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. 109

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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 109 through between the piers and haul up for the red warehouse, and round to with your head to the SW, in 14 feet water. Danetr.--Midway between Whitby and Liverpool, there is a shoal in shore, one mile west of the township line. Whitby light, on the west pier. Good harbor; 13 to 14 feet . water going in. : Port Hope light; on the east pier; 9 feet water going in. Will show a white light east and west, and a red light south. Scotch Bonnet light, flash, showing red and white at inter- vals, lies to the westward of Nicholson's Island. Long Point light, revolving, visible 14 miles, on Long Point, 22 miles from the False Ducks' Lighthouse. False Ducks' light, fixed, visible 12 miles, on False Ducks' Island, 85 miles from Kingston. i OSHAWA. The Port of Oshawa is 6 miles east of Whitby. It is situ- ated in the bend of a small bay, and consists of a well con- structed pier, running out from the mainland into 10 feet water. At the south end of the pier is a storehouse, painted red, and under the angle formed by the roof is placed a large ns which serves the purpose of a lighthouse. This port is well protected from any wind north of E and W, but is exposed to southerly winds. The west side of the Bay ot Oshawa is formed by a high clay bank, almost perpendicular towards the lake, on the extreme point of which stand three or four trees. | Danerr.--The east point is called Oshawa Island, bearing south by east from the pier. The water here is very shoal, and a reef of large boulders extends into the lake SE, for 400 yards, which must be given a wide berth. From the point of land about midway between Whitby and Oshawa there is another reef of large boulders running out ESE into the lake. | PORT DARLINGTON Is 8 miles to the eastward of Oshawa, 50 miles ENE of Toronto, and 29 miles WbyS of Cobourg. ; This port has been much improved by extending' the piers into 12 feet water, and dredging the land-locked basin within, 15

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