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DIRECTIONS
For Navigating on Part of the
South Coast of Newfoundland,
WITH
A CHART thereof,
Including the ISLANDS of
St. PETER's and MIQUELON,
And a particular ACCOUNT of the
Bays, Harbours, Rocks, Land-Marks, Depths of Water,Latitudes, Bearings, and Distances from Place to Place,the Setting of the Currents, and Flowing of theTides, &c.
From an actual SURVEY, taken by Order of
Commodore PALLISSER, Governor of Newfoundland,
Labradore, &c.
By JAMES COOK,
Surveyor of Newfoundland.
LONDON:
Printed for the AUTHOR, and Sold by J. MOUNT and T. PAGE on
Tower-Hill, M,DCC,LXVI.
DIRECTIONS
FOR
Navigating on Part of the South Coast of NEWFOUNDLAND.
N.B. All Bearings and Courses hereafter-mentioned, are the trueBearings and Courses, and not by Compass.
Cape Chapeaurouge.Cape Chapeaurouge, or the Mountain of the Red Hat, is situated onthe West side of Placentia Bay, in the Latitude of 46° 53' North,and lies nearly West 17 or 18 Leagues from Cape St. Maries; it isthe highest and most remarkable Land on that Part of the Coast,appearing above the rest something like the Crown of a Hat, and may beseen in clear Weather 12 Leagues.
Harbours of St. LaurenceClose to the Eastward of Cape Chapeaurouge are the Harbours ofGreat and Little St. Laurence. To sail into Great St. Lawrence,which is the Westermost, there is no Danger but what lies very nearthe Shore; taking Care with Westerly, and particularly S.W. Winds, notto come too near the Hat Mountain, to avoid the Flerrys and EddyWinds under the high Land. The Course in is first N.W. till you openthe upper Part of the Harbour, then N.N.W. half W. The best Place forgreat Ships to Anchor, and the best Ground is before a Cove on theEast-side of the Harbour in 13 Fathom Water. A little above BlueBeach Point, which is the first Point on the West-side; here you lieonly two Points open: You may Anchor any where between this Point andthe Point of Low Beach, on the same Side near the Head of theHarbour, observing that close to the West Shore, the Ground is not sogood as on the other Side. Fishing Vessels lay at the Head of theHarbour above the Beach, sheltered from