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112 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. - 18 to 22 feet water close to it. When past this point come to, between the two range points, in 18 feet water. Danearr.--Between the main Lighthouse, on the SE point, and the range light on the NE point, extending in a north: easterly direction, is a shoal ¢ of a mile long, and forms a tri- angular point, called the Middle Ground, with 4 to 6 feet water on it, which you have to haul. round in going into the harbor. To the north of the Lighthouse built on the NE point, run- ning out from the mainland, there is a low marshy spit, desti- tute of timber, and easily recognized by a large dead elm tree, bearing north of the Lighthouse. This point is called Elm Tree Point. The channel here is about half'a mile wide. WNW of. the second range light, there is another small shoal, called Four. Acre shoal, nearly half.a mile from the shore, with plenty of water all around it. Two miles ESE of the main Lighthouse there is a dangerous rocky shoal in the lake, with 8 to 5 feet water on it. It is to the eastward of the course from the Light- house to Scotch Bonnet. SH from this shoal is another small shoal, with 5 feet water on it. These shoals obstruct the entrance to Weller's Bay. Weller's Bay is capable of being made into.a good harbor. SOUTH BAY POINT. Good anchorage and shelter can be found inside South Bay Point; to make it, keep the Outer Duck Island to the eastward and the Inner Duck to. the northward, and come to off the NE point, or make fast to the dock. In leaving this anchor- age, bound for Kingston, if the wind is favorable, a passage can be made by passing through the Upper Gap, between Indian Point on the west and Amherst Island on the east. Steer Nby EK, till between Amherst Island and the mainland. Thence EN H, till north of the Brother's Islands. Thence east to Kingston. Good anchorage can be found on the NE side of the Real Duck Island. | a deo | Nine-Mile Point light, fixed, visible 13 miles, on Nine-Mile Point, Simcoe Island, at the entrance to River St. Lawrence. Snake Island light, fixed, red, visible 7 miles on Snake Island, abreast of Four-Mile Point, and 43 miles from Kingston, Ontario.