Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Thompson's Coast Pilot for the Upper Lakes, on Both Shores, from Chicago to Buffalo, Green Bay, Georgian Bay and Lake Superior ... [5th ed.], p. 104

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104 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. From Oswego to Kingston north 60 miles, leaving the Real Ducks Island to»port, Pigeon Island and the Charity Shoals to starboard, also Nine Mile Point Lighthouse, Simcoe Island, and run for Kingston as directed before. From Oswego to Long Point, Ont., NWiW 41 miles. From Oswego to Galloo Island Nik 30 mikes ; thence to Tibbett's Point NbyHeH 19 miles. From False Ducks to Tibbett's Point NEbyEsE 243 eben From Real Ducks to Tibbett's Point NE2N 19 miles. Good holding ground under the Real Ducks Island in 5 to 7 fathoms, blue clay. From Genesee River to False Ducks Island NEN 60 miles. From Stoney Island to Oswego, SSW 30 miles. From Welland Canal to Toronto N3W 294 miles. From Welland Canal to Credit River NNW3W 27 miles. From Niagara to Toronto NWbyN 30 miles. | FROM PORT DALHOUSIE TO GENESEE RIVER EIGHTY-SIX AND ONE- HALF MILES, AS FOLLOWS: : NNE 3 miles; EbyNZN 40 miles; thence E2S southerly 173 miles; thence EbyS?S 19 miles, to Braddock's Point; thence SESE 7 miles, to the piers. 7 PORT DALHOUSIE HARBOR Is the entrance to the Welland Canal. This is an easy harbor to make. In beating up towards the harbor, close in, keep out of range of the ends of the piers, as the water shoals quickly inside that range. The piers are 3,000 feet long, 200 feet apart, and run out from the bend southwest of the lock N&S. There is a middle ground opposite the bend in the west pier. Ves- sels can pass on either side of it. The railroad station is on the east side of the harbor, 12 miles from Niagara River. LIGHTHOUSES ON BOTH SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO. Ogdensburg light, fixed, visible 12 miles, at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, in the St. Lawrence River. Cross-over Island light, fixed, visible 12 miles, on Cross-over Island, St. Lawrence River. é

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