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. 91

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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 91 Courses, Miles. Oleveignd to Lone Were, Ol 71... ess NEE 110 Pairport,to Longe Point, Ont... ....4<. 9s. cis NE easterly 82 Ashtabula to done Pwint) ON . oc. a NEN 57 Conneaut to- Long Point, Ont... 6a. d. ests woos NNESE 46 Fairport to.the Welland Canals... . dex. asics .. NESE easterly 128 Hitie 16 the Welland Camal........./; .. 3: eo od Aicgas-s te 60 Long Point, Ont., to Grand River, Ont... 0.22... ee. NESE 324 - Long Point, Ont., to Welland Canal..............NEbyEJE 464 SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HEAD OF LAKE ERIE, (The Courses and Bearings are Magnetic.) FROM DETROIT RIVER TO POINT PELEE. From Bois Blane Lighthouse S$W 4 miles; thence EbyS3S 344 miles, to Point Pelee, running $ a mile south of Little's Point, and 8 miles north of a shoal with 8 feet water on it, bearing from Little's Point SEbySiS 4 miles, and from the Middle Sister NE 8 miles. This shoal can easily be avoided by keeping well over towards Little's Point, and it is always bet- tér to run close along from Little's Point to the river, except in a heavy west wind, (See directions for Detroit River.) Also leaving the middle ground between Point Pelee Island and the point 2 miles to the southward. The middle ground has 12° feet least water. It bears from Point Pelee Island Lighthouse EbyNN, and from the extreme end ot Point Pelee Shoal WSWS3S. DETROIT RIVER TO CLEVELAND. From Bois Blane Lighthouse S2'W: 3a miles; thence SEby EE 83 miles to Cleveland, running 14 miles NE of Point Pelee Island Lighthouse, and just clear of the south end of the middle ground. _ DETROIT RIVER 'TO SANDUSKY. From Bois Blane Lighthouse SW 23 miles, crossing the range of Little's Point and Bar Point; thence SSESE 33 miles, running ¢ of a mile east of Middle Sister Island and # of a mile east of Strontian Island, to a point 3 of a mile south of South Bass Island; thence SE2EH 9 miles to abreast of Marble

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