Sailing Directions for British Columbia: The coast of British Columbia from Cape Caution to Portland Inlet, including the Queen Chalotte Island and Dixon EntranceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - Pilot guides |
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1½ miles abeam anchorage awash bank beacon bight buoy Cape channel cliffs coast conspicuous Cove dangers dries 6 feet drying flat drying rocks Dundas Island east east-northeastward eastern shore eastward Egg Island entered entrance point ern side fairway fathoms feet high Grenville Channel H. O. Chart Harbor head Hecate Strait indents Inlet islets kelp Kennedy Island knots least depth ledge lies close light is shown located low water Metlakatla midchannel miles northward miles northwestward miles westward Moresby Island narrow north-northwestward northeastern northern end northern shore northern side Passage patch lies Porcher Island port Prince Rupert quarantine range reef rhumb lines rock which dries rocky Sarah Island shoal Skeena River Skidegate small craft southern entrance southern extremity southward Spit Point steep-to tidal currents vessels ward western side wharf width wooded yards northward yards offshore yards southwestward yards westward yards wide