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108 © THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. Nore.--In running up the lake for Toronto harbor, keep 2% miles from the shore, so as to open Gibraltar light from the projec- tion of the island, where the highest trees are. A channel has formed at the east end of the bay, with 5 or 6 feet water in it, by the force of the sea in heavy gales. It was proposed some tew years ago to cut a channel through here, but was given up, supposing it would spoil the western entrance. - It will now be proved by this break in the narrow neck of the Peninsula, whether it will have that effect at the western entrance or not. THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL OR PICKERING, FORMERLY CALLED FRENCHMAN'S BAY. This port is 26 miles NESE of Toronto. It is formed by a bay running into the land, and separated from the lake by a sandy and gravely beach, through which is a cut 100 feet wide. The light is on the east pier, and visible 5 miles. : The harbor itself is well sheltered, being completely land- locked; but from the foulness of the bottom (principally from weeds) an anchor will not hold during a hard blow. The average depth of water inside the bay is 9 feet 6 inches ; at the outer mouth, between the piers, 11 feet 6 inches; and the inner mouth 7 feet 6 inches. | Through the cut into this harbor, a current runs in and out with great regularity, once in about every four minutes. WHITBY HARBOR, Six miles to the eastward of Liverpool, and 34 miles NEbyH of Toronto, one of the best and most secure harbors on the north shore. It stands near the center of a deep bay, between Raby Head, on the east, and Scarboro' Heights on the west, and three and a half or four miles north of a line drawn between these two points. The harbor is formed by a strong break- water of crib work, stretching across the head of the bay, by which it is separated from the lake, and forms a large basin, the entrance to which is at its eastern extremity, between piers running south a considerable distance into the lake, 250 feet apart, with 13 to 14 feet water in the channel. The west pier 'is much longer than the east pier. A strong tide or current sets in and out of this harbor, which at times is so strong as to turn a vessel's head round, when entering with a light wind. To enter the harbor, run