.<br />

1.60 Cornwall Rock (43°23'N., 65°42'W.), about 2.3<br />

miles SW of Black Point, has a depth of 4.3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by<br />

a buoy. Depths of 7.3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 7.9m lie about 0.5 mile W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.4<br />

mile S, respectively, of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock.<br />

1.60 Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°25'N., 65°41'W.), 6.7m high, about 1.5<br />

miles NW of Black Point, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer part of a bank, with<br />

numerous rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges extending W from Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.60 Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ledge, with a depth of 1.2m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over which<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a tide rip, lies about 1 mile S of Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.60 Depths of less than 5.5m lie between Cornwall Rock, Green<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Black Point.<br />

1.60 Cooks Ledge, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.7m, lies about 0.8 mile<br />

W of Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Doddys Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 7.9m,<br />

lies about 0.8 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r W.<br />

1.60 The<br />

common approach to The Sound, Shag Harbor, Bear<br />

Point, Newellton, Clarks Harbor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Barrington Passage lies<br />

between Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (Bon<br />

Portage Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), about 3.5 miles NW.<br />

1.60 We<strong>st</strong><br />

Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity of Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is marked<br />

by a light shown from a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white circular tower. Close NE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head, a breakwater extends 275m NE; at its outer end is<br />

a public wharf extending 122m to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E. The wharf has a lea<strong>st</strong><br />

depth of 4.9m alongside.<br />

1.60 A lighted bell buoy is moored about 1 mile SW of We<strong>st</strong><br />

Head, at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of a rocky patch with a depth of 4.9m.<br />

1.61 Clarks Harbor (43°27'N., 65°38'W.), about 1 mile<br />

SE of We<strong>st</strong> Head, is ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> only<br />

recommended to mariners with local knowledge. A buoyed<br />

channel leads to a re<strong>st</strong>ricted anchorage about 0.5 mile ENE of<br />

Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r buoyed channel leads to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves.<br />

1.61 At<br />

Swim Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N shore near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> har-<br />

bor, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a public 70m long. There is shelter along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inside<br />

face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end, 55m long, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.4m<br />

alongside. A light is shown from a ma<strong>st</strong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wharf. Close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are several private wharves <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a<br />

floating breakwater.<br />

1.61 Barrington<br />

Passage, entered W of We<strong>st</strong> Head, lies between<br />

Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Through navigation is<br />

prevented by a causeway, consi<strong>st</strong>ing of a rock-filled embankment,<br />

connecting <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 35<br />

mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The passage is partially buoyed. At Newellton,<br />

about 1.3 miles NE of We<strong>st</strong> Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government wharf,<br />

with a depth of 2.4m alongside its head, which is 88m long. On<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> opposite shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> close N of Bear Point,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government wharf with depths of 1.5 to 2.1m alongside.<br />

1.61 The coa<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from Bear Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of<br />

Barrington Passage to Prospect Point, about 3 miles W, is<br />

fronted at a di<strong>st</strong>ance of 2.25 miles by an extensive shoal, on<br />

which are numerous islets <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks.<br />

1.61 Stoddart Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°28'N., 65°43'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Inner Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(Prospect Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), close N, lie on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W part of this shoal. A<br />

light is shown from a white square tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW point of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.61 Shag Harbor lies N of Stoddart Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> although open<br />

SE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sea from that direction is somewhat broken<br />

by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges SW of Cape Sable.<br />

1.61 Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (Bon Portage Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), about 1.3 miles W of<br />

Stoddart Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of a group of isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, with surrounding<br />

shoals, extending about 5 miles N to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Duck Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(Gull Islet), which dries 3m, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of shoals<br />

extending about 0.8 mile W of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A light is shown<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>; a lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 1 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.61 Caution.—A submarine power cable is laid between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N<br />

end of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in a 033°-213° direction.<br />

Mariners are warned not to anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of this cable.<br />

1.62 The Sound (Shag Harbor) (43°29'N., 65°44'W.), E of<br />

Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is open S, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> heavy seas from this direction<br />

are somewhat broken by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledges off Cape Sable.<br />

1.62 Barrel<br />

Rock, with a depth of 3m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Big Ledge, above-wa-<br />

ter <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a light shown from a white square tower<br />

with a white square daymark, lie about 1.8 miles <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.4 miles<br />

N, respectively, of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance to Cockerwit<br />

Passage. The latter passage is shallow, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of<br />

1.8m, connecting The Sound to Pubnico Harbor. The passage<br />

is buoyed <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is only recommended to mariners with local<br />

knowledge.<br />

1.62 Anchorage.—Temporary<br />

The Sound (Shag Harbor)<br />

anchorage can be taken, in about<br />

The Dock at Shag Harbor<br />

14.6m, hard bottom, in The Sound, about 0.5 mile NW of Stoddart<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light. The be<strong>st</strong> holding ground is reported to be at<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance to Cockerwit Passage in about 7.3m, about 0.8<br />

mile S of Big Ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW of Conquer All, a hill 18.3m<br />

high. There is also anchorage for mariners with local knowledge,<br />

in 9.1m, mud, in Lower Woods Harbor Anchorage, about<br />

0.4 mile SW of Big Ledge.<br />

1.62 Caution.—In entering The Sound with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current, a<br />

wide berth should be given to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S point of Outer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, as <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

current sets directly for it at a considerable velocity.<br />

Off-lying Islets <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoals We<strong>st</strong> of Cape Sable<br />

1.63 Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°25'N., 66°01'W.), about 17 miles W<br />

of Cape Sable, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of a group of five isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s extending<br />

about 7.5 miles N. The middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is low <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y, while <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S ends are wooded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 15.2m<br />

high. Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> has been reported to be a good radar target at<br />

14 miles, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to be identifiable with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> charted feature from<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shape <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> character of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> echoat a di<strong>st</strong>ance of 7 miles under<br />

normal conditions.<br />

1.63 Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown from a white octagonal tower,<br />

21m high, with two red horizontal b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S point of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A rectangular building is situated close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

light.<br />

1.63 Blonde Rock, which dries <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> generally breaks, forms <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

highe<strong>st</strong> part of a rocky bank, located about 3.5 miles SSE of<br />

Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light. Shoals, with depths of 10m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 8.2m, lie<br />

about 0.5 mile <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> nearly 1 mile W, respectively, of Blonde<br />

Rock. These two shoals are marked by very heavy tide rips<br />

which show like a breaker. A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored<br />

about 2 miles SSW of Blonde Rock.<br />

1.63 Purdy Rock (43°23'N., 65°58'W.), with a depth of 4.6m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<strong>st</strong>eep-to, lies about 2 miles ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE end of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

The sea breaks on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock in heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a ripple<br />

over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock in fair wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal<br />

current.<br />

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36 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.63 Elbow Shoal, with depths of less than 5.5m, lies midway between<br />

Blonde Rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Elbow Rock, with a lea<strong>st</strong><br />

depth of 0.9m, lies on this shoal, about 1.3 miles S of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Zetl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 6.1m, lies about 1<br />

mile W of Elbow Rock.<br />

1.63 Devils Limb, a rocky islet, 4m high, lies about 1.3 miles<br />

WNW of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light. Limbs Limb, about 0.5 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

N, is a rock which dries 3m. An extensive bank, with depths of<br />

less than 5.5m, surrounds <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two above-mentioned dangers<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> connects <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m to Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.63 Anchorage.—Temporary anchorage, in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r or in<br />

an emergency, can be taken, in a depth of about 7.3m, rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E coa<strong>st</strong> of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in Crowell Cove, on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.63 Caution.—There are many isolated shoal patches between<br />

Blonde Rock, Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s N. Mariners should<br />

navigate with caution in this area due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> prevalence of fog<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents.<br />

1.64 Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°29'N., 65°59'W.), 7.6m high, with its<br />

S half wooded, lies about 2.8 miles NNE of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Noddy<br />

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Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 5.5m high, lies about 0.5 mile S of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>; rocks<br />

ob<strong>st</strong>ruct <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s. A 4.3m shoal lies<br />

about 0.3 mile SW; a rocky bank, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 7.3m<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a tide rip, extends nearly 1.3 miles SSW<br />

of Noddy Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.64 Black Ledge, which dries about 3m, lies about 1 mile WNW<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A group of rocks, one abovewater,<br />

lies about 0.4 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 2.1m shoal lies<br />

about 275m far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r N. Alcor Rock, with a depth of 5.5m, lies<br />

about 1 mile W of Black Ledge.<br />

1.64 Turbine Shoal (Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoal), with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4m,<br />

lies about 2.3 miles W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. This<br />

shoal breaks in very heavy wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r.<br />

1.64 Round Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 7.6m high, lies about 0.7 mile N of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Flat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 4m high, lies about 0.5 mile W of Round Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

These isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s lie on a bank, with depths of less than 5.5m,<br />

extending N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Two islets <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 2.2m<br />

shoal lie on this bank, which extends about 0.6 mile N of Flat<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.64 Soldiers Ledge, which dries about 2.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> generally<br />

breaks, lies nearly 2.5 miles NW of Flat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Two banks,<br />

each with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.2m, extend about 1.3 miles S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

0.8 mile ESE from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge. A heavy tide rip over several<br />

shoal patches extends about 3.5 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge to Bald<br />

Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°36'N., 66°01'W.). A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is<br />

moored nearly 2 miles WSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.64 Jacquards Ridge (43°32'N., 66°09'W.), previously named<br />

Jacko Ridge, has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 7.3m near its N end, about 6.5<br />

miles WNW of Flat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The ridge extends about 1.5 miles<br />

in a N-S direction <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> has depths of 9.1m near its S end. The<br />

ridge shows a long tide rip in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is reported to<br />

break in a heavy sea.<br />

1.64 Anchorage.—Temporary anchorage can be taken, in 14.6m,<br />

mud, about 0.5 mile SSE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE extremity of Mud Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> also off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Seal Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> in about 7m, rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. These anchorages are only recommended in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

or in an emergency. When approaching from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW, care is<br />

necessary to avoid Soldiers Ledge (43°32'N., 66°03'W.),<br />

which is connected to Flat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a bank with depths of less<br />

than 10m.<br />

Pubnico Harbor<br />

1.65 Pubnico Harbor is entered between St. Ann Point<br />

(Pubnico Point) (43°35'N., 65°48'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about<br />

1 mile E. It consi<strong>st</strong>s of a narrow inlet 6.5 miles long, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N part<br />

of which is encumbered with drying flats. A number of villages,<br />

some of which have berthing facilities, lie on both sides of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inlet <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage is available. Boat building, fishing, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

fish processing are <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal indu<strong>st</strong>ries.<br />

1.65 The harbor is buoyed <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigable by deep-draft vessels for<br />

about 2 miles above its entrance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> small vessels can proceed<br />

to within 1.5 miles of its head.<br />

1.65 Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°33'N., 65°48'W.), 29m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> thickly<br />

wooded, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to Pubnico Harbor.<br />

St. John Ledge, which dries 3.4m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> generally breaks, lies<br />

about 1.5 miles S of Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The ledge lies on a shoal<br />

bank extending 0.5 mile N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW from it, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

tidal currents set <strong>st</strong>rongly. A rock, awash, lies about 0.4 mile<br />

NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge; a bank with depths of less than 5.5m, extends


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 37<br />

ENE to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.65 Pubnico Harbor Light, on Beach Point (43°36'N.,<br />

65°47'W.), bearing 018° <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open W of Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, leads W<br />

of Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ledge. The light is shown from a red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white<br />

circular tower.<br />

1.65 Shoal patches, with lea<strong>st</strong> depths of 8.8m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 6.8m, lie about<br />

3 miles W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.8 miles NW, respectively, of Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to Pubnico Harbor.<br />

1.65 Only mariners with local knowledge should attempt to enter<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, except in an emergency.<br />

1.66 Pubnico Ledge, which dries 1.2m, extends about 0.4<br />

mile offshore from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, about 1 mile NE<br />

of St. Ann Point.<br />

1.66 A shoal, with a depth of 4m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel,<br />

about 0.8 mile N of Beach Point.<br />

1.66 At<br />

Denis Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, about 1.8 miles<br />

NNE of St. Ann Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an enclosed boat harbor, with<br />

depths of 1.8 to 3.4m, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer half of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin. A shoal,<br />

with a depth of 0.6m, lies about 0.1 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> boat harbor.<br />

1.66 Mo<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N part of Pubnico Harbor is encumbered by drying<br />

flats.<br />

1.66 Depths—Limitations.—At Lower Ea<strong>st</strong> Pubnico, about 0.7<br />

mile NNE of Beach Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a wharf, 186m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 13m<br />

wide, with a depth of 4.3m across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end.<br />

1.66 At<br />

Middle Ea<strong>st</strong> Pubnico, about 3 miles N of Beach Point,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an L-shaped wharf which extends 46m W, with a lea<strong>st</strong><br />

depth of 7.9m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is 30.5m wide.<br />

