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96 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. the end of it, but is no place to run to for refuge, except for small vessels. Between Long Point Cut and Port Burwell there are two piers, with lumber under the sand hills. Long Point upper gap is closed up and the lightship taken away. From Long Point to Port Stanley, W2N 29 miles; thence WhyN 30 miles. From Port Stanley to the Rondeau, SWzW 48 miles. FROM RONDEAU TO POINT PELEE.: SwW:W 44 miles; run on this course 4 miles further, until Point Pelee Island Lighthouse bears W3N and Point Pelee NNE3E; thence NWbyWiW 44 miles, to the entrance of Detroit River, with Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse bearing N2H 4 miles. On this route you leave the middle ground to star- board. The bottom off Point Pelee is sand; and along the east side of the island the bottom is rocky, but can be approached in 4 fathoms with safety. The new Lighthouse on the dummy at Point au Pelee can be passed pretty close to in rounding the point. LIGHTHOUSES AND HARBORS ON LAKE ERIE--ON BOTH SHORES, : Black Rock light, fixed, visible 10 miles, near the head. of Niagara River. Beacon light, fixed, varied by flashes (every 130"), visible 14 miles, on Horse Shoe Reef, at the entrance to Niagara River. To enter Niagara River, leave Horse Shoe Reef Lighthouse about 400 yards to starboard; then steer direct for the Beacon light at Black Rock, until abreast of the head of Black Rock pier, leaving the red iron can buoys Nos. 2 and 4 to starboard, and the black iron can buoy No. 1 to port. -- To enter the river by the Emerald Channel, leave the red wooden can buoys Nos, 2 and 4 on your starboard hand, and the black wooden can*buoy to port.