The American Pharos, Or Light-house Guide: Founded on Official Reports Received at the Treasury Department; Also, a General View of the Coast, from the St. Lawrence to the SabineThompson & Homans, 1832 - Lighthouses |
Common terms and phrases
20 miles anchor anchorage Anticosti Atlantic ocean bank beacon bears N. E. Bic Island Bicquette Brandy Pots buoy Cape Chat Cape Hatteras channel Clark's point coast contains a fixed course cove Crane Island dry at low East end Eastward elevated entrance fathoms at low fathoms water feet water fixed light flood Gay head light Goose Island Green Island guide vessels Gulf half a mile harbor Hare Island haul high water house is erected Island bears ISLAND LIGHT Kamouraska lake larboard larboard hand latitude latitude 41 lays leagues ledge light bears light house light to bear Long Island sound longitude longitude 70 low water miles distant mouth navigation North side Northward Passamaquoddy bay Point Deamon POINT LIGHT Quebec Red Island S. W. point sandy ships shoal shore sound South point Southward stands in latitude stationary light steer three miles vessels bound West end Westward White Island