There are conspicuous buildings <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tanks close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wharf.<br />

1.66 At<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor are three L-shaped piers which<br />

extend about 183m S of Denis Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> form two enclosed<br />

boat basins, with depths of 1.8 to 3.4m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer parts. A<br />

light <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S pier. Attention is called to a<br />

0.6m shoal close off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N basin.<br />

1.66 Caution.—A submarine cable is laid across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor, 1.5<br />

miles N of Beach Point.<br />

1.66 Anchorage.—There is anchorage, in about 17m, mud, about<br />

1 mile N of Beach Point.<br />

Pubnico Harbor to Frenchman Point<br />

1.67 The coa<strong>st</strong> between St. Ann Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Frenchman<br />

Point (43°38'N., 66°01'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about<br />

9.5 miles WNW, recedes to form Lob<strong>st</strong>er Bay (43°37'N.,<br />

65°55'W.), an extensive bay encumbered by isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals,<br />

among which small vessels can find good shelter; however, local<br />

knowledge is necessary. No detailed description will be<br />

given, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> only <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> more frequented harbors <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorages<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal dangers in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir vicinity will be mentioned.<br />

1.67 The Peak (43°36'N., 65°51'W.), with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4m,<br />

lies about 2 miles NW of St. Ann Point. Nearly abrea<strong>st</strong> of this<br />

shoal, a rocky spit, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.8m, extends about<br />

0.4 mile W from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There are tide rips over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se<br />

dangers <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m is about 0.5 mile wide,<br />

with depths of 9.1 to 20.1m. The Bro<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rs are two similar isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s,<br />

3m high, lying close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 2 miles<br />

NNW of St. Ann Point.<br />

1.67 Abbot Harbor Light (43°40'N., 65°49'W.), bearing 008°<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> of The Bro<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>rs, leads between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

spit <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> The Peak.<br />

1.67 Abbot Harbor, between Abbot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, provides<br />

good shelter to small craft.<br />

Abbot Harbor Light (aerial)<br />

Abbot Harbor Light<br />

1.67 Whitehead Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°40'N., 65°52'W.), 22m high, with<br />

conspicuous reddish earth cliffs on its S side, lies about 1.8<br />

miles W of Abbot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Whitehead Ledge, which dries 0.3m,<br />

lies about midway between Whitehead Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Abbot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

The ledge is marked by a buoy.<br />

1.67 Caution.—A submarine power cable is laid from Whitehead<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N of Abbot Harbor. Mariners are cautioned<br />

not to anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of this cable.<br />

1.67 Pumpkin Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 13.1m high, lies about 0.5 mile N of Whitehead<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Pumpkin Ledge, which dries 0.3m, lies nearly 0.5<br />

mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

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38 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.67 Jones Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies about 1.5 miles NNW of Whitehead Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Jones Ledge, about 0.4 mile S of Jones Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, dries 0.6m at its<br />

N end. Jones Anchorage, about 0.4 mile N of Jones Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is<br />

available to mariners with local knowledge in depths of 11m.<br />

Re<strong>st</strong>ricted anchorage can also be found in Hog Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Channel.<br />

The Tusket River<br />

1.68 The Tusket River is entered between We<strong>st</strong>ern Bar Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

(43°41'N., 65°59'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Wilson Point, about 2.5 miles<br />

NE. The river provides good shelter; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two entrance channels,<br />

narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by dangers, are available to vessels<br />

of not more than 4.6m draft <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should not be attempted without<br />

local knowledge.<br />

1.68 Gull<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 2 miles W of Whitehead Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

approach to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket River. A <strong>st</strong>ony spit, named Gull Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Bar (Gull Bar), extends about 0.5 mile N. Gull Ledge, with a<br />

depth of 4m, lies about 2 miles S of Gull Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>; a buoy is<br />

moored S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge. A submerged wreck lies E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

Dollard Rock (Doll<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Rock), with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.7m, lies<br />

about 1 mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge; it is marked close S by a buoy.<br />

Angus Shoal (SW Shoal), with a depth of 4.6m, lies about 1<br />

mile SW of Gull Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.68 Ea<strong>st</strong>ern<br />

Bar Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (Gooseberry Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>), located about 0.5<br />

mile SW of Wilson Point, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of an extensive<br />

bank, with depths of 0.9 to 5.2m, which separates <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two<br />

entrance channels. Fish Ledge, which dries 2.7m, about 0.5<br />

mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r W, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank.<br />

1.68 Tusket<br />

River Light is shown from a white square tower, 11m<br />

high, on Big Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above-mentioned<br />

bank, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 1 mile NW of Ea<strong>st</strong>ern Bar Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Big Fish<br />

Rock, which dries, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W channel, about<br />

0.3 mile WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same Big Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.68 On<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Tusket Wedge, about 1.3 miles ENE of<br />

Wedge Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an enclosed harbor for small fishing<br />

craft. Tusket Wedge Light is shown from a ma<strong>st</strong> situated at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

above-mentioned harbor for small fishing craft.<br />

1.68 Tides—Currents.—The tidal current has a velocity of about<br />

2 knots, about 1.5 miles N of Tucker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The tidal current,<br />

about 5 miles above <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, has a velocity of 5 knots.<br />

1.68 Anchorage.—There is anchorage, in about 11m, mud, about<br />

0.4 mile N of Tucker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is also anchorage in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

same depth, about 1.5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r up <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river.<br />

1.68 Caution.—A submerged power cable is laid between Big<br />

Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket Wedge, close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor.<br />

1.68 Tucker<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.5<br />

mile N of Big Fish Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Tucker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ledge, with a depth of<br />

1.5m, about 0.3 mile W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

W channel.<br />

The Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

1.69 The Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s is a group of isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s lying close S<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket<br />

River. Big Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°39'N., 66°01'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

has an elevation of 30.5m. Schooner Passage <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ellenwoods<br />

Passage lead through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group in a general NW-SE<br />

direction, but should only be used by small vessels with ma<strong>st</strong>ers<br />

having local knowledge. Only a general description of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dangers will be given.<br />

Pub. 145<br />

1.69 Tides—Currents.—Among <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> general<br />

direction of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current is NW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current SE,<br />

but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> direction is influenced by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Heavy tide rips <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

eddies are numerous. The average velocity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents<br />

is from 2 to 4 knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> probably more in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of some<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> points. In Schooner Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> current velocity is 3<br />

knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE point of Ellenwood Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> it runs at a velocity<br />

of 4 knots.<br />

1.69 Caution.—Many submarine cables are laid between many<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Mariners are cautioned<br />

not to anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cables.<br />

1.70 Frenchman Point (43°38'N., 66°01'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity<br />

of Big Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A light is shown from a red skeleton<br />

tower on a rock about 0.5 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point. Peases<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ledge, about 0.3 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r SW, dries 0.9m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies<br />

near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity of a bank extending SW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

A lighted bell buoy marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> extremity of shoals extending SE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.70 Old Woman, a rock which dries 3.4m, lies about 1.3 miles E<br />

of Frenchman Point. The rock <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> surrounding shoal is marked<br />

S by a buoy. A rock, with a depth of less than 1.8m, lies 0.5<br />

mile NNE of Old Woman.<br />

1.70 Old Man, a rock which dries 1.5m, lies about 1.8 miles S of<br />

Frenchman Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked E by a buoy. Little Bald Tusket<br />

Shoal, with a depth of 2.7m, lies about 0.7 mile NW of Old<br />

Man.<br />

1.70 Peases Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 1 mile SW of Frenchman Point, is<br />

marked by a light on its SE extremity.<br />

1.70 Outer Bald Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°36'N., 66°02'W.), 16m high<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bare, about 1.8 miles S of Peases Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group. With a <strong>st</strong>eep cliff <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a single dwelling at its S end,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, which is radar conspicuous, is easily recognized<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group. The bottom everywhere is<br />

uneven <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> irregular with numerous dangers.<br />

1.70 Cleopatra Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m, lies nearly 1.8<br />

miles SSE of Outer Bald Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.70 A 3.2m rocky patch lies about 2 miles SSW of Outer Bald<br />

Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is also a heavy tide rip between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals<br />

S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> latter isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Soldiers Ledge, which was previously<br />

described in paragraph 1.64.<br />

1.70 The Spectacle Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s (43°38'N., 66°04'W.) are <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group. Spectacle Ledge, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m,<br />

lies about 0.8 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s. A lighted bell buoy lies<br />

about 0.8 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r S.<br />

1.70 C<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>lebox Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, marked by a light, lies about 2 miles NW<br />

of Frenchman Point, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to Schooner Passage,<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fairway.<br />

1.70 Murder Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, with its SE extremity about 0.5 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

NW, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group. Murder Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoal, with a<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m, lies about 0.7 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Holmes<br />

Spit, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.8m, lies about 0.8 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r S.<br />

1.70 Ellenwoods Passage branches from Schooner Passage, N of<br />

Peases Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, passing W of Allen Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Owls Head.<br />

Off-lying Dangers We<strong>st</strong> of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

1.71 Gannet South Shoal (43°34'N., 66°07'W.), about 5.5<br />

miles SW of Peases Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, with a depth of 4.6m, sometimes


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 39<br />

breaks in a very heavy sea <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shows a small ripple in good<br />

wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r. Gannet Southwe<strong>st</strong> Shoal, about 2 miles NW of Gannet<br />

South Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.6m, shows a small ripple<br />

in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> breaks in a heavy sea.<br />

1.71 Gannet Rock (43°38'N., 66°09'W.), about 3.5 miles W of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Spectacle Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, has a sugar loaf peak, 15m high, near its<br />

S end, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a hillock, nearly <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same height, near its N end.<br />

Two rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> higher of which dries 4m, lie close toge<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r,<br />

about 275m S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peak. North Rock, which dries 1.8m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Peter Stewarts Rock (South Rock), which dries about 1.8m, lie<br />

about 0.2 mile N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.7 mile S, respectively, of Gannet Rock.<br />

The sea generally breaks over both <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>se rocks.<br />

1.71 Gannet Dry Ledge, marked close E by a buoy, about 1.8<br />

miles SW of Gannet Rock, dries 3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> generally breaks. A<br />

lighted bell buoy is moored nearly 1.8 miles W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Breaker (Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Rock), about 1.8 miles E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ledge, has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> breaks in a heavy sea.<br />

1.71 Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 15.2m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a light, lies 3 miles<br />

N of Gannet Rock. An above-water ledge extends nearly 0.3<br />

mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a bank, with depths of<br />

1.8 to 5.8m, extends about 0.5 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r S. A submarine cable<br />

is laid from Green Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

TheTusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s to Yarmouth Harbor<br />

1.72 Pinkney Point (43°42'N., 66°04'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity<br />

of Pinkney Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 1.5 miles N of Murder Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A<br />

lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.3 mile SSE of Pinkney<br />

Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> edge of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore bank with a depth of 3.7m.<br />

Shoals, with lea<strong>st</strong> depths of 3.7m, lie about 1.3 miles WSW<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.8 mile WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same point.<br />

1.72 Pinkney Point Light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rubble extension at<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> end of a 235m long breakwater on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE side of Pinkney<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Ram Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown about 1 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r E. On<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Pinkney Point, a rock breakwater protects two Lshaped<br />

wharves with depths of 0.9 to 1.5m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir outer<br />

faces.<br />

1.72 The village of Little River Harbor lies about 1.5 miles ENE<br />

of Pinkney Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.3 mile E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity of<br />

Big Cook Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Little River Harbor Light is shown from a<br />

small isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> close W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village. A government wharf at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

village is 79m long, with a depth of 1.8m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wharf is protected by a breakwater about 57m long.<br />

1.72 Chebogue Harbor (43°44'N., 66°06'W.), which provides<br />

shelter for small vessels, is entered between Reef Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 16m<br />

high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> located about 0.8 miles W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of<br />

Pinkney Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Chebogue Point, flat, treeless, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on<br />

which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a conspicuous silo, nearly 1.5 miles fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

WNW. A depth of not more than 3.4m can be carried over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

bar W of Garden Head, which lies nearly 1 mile E of Chebogue<br />

Point. At Central Chebogue, about 3.8 miles NNE of Chebogue<br />

Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an L-shaped government wharf, 53m<br />

long, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.4m along its outer face <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1.8m<br />

along its inner face. The channel through Chebogue Harbor is<br />

buoyed from Chebogue Point to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Clemment Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>;<br />

however, only mariners with local knowledge should attempt<br />

this passage.<br />

1.72 Chebogue Ledge, drying 0.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a buoy, lies<br />

about 1 mile SW of Chebogue Point. There is a tide rip over<br />

this ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> it generally breaks at LW. Chebogue Point<br />

Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.7m, lies about 0.8 mile S.<br />

1.72 Foul Ground, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.9m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over which<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a tide rip, lies about 1.3 miles NW of Chebogue Point.<br />

