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98 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. it. Two miles ESE of the main Lighthouse there is a dangerous rocky shoal in the lake, with 3 to 5 feet water on it. It is to the eastward of the course from the Lighthouse to Scotch Bonnet. SE 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 to the eastward of the Outer Duck Island, and to the north of the Inner Duck Island, and come to off the NE Point, or make fast to the dock. In leaving this anchorage, 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 NbyH, till between Amherst Island and the main land. Thence ENE, till north of the Brother's Islands. Thence east to Kingston. Good anchorage can be found on the NE side of the Real Buck Island. 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 41 miles from Kingston, C. W. KINGSTON. Kingston Harbor is one of the 'best harbors on Lake Ontario, "There are three channels by which it may be made from the lake: The Bottom Channel, between Wolf and Long Island and Simcoe Island, leaving Hare Island also to starboard, as you enter. This channel has from 12 to 18 feet water in it. The south channel, be- tween Simcoe Island and Snake Island. This is a good deep chan- nel; run through, giving Simcoe Island a berth of 4 to 2 mile, and when abreast of Four Mile Point haul off for Kingston. The North or Old Ship Channel is the best channel of the three, and has 4 to 10 fathoms water. Torun this channel haul off towards Amherst Island, and when Cedar Island, (which is close under Fort Henry, ) is open with Snake Island, steer for Fort Henry, and run up to the