British Columbia Pilot ...Hydrographic department, Admiralty, 1935 - Pilot guides |
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anchorage bank beacon bearing cables north-eastward cables northward cables offshore cables south-westward cables westward cables wide Cape Chart coast conspicuous cove depth of less distance dries Dundas island eastern entrance point eastern shore eastward fairway fathoms fathoms 12m8 fathoms 36m6 fathoms 5m5 fathoms 7m3 feet 0m6 feet 1m8 feet 2m4 flat Foul ground extends Gil island Grenville channel half a cable half a mile harbour head Hecate strait inlet islet islets and rocks kelp Kennedy island least depth lies 2 cables lies close low water mid-channel miles north-westward miles northward miles westward narrow north-north-eastward north-western side northern end northern entrance point northern extremity northern shore passage point Lat Porcher island Port Prince Rupert harbour Queen Charlotte islands reef rocks which dry Sarah island shoal situated Skeena river Skidegate south-western extremity southern entrance southern side steep-to three-quarters tidal streams western entrance western side wharf wooded