A 7.7m patch lies nearly 0.8 mile SSW of Foul Ground. Roaring<br />

Bull, a rock which dries 0.9m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked on its W side<br />

by a buoy, lies about 0.7 mile NW of Foul Ground, to which it<br />

is almo<strong>st</strong> joined by a bank.<br />

1.72 Sunday Point (43°47'N., 66°08'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance point of<br />

Yarmouth Harbor, lies about 3 miles NNW of Chebogue Point.<br />

Foul ground, with an islet 12m high on it, extends about 0.3<br />

mile SSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point. Two shoals, with depths of 8.6m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

8.7m, lie about 0.5 mile SW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1 mile SSW, respectively, of<br />

Sunday Point.<br />

1.72 Vessel Traffic Management.—The S limit of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of<br />

Fundy Vessel Traffic Management Sy<strong>st</strong>em extends in a 270°<br />

direction from Chebogue Point. All vessels of 20m or more in<br />

length are required to report when crossing <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S limit in any<br />

direction.<br />

1.73 Yarmouth Harbor (43°50'N., 66°07'W.) (World Port<br />

Index No. 6460) is open throughout <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> year <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is available to<br />

vessels of moderate draft. It is an important transfer point for<br />

goods <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> passengers between Nova Scotia <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> United<br />

States, via Bar Harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Portl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, Maine. Lumber, fish, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

pulpwood are exported. There is a large fishing indu<strong>st</strong>ry in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

town, as well as a cotton mill.<br />

1.73 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Yarmouth is 4.6m at<br />

MHWS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 3.8m at MHWN.<br />

1.73 The tidal current changes its direction shortly after HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

LW by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. Between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Tusket Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Yarmouth,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inshore flood currents run NW at a maximum velocity of 3<br />

knots. About 4 miles W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Yarmouth Harbor,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood currents run N with a velocity of up to 2 knots, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ebb currents run S with velocities of up to 1.65 knots.<br />

1.73 Depths—Limitations.—The berths in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner harbor are<br />

approached by a dredged channel with a limiting depth in 1994<br />

of 6.5m; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a limiting depth of 6.3m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> turning basin<br />

off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> berths. Mariners are advised to obtain <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> late<strong>st</strong> information<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Harbor Authority.<br />

1.73 The Ferry Terminal has a length 122m with an alongside<br />

depth of 6.7m on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 3.7m on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner face.<br />

This ro-ro berth provides services to Bar Harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Portl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

Maine.<br />

1.73 The Lob<strong>st</strong>er Rock Marine terminal is a T-shaped wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

is situated close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ferry terminal. The outer berth is<br />

152m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> has a lea<strong>st</strong> reported depth of 6m. Inner berth E<br />

is 31m in length with an alongside depths of 5.8m to 6.4m. Inner<br />

berth W has a length of 109m with an alongside depths of<br />

5.8m to 6.4m.<br />

1.73 A government wharf, 121m long, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ferry terminal,<br />

has depths of 5.1m to 5.8m alongside its outer face <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

2.1m alongside its inner face.<br />

1.73 The Marginal Wharf, is 106m long, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth alongside<br />

of 3m. The Lumber wharf has a length of 61m with an<br />

alongside depth of 4.8m. The fishing wharf has a length of<br />

39m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a alongside depth of 6.0m<br />

1.73 There is also a turning basin 304m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 243m wide.<br />

1.73 Aspect.—Yarmouth Harbor is entered between Sunday<br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Fourchu, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of a group of isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s<br />

connected by drying flats, about 0.8 mile WNW of Sunday<br />

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40 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

Point.<br />

1.73 Cape Fourchu, high, rocky, treed, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> almo<strong>st</strong> an isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to<br />

itself, has a decidedly different appearance from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

surrounding coa<strong>st</strong>. It derives its name from having two narrow,<br />

rocky forks that extend to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S. Ea<strong>st</strong> Cape, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E fork, is joined<br />

to We<strong>st</strong> Fork, about 0.5 mile NW, by a low, narrow beach. A<br />

light is shown from a 23m high red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white vertically <strong>st</strong>riped<br />

hexagonal tower about 0.3 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Cape. A lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.5 mile S of Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Cape. The channel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves is buoyed.<br />

1.73 Hen <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Chickens, a group of rocks, one of which dries 3m,<br />

lies close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance, about 0.5 mile N of<br />

Sunday Point. A lighted bell buoy is moored close W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

rocks.<br />

1.73 Ships Stern, a conspicuous headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 15.2m high, marked N<br />

by a light, lies about 1 mile N of Cape Fourchu Light.<br />

1.73 Little Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 6.1m high, lies about 0.3 mile NE of<br />

Ships Stern, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is connected NW to Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 22.6m<br />

high, by a drying reef. Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer end of a drying reef extending about 110m SW of Little<br />

Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There are a number of white oil tanks near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

center of Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.73 Sollows Rock, which dries 0.6m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

channel, about 275m WNW of Little Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A monument,<br />

4.6m high, <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s on Johnson Point (Fish Point), located<br />

about 0.3 mile NNE of Sollows Rock.<br />

1.73 The harbor N of Bunker Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is almo<strong>st</strong> entirely occupied<br />

by drying flats of mud <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, through which a channel leads<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner harbor <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town of Yarmouth. Doctor<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 4.6m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying flat<br />

abrea<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town.<br />

1.73 A tower, painted in red <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> white b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, marked by red air-<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Cape Fourchu Light (aerial)<br />

craft ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> with an elevation of 78m, is conspicuous<br />

about 5.5 miles NE of Cape Fourchu.<br />

1.73 Anchorage.—There is no safe anchorage in Yarmouth Harbor.<br />

The channel is narrow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> affords no swinging room.<br />

1.73 In good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, anchorage is available outside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor in<br />

varying depths in an e<strong>st</strong>ablished anchorage area W of Cape<br />

Fourchu, reported good holding ground.<br />

1.73 At Yarmouth Sound, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an outer anchorage, in depths of<br />

12.8 to 18.2m at LW; an inner anchorage lies W of Bunker’s Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

in 12.8m, mud.<br />

1.73 Caution.—Yarmouth Harbor is subject to con<strong>st</strong>ant silting<br />

due to <strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> all depths are uncertain <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

should be checked with local authorities.<br />

1.73 A submerged pipeline extends in a NW direction about 0.8<br />

mile NE of Johnson Point. A headwall is visible at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pipeline at LW.<br />

Yarmouth Harbor to St. Marys Bay<br />

1.74 Lurcher Shoal (43°51'N., 66°29'W.), an off-lying<br />

danger, consi<strong>st</strong>ing of two separate shoal heads, lies about 14<br />

miles WNW of Cape Fourchu. Southwe<strong>st</strong> Shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> larger of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> two shoal heads, has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.1m. A bank, with<br />

uneven depths of 12.8 to 18.3m, extends 1.75 miles NNE <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

N, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.75 mile SW, from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal.<br />

There is a heavy tide rip over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank.<br />

1.74 Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong><br />

Shoal, about 2.5 miles NNE of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Shoal,<br />

has a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 8.5m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by heavy tide rips. Uneven<br />

ground, with depths of 11.3 to 18.3m, in places, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over<br />

which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are heavy tide rips, extends 1 mile NNW, 0.5 mile<br />

NE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.3 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal.<br />

1.74 A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 1 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shallowe<strong>st</strong> part of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Shoal.<br />

1.74 A<br />

lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 1.3 miles NE of<br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Shoal. Fundy Entrance South M Lighted Whi<strong>st</strong>le<br />

Buoy, equipped with a racon, is moored at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> seaward end of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> traffic separation scheme, about 28 miles NW of Lurcher<br />

Shoal.<br />

1.74 Little Lurcher Shoal, with a depth of 21.9m, is located about<br />

3.8 miles SE of Southwe<strong>st</strong> Shoal.<br />

1.75 Chegoggin Point (43°51'N., 66°10'W.), about 3.5<br />

miles N of Cape Fourchu (We<strong>st</strong> Cape), is 13.1m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies<br />

at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of an open bight. Three radio towers, marked by<br />

red lights, are situated about 1 mile SE of Chegoggin Point. A<br />

lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.8 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.75 Caution.—It has been reported that Chegoggin Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong> Cape, Cape Fourchu appear almo<strong>st</strong> identical on a radar<br />

display at short range. Caution should be exercised when<br />

navigating this part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>.<br />

Yarmouth—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Characteri<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

Element<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Sea Level Pressure (millibars)<br />

Mean 1014 1013 1013 1015 1014 1014 1015 1016 1018 1018 1016 1015


Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

Element<br />

Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 41<br />

Yarmouth—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Characteri<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Temperature (°C)<br />

Mean -.30 -3.3 0.2 4.7 9.3 13.4 16.3 16.5 13.6 9.3 4.8 -0.4<br />

Mean daily<br />

maximum<br />

0.7 0.4 3.8 8.4 13.5 17.6 20.4 20.7 17.8 13.2 8.4 3.3<br />

Mean daily<br />

minimum<br />

-6.8 -7.1 -3.4 0.8 5.1 9.2 12.1 12.4 9.4 5.3 1.3 -4.3<br />

Extreme high 13.3 12.8 16.2 22.4 24.9 28.3 30.0 29.4 29.4 25.0 18.0 16.1<br />

Extreme low -21.1 -21.1 -17.6 -9.4 -2.2 1.7 5.8 2.0 -2.3 -3.9 -9.0 -20.0<br />

Relative Humidity (per cent)<br />

Mean 83 80 81 81 80 83 88 89 87 83 82 84<br />

Cloud Cover (tenths)<br />

Mean 8.1 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.1 5.6 7.1 8.1<br />

Precipitation (millimeters)<br />

Mean 126.4 106.5 95.3 100.9 96.6 93.6 84.7 82.2 87.5 107.4 134.8 143.5<br />

24 hour<br />

maximum<br />

69.6 61.4 96.0 72.4 72.4 79.0 92.5 101.1 103.4 172.5 111.3 110.7<br />

Mean amount<br />

of snow (cm)<br />

Mean number<br />

67.1 49.6 27.6 8.9 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.9 6.3 42.9<br />

of days with<br />

precipitation<br />

Mean number<br />

20 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 9 10 15 18<br />

of days with<br />

snow<br />

14 11 7 2


42 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

WNW 8 8 9 9 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8<br />

NW 15 15 14 11 10 6 7 9 11 10 11 14<br />

NNW 12 13 10 8 6 4 3 4 6 8 8 11<br />

Calm 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 6 5 3 6<br />

Wind Direction (mean speed in knots)<br />

N 10.7 9.7 10.2 8.9 8.3 6.9 6.3 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.8 9.1<br />

NNE 9.6 9.5 9.7 9.2 9.2 9.2 5.8 6.3 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.2<br />

NE 7.9 8.9 9.0 9.6 7.5 8.4 6.0 7.2 7.2 8.0 8.4 7.6<br />

ENE 11.6 9.1 11.3 11.5 8.7 9.8 6.3 8.7 8.9 8.3 8.7 9.7<br />

E 12.6 10.9 11.5 11.6 9.8 9.8 6.5 7.4 8.2 8.7 8.9 8.6<br />

ESE 10.7 10.9 13.7 11.5 10.0 9.0 6.8 8.9 8.8 10.5 10.2 10.3<br />

SE 9.6 10.3 11.0 10.2 9.6 8.5 7.0 7.7 8.3 10.9 10.2 10.2<br />

SSE 11.0 11.9 10.7 11.1 10.1 8.4 7.7 7.4 9.9 10.3 11.7 11.8<br />

South 11.9 10.7 11.2 11.6 9.9 8.7 8.2 8.1 9.6 10.2 12.8 12.2<br />

SSW 13.9 11.5 12.0 11.1 11.4 10.1 9.3 10.1 11.1 10.8 11.9 13.2<br />

SW 11.6 11.1 10.5 9.9 10.1 7.8 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.0 11.4 11.9<br />

WSW 11.0 9.6 10.5 9.9 9.9 9.0 7.6 7.9 8.2 8.6 10.4 11.5<br />

W 11.3 10.6 11.1 9.2 8.4 7.6 6.9 7.0 7.1 9.4 10.9 13.2<br />

WNW 14.3 12.6 12.7 10.1 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.5 8.1 10.6 12.7 13.5<br />

NW 13.0 12.0 11.9 10.2 8.9 7.6 7.2 7.3 8.2 9.7 11.7 12.5<br />

NNW 12.5 12.0 11.8 10.6 9.5 7.8 6.9 7.1 8.3 10.2 10.2 12.0<br />

1.75 Between Chegoggin Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cranberry Point, about 2.5<br />

miles N, rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals, with depths of 1.8 to 9.1m, extend<br />

about 0.6 mile off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> low <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> partially wooded coa<strong>st</strong>.<br />

