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. 22

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22 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. Eight of them are pretty close together and the rest scat- tered. Four of them bear south from Hat Island. Hog Island Reef bears from Hat Island SbyWiW 62 miles, . and from Skillegolee WNW 9% miles. : FROM BEAVER HARBOR TO THE MANITOU PASSAGE, SIXTY-THREE AND A HALF MILES, AS FOLLOWS: - Stand out of the harbor SEbyE 2 miles; thence SiE 8 miles; thence south 104 miles, so as to fall into the route from Wau- goshance; thence SW4S 43 miles, to a point 6 miles east of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse. FROM BEAVER HARBOR TO GREEN BAY, BY ROCK ISLAND CHANNEL, EIGHTY-FOUR MILES, AS FOLLOWS: "Stand out of the harbor SEbyE 2 miles; thence S7E 8 miles; then follow the island round at a distance of 1 mile from the land for 7 miles, until the Lighthouse (revolving light) at the south end of the island bears north; thence WS 67 miles to Rock Island Lighthouse. 3 FROM WAUGOSHANCE LIGHTHOUSE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (REVOLVING LIGHT) ON THE SOUTH BLUFF OF BEAVER ISLAND, TWENTY-EIGHT AND A QUARTER MILES, AS FOLLOWS: From Waugoshance Lighthouse SW2W 25} miles; thence along shore to the southward and westward 3 miles, at a dis- tanc® of 1 mile from the land, until the lighthouse bears north; 'thence to Green Bay, as above. DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING NORTH OF THE BEAVER , ISLANDS, FROM MACKINAW TO SEUL CHOIX POINT. From the middle of Mackinaw Harbor WSW 43 miles, or until you range the Rabbit's Back Point with Point St. Ignace; thence W4N to Seul Choix Point. | This route passes 43 miles to the northward of Point Waugo- shance Lighthouse, and 1% miles to the north of the White Shoals.

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