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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 83 up NW northerly for the town of Bayfield, which has a good dock and a saw mill. La Point and the Mission is on the east side of the Bons has a dock and good holding ground in from 3 to 5 fathoms, mud bottom. ws Off the SW point of Madeline Island a reef sets off 4 to ¢ of a mile in a southerly direction, and opposite the Lighthouse. TO RUN THROUGH THE ISLAND PASSAGE TO FOND DU LAC. From the dock or Bayfield run the main land along, leaving Sugar Island, Cap Island, Oak Island and Raspberry Islands to starboard ; keep mid-channel, and when abreast of Cap Island haul off to the N W, leaving York or Sand Islands and Little Fishing Island to port; run out NW 6 or7 miles from York Island, and 34 miles from Little Fishing Island; thence SWby W2W 57 miles, to Minnesota Point Lighthouse, at the entrance to Fond du Lac Bay or Superior City. TO RUN INTO FOND DU LAC BAY TO SUPERIOR CITY. Run for the Lighthouse until you bring the two targets on the south bank in range; run on this range until well up to the beach, in 12 feet water, or until the Lighthouse point (sandy) is in a line with a small, low point opposite to it and inside the Bay; then haul up and round the Lighthouse point, pretty close to, leaving two black stakes to port off the low point; run up the bay about 14 miles, keeping the starboard shore pretty well aboard until you come to the turning stake; follow them round, leaving them to port, and come to the dock at Superior _ City, or to an anchor in the bay in 14 feet water. The channel is well staked out, thus: three stakes going in on the port side, with range ahead; one stake off the Lie aes point to star- board; the rest as described above. - | The Apostle Islands are a group lying off the einland at La Point. The water is deep through these islands, and the shoals are plain to be seen in clear weather. The land is of a good quality, with plenty of timber of all kinds. ae A Lighthouse was built on Passage Island, but discontinued in 1858. It will be re-lighted this season. To run through this passage from Ontonagon, steer W245 51 miles, to Passage