1.75 The coa<strong>st</strong> between Cranberry Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of St<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ford<br />

(Sanford), about 1.5 miles NNE, rises to hills with an elevation<br />

of 33.5m a short di<strong>st</strong>ance inl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A sector light is shown<br />

from a tower. The white sector indicates <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> preferred channel<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater-wharf at St<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ford. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 1.3 miles NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater-wharf.<br />

1.75 Red Head, 21.3m high, lies about 2.5 miles N of St<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>ford.<br />

Burns Point lies about 0.8 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r N.<br />

1.75 Black Point, 6.1m high, lies about 3.5 miles N of Burns<br />

Point. Between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> points is an open bight from which a bank,<br />

with depths of less than 9.1m, extends about 0.7 mile seaward.<br />

A 7.1m patch lies about 1.3 miles SSW of Black Point.<br />

1.75 Port Maitl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°59'N., 66°09'W.) is a small drying harbor<br />

formed by three breakwaters near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> abovementioned<br />

bight. A light is shown from a ma<strong>st</strong> at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N breakwater. A lighted bell buoy is moored nearly 1<br />

mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.75 Caution.—Trinity Ledge (44°00'N., 66°18'W.), about 6.5<br />

miles W of Port Maitl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, consi<strong>st</strong>s of three rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong><br />

drying 0.9m. The ledge breaks in a heavy sea. There is a heavy<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

Element<br />

Yarmouth—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r Characteri<strong>st</strong>ics<br />

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />

Temperature <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> precipitation data courtesy of Environment Canada<br />

tide rip over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> also for a di<strong>st</strong>ance 1.5 miles NE of<br />

it. A 9.9m patch lies about 1.8 miles ENE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.75 A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored nearly 1 mile S of Trinity<br />

Ledge. A dangerous wreck lies in position 43°57.7'N,<br />

66°19.0'W.<br />

1.75 Trinity Ledge lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer edge an extensive bank extending<br />

E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, with depths of less than<br />

18.3m, on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are numerous shoal heads from 4.6 to<br />

11m. Mavillette Shoal, with a depth of 6.7m, lies on this bank,<br />

about 1.5 miles S of Cape St. Mary.<br />

1.75 Tides—Currents.—Near Trinity Ledge, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood current<br />

sets N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current S, with a velocity of 2.5 knots.<br />

St. Marys Bay<br />

1.76 St. Marys Bay (46°14'N., 62°30'W.), entered between<br />

Cape St. Mary <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 11 miles NW, is<br />

sheltered W by Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Digby Neck,<br />

which are separated from each o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r by Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Petit Passage, respectively. The bay extends about 32 miles NE<br />

from its entrance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is encumbered with shoals for a di<strong>st</strong>ance<br />

of 12 miles from its head, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> remainder is deep <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> clear<br />

of dangers, except within 1 to 2 miles of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE shore. The NW


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 43<br />

shore is <strong>st</strong>eep-to.<br />

1.76 The level of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> water in St. Marys Bay is raised by SW<br />

winds <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lowered by NE winds.<br />

1.76 Cape St. Mary (44°05'N., 66°13'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE entrance point<br />

of St. Marys Bay, is marked by a light shown from a white tower<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW corner of a white building. On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Cape<br />

St. Mary <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a T-shaped public wharf, 70m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 10m<br />

across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face, having a depth of 0.9m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end.<br />

1.76 A drying rocky ledge extends about 0.3 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a shoal spit, over which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a heavy tide rip, extends<br />

0.75 mile SSW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

1.77 Whipple Point (44°14'N., 66°24'W.), lying about 12<br />

miles NW of Cape St. Mary, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown from a white tower, with<br />

three red horizontal b<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s, about 0.8 mile N of Whipple Point.<br />

From <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE point of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, rocky ledges, some of which<br />

dry, extend to Gull Rock, 1.8m high, about 1.5 miles SSW. A<br />

detached 5.5m patch lies about 0.2 mile SSW of Gull Rock. A<br />

lighted bell buoy is moored nearly 0.5 mile S of Gull Rock.<br />

1.77 Brier<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Southwe<strong>st</strong> Ledge, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4.1m,<br />

lies about 2 miles SW of Gull Rock. The ledge is surrounded<br />

by a bank with depths of less than 18.3m extending nearly 0.8<br />

mile S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.8 mile NE from it. A heavy tide rip extends about<br />

1.5 miles SSW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE to Gull Rock. A lighted<br />

whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 1.8 miles SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

1.77 McDorm<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Patch (44°05'N., 66°29'W.), a rock with a<br />

depth of 24m, lies 9.5 miles SSW of Whipple Point.<br />

1.77 Anchorage.—Suitable anchorage can be found in almo<strong>st</strong><br />

Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light<br />

Close S a mole extends 130m NE from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, with a berthing<br />

length on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of about 70m. The depth alongside<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole is 0.9m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.3m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW face. Close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole a rubble breakwater,<br />

which exhibits a light <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> radar reflector from a ma<strong>st</strong> at<br />

its head, extends E from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> provides protection to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

pier <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole. A buoy lies about 183m E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole. A<br />

lighted buoy is moored 0.8 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

any part of St. Marys Bay, except with SW winds, when it is<br />

necessary to proceed to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay to obtain good shelter.<br />

1.77 Large vessels can anchor in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> upper part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ride<br />

out a SW gale, in depths of 18.3 to 21.9m, between Ea<strong>st</strong> S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y<br />

Cove (44°29'N., 66°05'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sissiboo River.<br />

1.77 Vessels<br />

of moderate draft can anchor, in 10.1m, about 0.7<br />

mile NNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sissiboo River, or in 7.3m,<br />

about 0.7 mile N of Gilbert Point (44°30'N., 65°57'W.).<br />

St. Marys Bay—Ea<strong>st</strong> Side<br />

1.78 The E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, from Cape St. Mary to close S<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Meteghan (44°12'N., 66°10'W.), about 7<br />

miles NE, is from 21.3 to 30.5m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> free from off-lying<br />

dangers. At Meteghan, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an L-shaped breakwater, 293m<br />

long, con<strong>st</strong>ructed of large boulders <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a light. Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an L-shaped public wharf used primarily<br />

by fishing vessels. The wharf is about 213m long with a<br />

152m long outer end that has depths of 2.1 to 4.2m alongside.<br />

A lighted bell buoy is moored nearly 1.5 miles WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

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44 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

government wharf.<br />

1.78 A patent slip <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marine railway, with a lifting capacity of<br />

600 tons, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a machine shop for minor repairs, are situated<br />

close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> public pier. The slip can accommodate vessels<br />

with maximum dimensions of 53m in length, 12m width, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

5.2m draft. It is generally used by vessels about 40m in long.<br />

1.78 About 2 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NNE, a small harbor formed by two<br />

breakwaters lies at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Meteghan River. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

sheltered area, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government wharf with a depth of<br />

6.1m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end at HW.<br />

1.78 From Meteghan to Church Point, about 8.5 miles N, houses<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> villages are scattered along this section of coa<strong>st</strong>. Rocky<br />

shoals, with depths of 2.7 to 9.1m, extend in places from 0.25<br />

mile to about 1.8 miles W from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 1 mile WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater at Saulnierville,<br />

which is situated about 2.5 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Meteghan River.<br />

1.79 At Saulnierville (44°16'N., 66°08'W.), a public mole<br />

extends N for 210m. The inside face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf is 100m long,<br />

with alongside depths of 2.1 to 3.7m. A ligth is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater. A lighted buoy is moored 0.8 mile<br />

WNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole.<br />

1.79 At Church Point (44°20'N., 66°08'W.), a conspicuous <strong>st</strong>eeple<br />

rises from a large Roman Catholic church near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> point.<br />

1.79 Shoals<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> mud flats, which dry in places, extend up to 0.75<br />

mile offshore between Church Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Firmain, about 6<br />

miles NE. A rock, with a depth of 14.1m, lies about 1.8 miles<br />

W of Church Point. A privately-maintained light is exhibited<br />

about 1.5 miles SW of Cape Firmain at Belliveau Cove.<br />

1.79 The<br />

Sissiboo River (44°27'N., 66°01'W.), a very shoal e<strong>st</strong>u-<br />

ary, can only be entered by mariners with local knowledge a<br />

short time before HW. Sissiboo Light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. A dredged <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> buoyed channel,<br />

with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 1.1m in mid-channel in 1992, leads to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wharf at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Weymouth North, about 0.8 mile above<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bar. The L-shaped wharf here has an outer face 85m long,<br />

with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.9m alongside. Pilotage is not compulsory;<br />

however, a local pilot is available. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 1.5 miles NW of Sissiboo Light.<br />

1.79 The coa<strong>st</strong> between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Sissiboo River <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gilbert Point,<br />

about 4 miles NE, is fronted by a shore bank, with depths of<br />

less than 5.5m, extending about 0.5 mile offshore.<br />

1.79 St.<br />

Mary Shoal, an extensive bank with depths of less than<br />

5.5m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 2.9m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank<br />

opposite Gilbert Point.<br />

St. Marys Bay—We<strong>st</strong> Side<br />

1.80 The SE coa<strong>st</strong> of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <strong>st</strong>eep-to from its SE<br />

extremity to South Point (44°15'N., 66°21'W.), about 2 miles<br />

N. A lighted bell buoy is moored nearly 1 mile S of South<br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marks <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fairway of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S approach to Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Passage.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage<br />

1.81 This passage, between Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

has a depth of 11m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fairway. The tidal currents, both ebb<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood, attain a rate of 5 or 6 knots <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> con<strong>st</strong>itute <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal<br />

difficulty in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigation of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage. Slack water oc-<br />

Pub. 145<br />

curs 57 minutes <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1 hour 18 minutes, respectively, before <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

times of HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> LW at Saint John, New Brunswick.<br />

1.81 Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance. The channel<br />

between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W shore has a depth of 4.9m. A<br />

light is shown from a white eight-sided tower, 12m high, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A drying reef extends about 0.1 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.81 The village of Freeport lies at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of a bay, dry at LW,<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage. A breakwater on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

bay protects a government wharf, with a depth of 6.7m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer end at HW. A government pier extends from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay to a depth of 5.2m at HW.<br />

1.81 The village of We<strong>st</strong>port lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW side of Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage.<br />

An L-shaped government wharf at We<strong>st</strong>port has a depth<br />

of 4.6m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end. We<strong>st</strong>port Harbor is open through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

year <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> provides anchorage for small vessels, ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier<br />

head, in 9.1 to 12.8m, s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 0.4 mile ENE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bapti<strong>st</strong><br />

Church in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village. Vessels using <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage are recommended<br />

to moor with a swivel to avoid fouling <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir cables due<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies.<br />

1.81 Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage Light is shown from a white tower on North<br />

Point (44°17'N., 66°21'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point for <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage.<br />

1.81 Passage Shoal, marked N by a buoy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> with a depth of<br />

2.6m, lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, about 0.4 mile N of<br />

Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is a channel on ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r side of this shoal.<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage Light on North Point<br />

1.81 Cow Ledge, which dries, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bald Rock lie near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore of<br />

Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage.<br />

Shoals extend N of Cow Ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> terminate in Cow Ledge<br />

Shoal, with a depth of 5m, about 0.3 mile SE of North Point.<br />

The latter shoal is marked NW by a lighted bell buoy.<br />

1.81 Directions.—Vessels approaching Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage from S<br />

should <strong>st</strong>eer to pass E of Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage Shoal. After<br />

clearing Passage Shoal, <strong>st</strong>eer in mid-channel until W of Bald<br />

Rock, where Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light, bearing 180° <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

breadth of Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W of S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point, leads in mid-channel<br />

W of Cow Ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cow Ledge Shoal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank extending<br />

about 275m NNE of North Point.<br />

1.81 Vessels approaching <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N should reverse<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above directions.<br />

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Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 45<br />

cise caution in navigating Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong tidal<br />

currents <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies.<br />

1.81 A submarine cable is laid between S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

to W. Ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r cable extends from S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Point to Peter Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n to South Point.<br />

1.82 The E coa<strong>st</strong> of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <strong>st</strong>eep-to from Dartmouth<br />

Point (44°15'N., 66°20'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S extremity of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

to Petit Passage. The bold SE shore of Digby Neck, from<br />

Petit Passage to abrea<strong>st</strong> St. Mary Shoal, is <strong>st</strong>eep-to <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> indented<br />

by three coves. At Little River Cove, a wharf extends 46m to<br />

a depth of 3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is sheltered by a breakwater. At Mink Cove,<br />

about 1.5 miles NE of Little River Cove, a fish meal plant is<br />

visible from seaward.<br />

In Ea<strong>st</strong> S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y Cove, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf is buoyed <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

dredged <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> had a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4m. The channel leads to a Tshaped<br />

concrete wharf with an outer face 110m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a<br />

depth of 4.3m alongside mo<strong>st</strong> of its length. A depth of 2.8m is<br />

located close off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S corner. The inside face is 76m long, with<br />

a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m alongside. The dredged area extends 55m<br />

off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier. A wooden wharf, from which a<br />

light is exhibited on its outer end, lies SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> concrete wharf.<br />

Petit Passage<br />

1.83 This passage between Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Digby Neck is<br />

almo<strong>st</strong> <strong>st</strong>raight, with a lea<strong>st</strong> width of about 410m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shorte<strong>st</strong> route from Cape Fourchu to Saint John. The l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on<br />

ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage is high, rising to an elevation of 73m<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side. The passage has a lea<strong>st</strong> charted depth of 11m.<br />

The navigable channel narrows to a little more than 0.1 mile<br />

between Eddy Point (44°24'N., 66°13'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side, at<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying bank extending about<br />

0.1 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> opposite shore.<br />

1.83 Tides—Currents.—The direction of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

passage is N with a rising tide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S with a falling tide. The<br />

maximum flood current is 8 knots, while <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> maximum ebb<br />

current is 7 knots. Slack water occurs 1 hour <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 1 hour 3 minutes,<br />

respectively, before <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> time of HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> LW at Saint<br />

John.<br />

1.83 A ledge, which dries 3m, extends about 0.1 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 0.2 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same point.<br />

1.83 The village of Tiverton, close W of Eddy Point, has a government<br />

wharf, 152m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 12m wide at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face,<br />

with a depth of 5.5m alongside. Tiverton Light is shown from a<br />

skeleton tower, 3m high, near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf.<br />

1.83 At Ea<strong>st</strong> Ferry, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> opposite side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage from<br />

Tiverton, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a wharf, 73m long, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 11m wide at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

face, with a depth of about 4.9m alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer face.<br />

There is a breakwater N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf; a submerged rock lies<br />

about 0.1 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater.<br />

1.83 Overhead power cables, with a vertical clearance 43m, cross<br />

Petit Passage from Tiverton to Ea<strong>st</strong> Ferry.<br />

1.83 Caution.—Due to submarine cables, anchorage is prohibted<br />

in Petit Passage.<br />

1.83 Boars Head (44°24'N., 66°13'W.), marked by a light, forms<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage. A 2.1m shoal,<br />

marked by a ripple during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide, lies about 0.3<br />

mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head.<br />

1.83 A radar tower, with an elevation of 75m, is situated about 1<br />

mile SSW of Boars Head Light. A microwave tower is situated<br />

close NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> radar tower.<br />

Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to Annapolis Basin<br />

1.84 Lighthouse Cove (44°15'N., 66°24'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W<br />

side of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies about 0.8 mile N of Whipple Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SW extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light, previously described<br />

in paragraph 1.77, is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S entrance point<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove. A rock, which dries 1.2m, lies about 0.3 mile offshore<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.4 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.84 The NW coa<strong>st</strong> of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, from Lighthouse Cove to<br />

North Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is fringed with rocks<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> 9.1m curve extends 0.25 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore in places.<br />

1.84 Traffic Separation Scheme.—For vessels entering or departing<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a compulsory traffic<br />

separation scheme about 11 miles NNW of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.84 Caution.—Northwe<strong>st</strong> Ledge, an extensive shoal bank, lies 3<br />

miles NW of Brier Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Northwe<strong>st</strong> Rock, its shallowe<strong>st</strong> spot,<br />

with a depth of 2.6m near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end, lies about 3.3 miles NW<br />

of North Point. A buoy is moored about 0.3 mile N of this rock.<br />

Beatson Rocks, each with a depth of 4.7m, are located in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SW part of Northwe<strong>st</strong> Ledge, about 1 mile SW of Northwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Rock. Frenchmans Elbow, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 9.6m, lies<br />

about 1 mile SE of Northwe<strong>st</strong> Rock. There are heavy tide rips<br />

over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above dangers <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> also over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> uneven ground between<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>m.<br />

1.84 A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored nearly 0.5 mile SW of<br />

Beatson Rocks.<br />

1.84 North Point, in line bearing 134° with Mourilyans Mark, a<br />

large granite boulder on Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, leads NE of Northwe<strong>st</strong><br />

Ledge.<br />

1.84 Moore Ledge (Moores Ledge), with a depth of 20.1m, over<br />

which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a heavy tide rip, lies about 3.3 miles N of North<br />

Point.<br />

1.84 Tidal currents set over Northwe<strong>st</strong> Ledge with a maximum<br />

velocity of about 4 knots, setting N when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide is rising in<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide is falling.<br />

1.85 The NW coa<strong>st</strong>s of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Digby Neck, from<br />

Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage to Gullivers Head (Gulliver Point) (44°37'N.,<br />

65°56'W.), about 27 miles NE, ares bold, wooded, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> free of<br />

off-lying dangers. The coa<strong>st</strong>al hills increase in elevation from<br />

about 46m near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to over 122m near<br />

Gullivers Head.<br />

1.85 S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y<br />

Cove, about 7 miles NE of Petit Passage, affords good<br />

shelter for small craft from S winds. A rock, with a depth of<br />

1.8m, lies about 0.3 mile NNE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

cove. On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a mole, 88m long with<br />

a depth at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of 5.5m at HW. A gridiron is situated<br />

alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mole.<br />

1.85 Trout<br />

Cove, about 4.5 miles NE of S<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y Cove, has a small<br />

drying basin formed by breakwaters at its head. Centreville<br />

Light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance to Trout Cove. A lighted<br />

bell buoy is moored nearly 0.5 mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance.<br />

1.85 Gullivers Cove (Gulliver Cove), close E of Gullivers Head,<br />

affords good shelter from S winds in depths of 12 to 14.6m.<br />

Pub. 145


46 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

1.85 From Gullivers Head to Prim Point, about 7.5 miles NE, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

coa<strong>st</strong> is bold with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>al hills rising to elevations over<br />

122m.<br />

1.85 Tides—Currents.—Between Gr<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Passage <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Prim Point<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents set parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>. The tidal currents<br />

have a velocity of 2 to 2.5 knots S of Gullivers Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a velocity<br />

from 1.5 to 2 knots between Gullivers Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Prim<br />

Point.<br />

Annapolis Basin<br />

1.86 Annapolis Basin, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW portion of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> e<strong>st</strong>uary of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Annapolis River, is protected <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open throughout <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> year;<br />

however, gales from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW raise a heavy sea, which<br />

when drift ice is present, may damage a vessel. The basin affords<br />

good anchorage to deep-draft vessels. The harbor of Digby<br />

is located in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin.<br />

1.86 Digby Gut (44°41'N., 65°46'W.), a deep passage about 0.4<br />

mile wide between high <strong>st</strong>eep shores, leads to Annapolis Basin.<br />

Prim Point (44°42'N., 65°47'W.), <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of<br />

Digby Gut, is marked by a light shown from a white tower,<br />

with red vertical <strong>st</strong>ripes, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corner of a square building.<br />

Digby Gut Light is shown from a skeleton tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance. A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 1.3<br />

miles NNE of Prim Point.<br />

1.86 Man of War Rock, with a depth of 6.7m, lies about 0.1 mile<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, about 1 mile SE of Prim Point.<br />

Close S of Man of War Rock, banks extending about 0.1 mile<br />

from ei<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r shore reduce <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> width of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage.<br />

1.86 At Victoria Beach, a light is shown near a drying basin<br />

formed by two breakwaters, each about 100m long. A large<br />

fish processing plant <strong>st</strong><<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>s near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N breakwater. There is a<br />

groin, 61m long, close N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N breakwater.<br />

1.86 At Rattling Beach, about 1 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> passage, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Marine Atlantic ferry terminal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

from it is operated a regular ferry service to Saint John. The<br />

berth is 140m long with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4.9m alongside. A roro<br />

ramp is situated at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end. A privately-maintained light is<br />

exhibited at each end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> berth.<br />

1.86 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Digby is 8.2m at MH-<br />

WS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 7.1m at MHWN.<br />

1.86 In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, across <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Digby Gut, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

tidal currents run parallel to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore, with a maximum velocity<br />

of about 2.5 knots, turning inshore a little before, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> offshore<br />

a little after local HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> LW. The current runs NE with<br />

a rising tide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW with a falling tide.<br />

1.86 In Digby Gut, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> currents have a maximum velocity of<br />

about 5 knots, turning approximately at local HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> LW.<br />

Both currents cause whirlpools <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> eddies, which are particularly<br />

<strong>st</strong>rong on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Man<br />

of War Rock. Turners Eddy, over a shoal with a depth of 7.9m,<br />

lies about 0.7 mile SE of Prim Point.<br />

1.86 A SW swell in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy will propagate into Digby<br />

Gut; when combined with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb current, large waves will be<br />

encountered on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> seaward side of Man of War Rock. This effect<br />

is reported to be at its greate<strong>st</strong> about 2 hours 30 minutes<br />

before LW.<br />

1.86 Pilotage.—Pilotage is not compulsory. Local pilots for Digby<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Annapolis River are available day <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> night, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

should be applied for through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shipping agent or by radio-<br />

Pub. 145<br />

telephone to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Pilotage Commission at Digby.<br />

1.86 Pilot usually meets vessels at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Digby. As long<br />

as a 12-hour notice is given, no waiting is experienced.<br />

1.86 Annapolis Basin is occupied by extensive shoals with depths<br />

of less than 1.8m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S part, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inner or NE part is filled<br />

with shoals through which flows <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Annapolis<br />

River. Port Wade, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin, has a wharf in a<br />

<strong>st</strong>ate of disrepair near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village.<br />

1.87 Digby (44°38'N., 65°46'W.) (World Port Index No.<br />

6470) lies in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW part of Annapolis Basin. The local indu<strong>st</strong>ries<br />

are commercial fishing, lumbering, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> farming. The<br />

main entrance channel has a width of 90m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a minimum<br />

depth of 6.1m. It is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> high tidal range that permits <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> maximum<br />

allowable draft of 12.9m. The main public wharf has a<br />

length of 95m, allowing a maximum draft alongside of 12.9m.<br />

Ferry traffic is loaded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> unloaded at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main wharf. The port<br />

consi<strong>st</strong>s of an F-shaped spur, but only <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> main <strong>st</strong>em is used for<br />

commercial traffic.<br />

1.87 Pilotage.—Pilotage is not compulsory but available; VHF<br />

channel 16 is used.<br />

1.87 Anchorage.—There is good anchorage for small vessels, in<br />

depths of 11 to 14.6m, about 1 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves at Digby.<br />

There is anchorage nearer to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier in a depth of 7.0m. Deepdraft<br />

vessels can anchor, in depths of 16.5 to 18.3m, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> central<br />

part of Annapolis Basin.<br />

1.88 The Annapolis River is navigable by vessels of moderate<br />

draft, with local knowledge, as far as Annapolis Royal,<br />

about 5 miles above Goat Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (44°42'N., 65°37'W.). The<br />

latter isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 7.6m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded, lies nearly in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal channel.<br />

An extensive shoal, which dries in places, extends nearly 4<br />

miles SW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The channel leading to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance<br />

lies along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of this shoal, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is marked by<br />

buoys. Schafner Point, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance, is<br />

marked by a light.<br />

1.88 Annapolis Royal (44°45'N., 65°31'W.) (World Port Index<br />

No. 6480) has several wharves which dry alongside at LW. A<br />

causeway <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dam cross <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river close above Annapolis Royal.<br />

The public wharf, which dries, is 117m long; vessels up to<br />

110m long, with a maximum draft of 10.3m, can be accommodated.<br />

Vessels may anchor about 1 mile below <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town, in a<br />

depth of about 11m; however, because of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal eddies, it is a<br />

poor anchorage.<br />

1.88 Caution.—Changes in currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Annapolis River may<br />

occur without notice due to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> operation of turbines <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> sluice<br />

gates at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> hydroelectric power plant at Annapolis Royal. Off<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> power <strong>st</strong>ation, a current of up to 4 knots can be expected.<br />

Pilot is available <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> recommended.<br />

Annapolis Basin to Minas Channel<br />

1.89 The coa<strong>st</strong> from Digby Gut to Chute Cove (44°55'N.,<br />

65°21'W.), about 22 miles NE, is free of off-lying dangers. The<br />

ridge, separating <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> valley of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Annapolis<br />

River, rises to heights of 122 to 213m, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is partially covered<br />

with trees.<br />

1.89 Parkers Cove, about 12.5 miles NE of Digby Gap, has an Lshaped<br />

wharf protected by two breakwaters. The E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> larger


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 47<br />

of which is curved <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 160m long. A light is shown from a<br />

framework tower, 7m high, from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E breakwater.<br />

Two rocks, which dry, lie about 275m NW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.4 mile NE of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E breakwater.<br />

1.89 At<br />

Chute Cove, about 9.5 miles NE of Parkers Cove, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is<br />

a small boat harbor formed by breakwaters. Hampton Light is<br />

shown close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W breakwater. Small vessels can anchor,<br />

in 8.2m, mud, about 0.4 mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light with offshore<br />

winds.<br />

1.89 Tidal<br />

currents between Parkers Cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Chute Cove, with a<br />

velocity of 1.75 to 2 knots, turn a little before local HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

LW. The current runs to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood tide <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ebb tide. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> offing, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tides turn about 30 minutes<br />

later.<br />

1.89 Ste. Croix Bay, about 1.5 miles NE of Chute Cove, affords<br />

good anchorage, in a depth of 7.3m, mud, about 0.5 mile NE of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay.<br />

1.89 At<br />

Port Lorne, a small inlet about 4.5 miles NE of Chute<br />

Cove, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a wharf, 131m long, extending to a depth of<br />

5.5m at HW. A light is shown close E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inlet. Anchorage<br />

can be taken, in 11 to 12.8m, 0.25 to 0.5 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf.<br />

1.90 Port George (45°00'N., 65°09'W.) lies about 6 miles<br />

NE of Port Lorne; drying ledges extend about 275m offshore.<br />

Anchorage can be taken, in 9.1m, about 1 mile NE of Port<br />

George.<br />

1.90 Caution.—A submarine telecommunications cable extends<br />

NW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore about 2 miles ENE from Port George to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

NW shore of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy. The cable lies about 0.5 mile<br />

NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sugge<strong>st</strong>ed anchorage described above.<br />

1.90 Margaretsville, one of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> principal villages on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bay of Fundy, lies about 4.5 miles NE of Port George.<br />

There is a breakwater wharf, 70m long with depths of 3 to 4m<br />

along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer 30m at HW. A light is shown from Margaretsville<br />

Point, close W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village.<br />

Margaretsville Light<br />

1.90 Margaretsville Bank, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 0.3m, lies parallel<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 0.5 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shallowe<strong>st</strong> spot lies<br />

about 0.8 mile NE of Margaretsville Point. Between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a channel with a<br />

depth of 5.5m. Vessels anchor between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore,<br />

in a depth of 10.1m, clay bottom.<br />

1.90 Morden (45°06'N., 64°57'W.), about 6 miles NE of Margaretsville,<br />

can be recognized by its square church tower. There is<br />

a government wharf, 91m long, with a depth of 9.1m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

end at HW. A 6.4m patch, marked by a tide rip, lies about<br />

0.8 mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> church. Anchorage can be taken, in 11m,<br />

about 1 mile NNE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> church.<br />

1.90 A tower, marked by red aircraft ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, is conspicuous<br />

about 4 miles ESE of Morden. A high <strong>st</strong>eep reddish<br />

cliff lies about 1 mile NE of Morden.<br />

Minas Channel<br />

1.91 Minas Channel, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approach to Minas Basin, is entered<br />

between Morden <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Chignecto (45°20'N.,<br />

64°57'W.), about 13.5 miles N. The latter cape is a <strong>st</strong>eep-to<br />

bold conspicuous headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. The l<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape rises rapidly<br />

to over 213m.<br />

1.91 Caution.—A wreck, with a lea<strong>st</strong> known depth of 14.3m, has<br />

been reported (2009) to lie 1.6 miles N of Cape Chignecto <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

0.4 mile W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong>. A rock, with a lea<strong>st</strong> known depth of<br />

12m, lies 0.5 mile SE of Cape Chignecto.<br />

1.91 Ile Haute (45°15'N., 65°00'W.), 97.5m high, lies about 5<br />

miles SSW of Cape Chignecto. The isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, marked by a light<br />

shown from aframework tower, 12m high, on its highe<strong>st</strong> point,<br />

is wooded <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bordered by cliffs except at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W ends.<br />

The light may be obscured when <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mariner is closer than 2.5<br />

miles. Its shores are clear of dangers except at its E end, where<br />

a rocky spit extends 0.4 mile ENE. There are tide rips close N<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is an anchorage, in 21.9m, about 0.3<br />

mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A 23m depth has been reported<br />

in an area about 2 miles NNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.92 North shore.—Advocate Bay (45°20'N., 64°47'W.),<br />

between Cape Chignecto <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape D’Or, about 7.5 miles ESE,<br />

affords good anchorage in depths less than 28m with N winds,<br />

but vessels using it should exercise caution if <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wind shifts to<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S, when it frequently veers to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> increases in force.<br />

Advocate Harbour, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay, is muddy, dries,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is protected from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S by a natural wall of <strong>st</strong>ones, 3m<br />

high. Near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wall, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an entrance through<br />

which small vessels can enter at HW. A light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. A lighted bell buoy is<br />

moored about 0.8 mile W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

1.92 Cape D’Or (45°18'N., 64°46'W.), low <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> green, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S<br />

extremity of a ridge, 152m high, separated from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

promontory to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N by a deep valley. The W side of this ridge,<br />

N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape, is faced by cliffs, 61m high.<br />

1.92 A light is shown from a white square tower on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> corner of a<br />

white square building on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. On <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> flood tidal current,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a heavy tide rip close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

1.93 South shore.—The S shore of Minas Channel from<br />

Morden to Shoal Point (45°13'N., 64°35'W.), about 17 miles<br />

NE, is bordered by a shorebank, with depths of less than 5.5m,<br />

extending up to 0.5 mile offshore in places.<br />

1.93 At Ogilvie, about 5 miles NE of Morden, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a<br />

government wharf, 84m long, with a depth of 7m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer<br />

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48 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

end at HW. A light is shown at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> settlement of Harbourville,<br />

about 1.5 miles NE.<br />

1.93 Black Rock, which dries 5.2m, lies about 2.5 miles ENE of<br />

Harbourville. A light is shown near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> settlement of Black<br />

Rock, close S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock.<br />

1.93 At Halls Harbor, marked by a light <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> lying about 6.5 miles<br />

ENE of Black Rock, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a breakwater, 116m long, which<br />

dries at LW. There are depths of 4.6 to 5.5m alongside at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

outer end at HW.<br />

1.93 At Shoal Point, about 1.3 miles E, rocks extend about 0.3<br />

mile N.<br />

1.93 At Baxter Harbour, about 3 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r E, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a government<br />

wharf, 72m long, with a depth of 7.9m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end at<br />

HW. A conspicuous tower, at an elevation of 309m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked<br />

by red aircraft ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, is situated about 5 miles ESE<br />

of Baxter Harbour.<br />

1.93 Cape Split, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E entrance point of Minas Basin, lies about 6<br />

miles NNE of Baxter Harbour. The intervening coa<strong>st</strong> forms<br />

Scots Bay, which dries at its head. Cape Split is described in<br />

paragraph 1.95.<br />

1.93<br />

Pub. 145<br />

Cape D’Or <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape D’Or Light<br />

Cape D’Or Light<br />

Entrance to Minas Basin<br />

1.94 Minas Basin is entered between Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Cape Split, about 9 miles E.<br />

1.94 Cape Spencer (45°19'N., 64°42'W.), about 3.3 miles ENE<br />

of Cape D’Or, has a conspicuous sugarloaf rock, 6.1m high,<br />

which is isolated from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> remainder of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape at HW. A drying<br />

rock lies about 90m E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

1.94 Spencer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 55m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> wooded, lies about 1 mile NE<br />

of Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is separated from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a passage<br />

with a depth of 1.8m. A settlement, known as Spencers Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, about 1.5 miles NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. There is an anchorage, in 9.1m, about 0.8 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.94 Cape Sharp (45°22'N., 64°24'W.), about 7 miles ESE of<br />

Port Greville, is surmounted by a remarkable sharp hill,<br />

116.7m high, from which its name is derived. Black Rock,<br />

4.6m high, lies nearly 0.5 mile offshore, about 0.8 mile W of<br />

Cape Sharp. A light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. An underwater<br />

turbine, with a known depth of 13.8m, lies about 1.4 miles W<br />

of Cape Sharp light.<br />

Cape Sharp Light<br />

1.95 Cape Split (45°20'N., 64°30'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

entrance to Midas Basin, consi<strong>st</strong>s of cliffs, 61m high, divided<br />

by deep fissures or splits from which its name is derived, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> termination of a remarkable, tapering promontory, 122m<br />

high. A spit, with depths of less than 9.1m, extends about 0.8<br />

mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape, with two drying rocks on it, about 0.2<br />

mile <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.3 mile, respectively, from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. During <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<strong>st</strong>rength of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal currents <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a heavy tide rip over, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a<br />

considerable di<strong>st</strong>ance NW of, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spit.<br />

1.95 Tides—Currents.—The tidal currents along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong><br />

between Chute Cove <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Halls Harbor increase in velocity<br />

from 2 knots off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> former to 3 knots off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> latter. As Scots<br />

Bay is approached, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity of both currents decrease.<br />

1.95 From near Cape Chignecto, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E current sets toward Cape<br />

D’Or, where it meets an eddy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> causes a tide rip which extends<br />

about 1 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape. With <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W current <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is an<br />

eddy W of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

1.95 Around Cape D’Or <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Spencer <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity of both<br />

currents is 5 to 6 knots; N of Cape Split, outside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide rip,


<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity is 7 to 8 knots.<br />

Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 49<br />

1.95 Anchorage.—In addition to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> previously-mentioned anchorages,<br />

vessels can anchor, in about 21.9m, from 0.5 to 1<br />

mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore anywhere between Digby Gut <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mouth of Scots Bay. Ea<strong>st</strong> of Morden, a <strong>st</strong>rong W wind, la<strong>st</strong>ing<br />

for more than 6 hours, causes a heavy sea with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> fir<strong>st</strong> part of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E tidal current, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> renders <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage bad, especially<br />

for small vessels. Strong SW winds make <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> anchorage uncomfortable<br />

for small vessels during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W current.<br />

1.95 Vessels waiting for a favorable tide to enter Minas Basin can<br />

anchor, in 9.1m, about 0.5 mile from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore in Greville Bay,<br />

which lies between Spencer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Port Greville, or <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>y<br />

can anchor, in 18.3m, about 1 mile SE of Cape Split, but this<br />

anchorage is not recommended during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> autumn months,<br />

when gales which commence from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E frequently shift to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

W. A radar reflector is situated 3.5 miles ESE of Cape Split.<br />

Minas Basin<br />

Cape Split<br />

1.96 Minas Basin, with Cobequid Bay, its E extension, extends<br />

about 50 miles E of Cape Split (45°20'N., 64°30'W.).<br />

The basin has depths of 73m in its entrance <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 18.3m in its<br />

central part. The e<strong>st</strong>uary of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Avon River, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW part of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cobequid Bay, at its head, are encumbered by<br />

shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> drying banks.<br />

1.96 Ice.—Minas Basin <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> its approaches, E of Cape D’Or, are<br />

ice-covered in average years from about <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> end of December<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> end of March, February being <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wor<strong>st</strong> month. The ice<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin is mainly unnavigable in January <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> February.<br />

1.96 Tides—Currents.—When navigating in Minas Basin, mariners<br />

mu<strong>st</strong> take into consideration <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> great rise <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> fall of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

tide. The tidal rise at Parrsboro is 11.3 to 12.5m at neap tides,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 12.7 to 14.2m at spring tides. There is a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of approximately<br />

6.7m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance opposite <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

light on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater at HWN.<br />

1.96 The tidal currents in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to Minas Basin,<br />

N of Cape Split, have a velocity of 7 to 8 knots. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> velocity is about 3 or 4 knots.<br />

1.96 Anchorage.—In moderate wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, vessels can anchor anywhere<br />

along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shores of Minas Basin <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cobequid Bay, but<br />

off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N shore <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bottom is hard. The great rise <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> fall of<br />

tide mu<strong>st</strong> be taken into consideration.<br />

1.96 Caution.—The various shoals <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> banks in Minas Basin <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Cobequid Bay are composed of loose shifting s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>ir<br />

positions can be altered by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>rong tidal currents, gales, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breaking up of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ice in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spring.<br />

1.97 Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°22'N., 64°20'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 2 miles E of Cape Sharp,<br />

is 81m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> an isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> only at HW. There are <strong>st</strong>rong tide<br />

rips S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A local magnetic anomaly has been<br />

experienced in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.97 We<strong>st</strong> Bay (45°22'N., 64°22'W.) is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W part of Parrsboro<br />

Roads, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large bay between Cape Sharp <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong> Bay is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E part of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bay. Dickson Bar, nearly 1 mile<br />

WNW of Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, is a s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>y shoal which dries at extreme<br />

LW; a detached shoal bank, with depths of less than<br />

5.5m, extends about 0.8 mile W of Dickson Bar. A small detached<br />

shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 4m, lies between Dickson<br />

Bar <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.97 There is good anchorage, with local knowledge, in 8.2m, in<br />

We<strong>st</strong> Bay, about 0.4 mile <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.8 mile NE of Cape Sharp, between<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> detached bank <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shore. There is good anchorage<br />

with local knowledge in Ea<strong>st</strong> Bay, in 7.6m, about 0.1 mile<br />

N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.3 mile ESE of Dickson Bar.<br />

1.98 Parrsboro Harbor (45°23'N., 64°19'W.) at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Farrells River (Parrsboro River), is entered between<br />

Crane Point, about 0.8 mile NE of Partridge Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

McLaughlin Bluff, about 1 mile far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r ENE. Clarke Head rises<br />

to a height of 116m, about 2 miles E of McLaughlin Bluff. A<br />

conspicuous light gray cliff, 58m high, lies S of this headl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Lighthouse Bar, which is covered at extreme HW, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a breakwater<br />

extend about 0.5 mile NE from close N of Crane Point<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shelter <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. Parrsboro Light is shown from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

breakwater on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor entrance, about 0.1<br />

mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Lighthouse Bar. The government<br />

wharf lies about 0.1 mile NNW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of Lighthouse<br />

Bar. The navigation season is from April 1 to December<br />

31. Lumber <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> pulpwood are exported.<br />

1.98 Depths—Limitations.—Owing to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large range of tide,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor is accessible by vessels of moderate draft which are<br />

capable of taking bottom. In 2009, it was reported that drafts of<br />

4.9m at neaps <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 8.5m at springs can be safely carried. There<br />

is a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of approximately 6.7m in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> middle of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

opposite <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater at HWN.<br />

1.98 The dog-legged public wharf, with a berthing length of<br />

100m, has a vessel bed of hardwood 100m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 16m wide<br />

alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf for ships to lie upon at LW.<br />

1.98 Pilotage.—Pilotage is not compulsory. Local pilots are<br />

available <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> will board vessels off Ile Haute or Spencer Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

if arranged in advance. Entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor should not<br />

be made without local knowledge.<br />

1.98 Anchorage.—Vessels awaiting tide may anchor 2nm SE of<br />

Parrsboro Light. Ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r anchorage with a depth of 18m is located<br />

1 mile SE of Cape Split. Anchoring off Cape Split is not<br />

recommended during autumn as E gales will frequently shift to<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W.<br />

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50 Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong><br />

Minas Basin—North Side<br />

1.99 Moose Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (45°23'N., 64°05'W.), 107m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

thickly wooded, with <strong>st</strong>eep earth cliffs on its S side, lies about<br />

6.5 miles E of Clarke Head.<br />

1.99 The<br />

shore between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ea<strong>st</strong> River <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Economy Point, about<br />

8 miles ESE, is composed of high red cliffs. Brick Kiln<br />

(45°21'N., 63°57'W.) an islet, 15.2m high, lies about 2.5 miles<br />

W of Economy Point. Brick Kiln Ledges, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W one of which<br />

dries about 3.7m, lie about 0.5 mile S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.8 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

islet.<br />

1.99 On<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bass River (45°24'N.,<br />

63°47'W.), about 5.5 miles ENE of Economy Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a<br />

government wharf with a pier head, 58m in length, with a<br />

depth of 5.8m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> face at HW.<br />

1.99 From<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bass River, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N coa<strong>st</strong> trends E for<br />

ano<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r 18 miles to where <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Salmon River empties into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

head of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin. This part of Minas Basin, E of Economy<br />

Point, is known as Cobequid Bay. From <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Portapique River,<br />

about 3 miles E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Bass River, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Cobequid Bay is<br />

ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by loose shifting s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> banks which dry.<br />

Minas Basin—We<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> South Sides<br />

1.100 Cape Blomidon (45°18'N., 64°20'W.), about 7.5<br />

miles ESE of Cape Split, is 174m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <strong>st</strong>eep-to. Pereau<br />

Creek empties into <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> basin about 4.5 miles S of Cape Blomidon.<br />

A conspicuous radio tower, at an elevation of 310m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

marked with red aircraft ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, is situated about 0.8<br />

mile NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> creek. At <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of Pereau<br />

Creek <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a wharf, 30m long, with a depth of 3m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

W side at HW.<br />

1.100 The<br />

village of Kingsport lies about 0.5 mile SW of Long-<br />

spell Point (45°10'N., 64°21'W.), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance<br />

to Habitant Creek. The navigation season is from March 1 to<br />

January 15.<br />

1.100 The<br />

government wharf at Kingsport is about 158m long,<br />

with a berth 126m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a depth of 4.3 to 6.7m alongside at<br />

HW; <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of this wharf was damaged in a <strong>st</strong>orm <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is<br />

not useable. There is good anchorage, in 9.1m, about 0.8 mile<br />

N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

1.100 The<br />

Cornwallis River is entered between Starrs Point, about<br />

2 miles S of Kingsport, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Long Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Head. Wolfville, about<br />

2 miles S of Starrs Point, has a small basin, but <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharves are<br />

in a <strong>st</strong>ate of disrepair.<br />

1.101 Port Williams (45°05'N., 64°25'W.) lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N<br />

side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cornwallis River, about 2 miles W of Wolfville. A<br />

public wharf, 82m long, which dries at LW, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river ju<strong>st</strong> below <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highway bridge. A vessel bed alongside<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf is 102m long, 12.3m wide, with a depth of about<br />

8.5m at HW. A fertilizer plant is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf. This<br />

wharf was closed to vessels because of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> poor condition of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vessel bed. The navigation season is from April 1 to January<br />

15. Pilotage is not compulsory; local pilots are available.<br />

The pilot will board at Cross Bar Shoal Lighted Bell Buoy in<br />

Minas Basin or, late in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> navigation season, off Digby.<br />

Pub. 145<br />

The Avon River<br />

1.102 The Avon River is entered between Horton Bluff<br />

(45°07'N., 64°14'W.) <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Indian Point, about 1.5 miles NE.<br />

Boot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 13.7m high, lies about 2.5 miles NW of Horton<br />

Bluff. The river bed dries about 5 miles above its mouth, but<br />

because of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> large tides, amounting to over 12.8m at neaps,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river is navigable to Windsor, about 8 miles from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

mouth. Only mariners with local knowledge should attempt to<br />

navigate <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. Hantsport is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W bank of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

river, about 3.3 miles up<strong>st</strong>ream from Horton Bluff. The navigation<br />

season is from April 1 to December 31.<br />

Horton Bluff Light<br />

1.102 We<strong>st</strong>ern Bar (45°11'N., 64°15'W.), which dries about 5.2m,<br />

composed of shifting s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies on an extensive bank extending<br />

about 4 miles N from Boot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Middle Ground, which dries<br />

6.7m, lies on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> channel in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> approaches to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

river. Cross Bar, with a depth of less than 0.9m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> composed<br />

of shifting s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of Middle Ground.<br />

1.102 Aspect.—A lighted bell buoy is moored about 4.5 miles N of<br />

Boot Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Range lights are exhibited from Horton Bluff, on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Avon River.<br />

1.102 Anchorage.—There is good anchorage for small vessels off<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Avon River, in 8.2m, about 1.5 miles NNW of<br />

Horton Bluff. It was reported that anchorage can be obtained,<br />

in about 12.8m, about 0.5 mile NE of Horton Bluff.<br />

1.102 Caution.—Isolated depths as little as 2m exi<strong>st</strong> close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Horton Bluff leading line, which passes between We<strong>st</strong>ern Bar<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ea<strong>st</strong>ern Bar (Middle Ground).<br />

1.103 Hantsport (45°04'N., 64°10'W.) is a tidal port. Vessels<br />

arrive <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> depart on a suitable tide; vessels usually arrive<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Cross Bar Shoal 4 hours before HW. A vessel,<br />

with a draft of 9.8m, has used <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> port, although vessels are<br />

usually re<strong>st</strong>ricted to a maximum draft of 7.6m. Gypsum <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

pulp products are exported. Fertilizer is imported.<br />

1.103 Depths—Limitations.—The public wharf is 137m long; a<br />

vessel bed alongside <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf is 137m long, 18m wide, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>


Sector 1. The Bay of Fundy <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia—Southwe<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong> 51<br />

dries 4.9m. A light is shown from a ma<strong>st</strong> on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wharf. The plant of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Minas Basin Pulp <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Power Company<br />

lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wharf.<br />

1.103 Close N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Public Wharf is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Fundy Gypsum Company<br />

Wharf, with a large, conspicuous gray warehouse. The wharf is<br />

152m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> dries 4m alongside. There is no vessel bed at<br />

this wharf. Vessels dock 3 hours before HW <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> depart at HW<br />

on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> same tide. The wharf is equipped with conveyors capable<br />

of loading about 20,000 tons of ore to a vessel during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

same time. Between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> above two wharves, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a small<br />

wharf used by small craft <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tugs.<br />

1.103 Pilotage.—Pilotage is not compulsory, but recommended for<br />

mariners without local knowledge. Pilots <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tugs are available<br />

through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Fundy Gypsum Company. The company maintains<br />

a li<strong>st</strong>ening watch on VHF channel 7A. Vessels normally arrive<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Cross Bar Shoal 4 hours before HW.<br />

1.104 Windsor (45°00'N., 64°08'W.) (World Port Index No.<br />

6500), on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Avon River about 5.5 miles fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r up<strong>st</strong>ream<br />

from Hantsport, has a wharf operated by a fertilizer company<br />

situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> St. Croix River near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town. This wharf has a<br />

berthing length of 91.3m, with a depth alongside of 6.4 to 7.6m<br />

at HW.<br />

1.105 Walton Harbor (45°14'N., 64°01'W.), in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouth<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Walton River, about 11 miles NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Avon River, is a tidal harbor which dries at LW. A tower, 62.5m<br />

high, is conspicuous in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> village of Walton on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbor. An ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned light tower is situated on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river. The harbor is open from April 1 to<br />

December 1.<br />

1.105 The government wharf has a berthing length of 107m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a<br />

depth of 4.6 to 7.3m alongside at HW. The ruins of a gypsum<br />

wharf, 84m long, extend from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> public wharf <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> are reported<br />

to cover at HW.<br />

1.105 Anchorage can be taken, in about 12.8m, 3 miles NW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

ab<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>oned light.<br />

The Hogsback, a s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> bank about 1.8 miles long in an E-W<br />

direction, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> central part of which dries, lies about 2 miles offshore<br />

between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mouths of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Avon River <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Walton<br />

River. Depths of less than 5.5m cover this narrow s<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>bank.<br />

1.106 Cape Tenny (45°17'N., 63°53'W.), about 6 miles NE<br />

of Walton Harbor, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Cape Tenny<br />

River. A wharf, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> river entrance, is 82.3m<br />

long, with a pier head 42.7m in length. There is a depth of 5.5<br />

to 6.1m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> face at HW.<br />

1.106 Burntcoat Head (45°19'N., 63°49'W.), 33.5m high <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

prominently red, lies about 3.5 miles far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r NE from Cape<br />

Tenny. In <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> vicinity of Burntcoat Head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tide rises 13.5m at<br />

neaps to 15.5m at spring tides.<br />

1.106 Lower Selma, about 10 miles E of Burntcoat Head, has a<br />

public wharf, 69m long <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 6.1m wide, with depths of 1.2 to<br />

2.1m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end at HW. A rock con<strong>st</strong>ruction extends 50m<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> pier.<br />

1.106 Salter Head (45°20'N., 63°32'W.), 14m high, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance<br />

point of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shubenacadie River. The village of Maitl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

about 2 miles SE of Salter Head, has a government wharf,<br />

with a depth of 6.7m at HW alongside its outer face, which is<br />

17.8m long. T<br />

1.106 The Shubenacadie River is navigable by boats at LW for<br />

about 13 miles to within 2 miles of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> town of Shubenacadie.<br />

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Sector 2. Nova Scotia—Sou<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Coa<strong>st</strong>—Cape Sable to Pennant Point 55<br />

SECTOR 2<br />

NOVA SCOTIA—SOUTHEAST COAST—CAPE SABLE TO PENNANT POINT<br />

2.0 Plan.—This sector describes <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE coa<strong>st</strong> of Nova Scotia<br />

from Cape Sable, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of Barrington Bay, to<br />

Pennant Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W entrance point of Sambro Harbour. The<br />

arrangement of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sector is from SW to NE.<br />

2.0 Note.—See paragraph 3.59 <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> paragraph 3.60 for a description<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Nova Scotia Banks.<br />

General Remarks<br />

2.1 Winds—Wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r.—In consequence of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> frequency<br />

with which depressions pass near to or across Nova Scotia,<br />

winds are variable. At sea, in autumn <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> winter, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>y blow<br />

considerably more often from about W <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW than from o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r<br />

directions; in spring <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> summer <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>y blow more often from<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW quadrant than from any o<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r.<br />

2.1 In winter, fog <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> low visibility occur at sea on 2 to 4 days a<br />

month, but during <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> summer it is frequent <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> often persi<strong>st</strong>ent.<br />

Periods of 10 to 14 days a month occur in May to Augu<strong>st</strong>,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> from 5 to 10 days in April <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> September. It is usually sea<br />

fog associated with S winds blowing over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cold water that<br />

lies between <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> coa<strong>st</strong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gulf Stream. Low visibility is<br />

likely to improve until <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wind veers to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W or NW, unless<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ship is proceeding toward <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Gulf Stream where warmer<br />

water <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> better visibility will be found.<br />

2.1 Ice.—The area from Cape Sable to Halifax is ice-free all<br />

year except for new <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> young ice which forms in bays <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> inlets<br />

during cold spells of January <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> February. This ice soon<br />

melts if it is carried out to sea by wind <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> tidal current, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> it<br />

never hinders navigation. Local tugs or government ice-breakers<br />

are used to open some of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> harbors after ice has formed or<br />

to maintain a passage into port despite <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r conditions.<br />

2.1 Tides—Currents.—The offshore current along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE coa<strong>st</strong><br />

of Nova Scotia generally sets SW, but it is more or less influenced<br />

by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> weak <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> irregular tidal currents, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> also by <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

wind.<br />

2.1 Pilotage.—Pilotage for ports in this sector is obtained<br />

through <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> Atlantic Pilotage Authority. See Pub. 140, Sailing<br />

Directions (Planning Guide) North Atlantic Ocean <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Adjacent<br />

Seas for fur<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r information.<br />

Barrington Bay<br />

2.2 The coa<strong>st</strong> between Cape Sable, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SW extremity of<br />

Nova Scotia, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Baccaro Point, about 7.5 miles NE, recedes<br />

to form Barrington Bay.<br />

2.2 Baccaro Point (43°27'N., 65°28'W.) is marked by a light<br />

shown from a white tower, 12m high. Two radio towers,<br />

marked by red ob<strong>st</strong>ruction lights, lie about 0.1 mile N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

lighthouse; two domes are conspicuous about 90m far<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r N.<br />

Baccaro Point is reported to be a good radar target at 16 miles,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to be identifiable with <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> charted feature from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shape<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> character of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> echo at 10 miles under normal conditions.<br />

2.2 Bantam Rocks, awash <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> over which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> sea nearly always<br />

breaks, lie near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer edge of a bank, with depths of less<br />

Baccaro Point<br />

Baccaro Point Light<br />

than 11m extending about 1.5 miles SSW of Baccaro Point. A<br />

lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 0.5 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks.<br />

2.2 Caution.—Brazil Rock, with a depth of 2.1m, lies about 5.5<br />

miles S of Baccaro Point. The sea breaks heavily over <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock<br />

in bad wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r, but in good wea<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r it is only marked by a tide<br />

rip. A lighted whi<strong>st</strong>le buoy is moored about 0.5 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

rock, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> about 8 miles ESE of Cape Sable.<br />

2.2 Ocean Data Acquisition Sy<strong>st</strong>em (ODAS) buoys are located<br />

in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> area covered by this sector. ODAS buoys, which vary in<br />

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size <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> have no navigation significance, are used for environmental<br />

research. These buoys are frequently moved from place<br />

to place without notice <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> should be given a clearance of at<br />

lea<strong>st</strong> 1 mile.<br />

2.3 Barrington Bay (43°28'N., 65°32'W.) is sheltered W<br />

by Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Donald Head, 4.6m high, lies about 3.5<br />

miles NNE of Cape Sable, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E side of Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

A government wharf, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N side of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head, is 122m long,<br />

with a depth of 2.7m at <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end. Close to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a<br />

fish plant with a small wharf. A light is shown from a ma<strong>st</strong> on<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater. A fog signal is sounded from a<br />

tower situated about 0.2 mile S of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light.<br />

2.3 White Knoll Ledge, with a depth of 1.8m, lies about 1.3<br />

miles SSE of Donald Head <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> breaks only with heavy seas. A<br />

rocky shoal, with a depth of 1.2m, lies about 0.4 mile NW of<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge. Donald Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3m, lies about 1<br />

mile NNE of White Knoll Lodge.<br />

2.4 Bulls Head (43°28'N., 65°34'W.) lies about 1.5 miles<br />

NE of Donald Head. Stony Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 2m high, lies about 0.2 mile<br />

SE of Bulls Head, to which it is joined by a <strong>st</strong>ony bank which<br />

dries. Stony Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 5.2m, lies about<br />

1.5 miles SE of Little Stony Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

2.4 Congress Shoal, with a lea<strong>st</strong> depth of 3.3m, lies about 0.7<br />

mile E of Bulls Head. A lighted buoy is moored about 0.2 mile<br />

ENE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoal.<br />

2.4 Tides—Currents.—The tidal rise at Barrington Passage is<br />

2.6m at MHWS, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 2.3m at MHWN.<br />

2.4 Strong NW winds lower <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE winds raise <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> level of water<br />

without much effect on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> times of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> tides in Barrington<br />

Bay.<br />

2.4 The<br />

W tidal current flows <strong>st</strong>rongly pa<strong>st</strong> Baccaro Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

over Bantam Rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>n towards Stony Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> where it divides.<br />

The N branch sets N toward <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> head of Barrington Bay,<br />

while <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S branch sets to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE coa<strong>st</strong> of Cape Sable<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> towards <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> cape.<br />

2.4 The<br />

village of Barrington Passage (43°32'N., 65°36'W.)<br />

lies about 1 mile N of North Ea<strong>st</strong> Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N extremity of<br />

Cape Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A buoyed channel leads to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> settlement N<br />

of Cripple Creek, 1.5 miles N of Little Stoney Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

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2.4 Anchorage.—Mariners with local knowledge may find temporary<br />

anchorage for small vessels, in about 5.5m, about 1.3<br />

miles ENE of North Ea<strong>st</strong> Point; however, gales from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

SE send in a heavy sea.<br />

2.4 Local knowledge is necessary for vessels proceeding to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

anchorage.<br />

2.4 Caution.—Con<strong>st</strong>ruction of a lighted offshore platform is<br />

located about 25 miles WSW of Sable Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Port La Tour<br />

2.5 Port La Tour (43°28'N., 65°26'W.), entered between<br />

Baccaro Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Green Point, about 3 miles NE, is open S<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ob<strong>st</strong>ructed towards its head by shoals, islets, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> rocks.<br />

The harbour is only available for small vessels with local<br />

knowledge which may find anchorage, in a depth of about<br />

5.5m, E of Johns Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, which is 3 miles N of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance.<br />

2.5 Depths—Limitations.—At Port La Tour Village, about 3<br />

miles N of Baccaro Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re is a public pier, 32m long, with<br />

a depth of 2.1m at outer end, extending from near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W side of a breakwater. The breakwater was extended<br />

NW recently <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is about 200m long.<br />

2.5 At Upper Port La Tour Village, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are two L-shaped public<br />

moles of 99m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 122m in length. The E mole has an outer<br />

end 46m long with a depth of 2.1m along <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> inside face, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W mole has an outer end 23m long, with a depth of 1.8m<br />

alongside. The moles enclose a small basin.<br />

2.5<br />

Port La Tour<br />

2.5 Aspect.—Port La Tour Light, exhibited on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater<br />

head, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Upper Port La Tour Light, on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> breakwater head<br />

opposite <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E mole, are useful marks.<br />

2.5 Anchorage.—With local knowledge, anchorage can be found<br />

N of Ram Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> (43°31'N., 65°26'W.), in depths of 4 to 6m.<br />

2.6 Blanche Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 4m high, lies with its S extremity about<br />

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<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> peninsula NE of Green Point.<br />

2.6 Baccaro Outer Ledge (Outer Rock), with a depth of 4.2m,<br />

lies nearly 1.5 miles ESE of Baccaro Point. There is a 4.8m<br />

patch 0.25 mile NNE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> a 5.5m patch lying about<br />

0.2 mile SW of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> ledge.<br />

2.6 South Ledge, a group of rocks, extends to about 1.5 miles E<br />

of Baccaro Point. Stone Horse, with a depth of 1.3m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

buoyed, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer edge of this group.<br />

2.6 Taylors Rock, 3m high, about 1.5 miles NE of Baccaro<br />

Point, is located near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE edge of North Ledge.<br />

2.6 Page Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, 7.9m high, lies nearly 2.8 miles NNE of Baccaro<br />

Point, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is joined to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> W by islets, ledges, <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

shoals. Whale Back, a rock above-water <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> marked by a light,<br />

lies about 183m E of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A lighted bell buoy is moored<br />

about 0.4 mile ESE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

Negro Harbour—Approach<br />

2.7 The approach to Negro Harbour lies between Green<br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ea<strong>st</strong> Point (43°32'N., 65°21'W.), 9.1m high, about<br />

4.5 miles NE. Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, in two parts, joined by a narrow<br />

shingle neck, divides <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> entrance into two channels, We<strong>st</strong><br />

Entrance <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Ea<strong>st</strong> Entrance. Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> Light is shown<br />

from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

2.8 We<strong>st</strong> entrance.—Blanche Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, previously described<br />

in paragraph 2.6, lies SE of Green Point. The Salvages,<br />

a group of rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> of which is 3m, lies near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> E<br />

edge of a bank on which <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>re are many rocks above <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> below-water<br />

which extends about 2 miles E of Green Point. The<br />

Salvages Light (43°28'N., 65°23'W.) is shown from a white<br />

rectangular building, 16m high, with a dwelling attached on <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

highe<strong>st</strong> rock of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group, in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S part of The Salvages. Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong><br />

Rock, awash, about 1.5 miles NNE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> light, is <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NE<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> group. O<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>r drying rocks lie between The Salvages <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong><br />

Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Rock. Shag Rock, 1.8m high, lies about 1 mile<br />

WSW of Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Rock.<br />

2.8 Cape Roseway Light (43°38'N., 65°16'W.), a white eightsided<br />

tower, 15m high, bearing 026° <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> open SE of Cape Negro,<br />

<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> SE extremity of Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>, leads SE of The<br />

Salvages.<br />

2.8 Triangle Rocks, lying in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> We<strong>st</strong> Entrance, are a group of<br />

rocks, one of which dries 0.9m. Mackerel Rock, 0.6m high, lies<br />

close off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> S end of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N part of Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

2.8 Navigation of We<strong>st</strong> Entrance should not be attempted without<br />

local knowledge.<br />

2.9 Ea<strong>st</strong> entrance.—Gray Rocks, <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> highe<strong>st</strong> of which is<br />

2.7m high, lie near <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> outer end of a bank, with depths of less<br />

than 3.7m, extending about 0.7 mile SE from Ea<strong>st</strong> Point. Foul<br />

ground, with drying rocks, extends about 0.5 mile S of Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Point.<br />

2.9 Budget<br />

Rock, with a depth of 0.9m, lies 0.5 mile S of Ea<strong>st</strong><br />

Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> is joined to Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a bank, with depths<br />

of 6.7m <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> less. A lighted bell buoy is moored about 0.1 mile<br />

ENE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> rock. There are depths of 10.3m N of Budget Rock.<br />

2.9 A 4.5m patch lies about 0.4 mile NE of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> NW extremity of<br />

Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>.<br />

2.9 The Nubble (NW Spit), composed of shingle <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> several<br />

drying rocks, extends about 0.5 mile WNW from <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> N point of<br />

Cape Negro Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. A lighted buoy is moored off <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> W extremity<br />

of <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> spit.<br />

2.10 Nor<<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong>a<strong>st</strong> Harbour (43°33'N., 65°22'W.), entered<br />

between Ea<strong>st</strong> Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> John Point, about 2 miles WNW, is<br />

shallow <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> ob<strong>st</strong>ructed by rocks <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> shoals. Apple Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>,<br />

nearly 1 mile NW of Ea<strong>st</strong> Point <<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> 0.5 mile offshore, is joined<br />

to <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> mainl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong> by a gravel bar. A breach in <<strong>st</strong>rong>the</<strong>st</strong>rong> bar, opened by<br />

<strong>st</strong>orm action, was closed by a timber <strong>st</strong>ructure, 183m in length.<br />

Grog Rock, which dries 0.3m, lies about 0.2 mile S of Apple<br />

Isl<<strong>st</strong>rong>and</<strong>st</strong>rong>. Bartletts Ledge, which dries 1.5m, lies about 0.8 mile<br />

W of John Point.<br />