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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 101 PORT ROWEN, CANADA WEST--NOTICE. A new cut has formed through Long Point into the bay, oppo- site Port Rowen, about one mile to the westward of the former cut, where the Light-Ship used to be, which has been closed up some years. The new cut, from the shore of the lake into the bay, is about 80 roods in length, and a quarter of a mile in width, in which not less than fourteen feet water is to be found. On the inside of this cut, as yet, there is not quite a sufficiency of room for a vessel to come to anchor}; but, in case of a vessel being stranded or other- wise disabled, or in a sinking condition, it would make a good place for protection, by grounding her, and a sure place to be able to get her off again, and into a more permanent place of safety. It runs straight in from the lake, and it is proposed at Port Rowen to erect a target to indicate the entrance to this channel. -- It may also be ob- served, that what has been formerly known as the False Cut, which lies to the eastward of the Old Cut, has also worn through into the bay, and is now half a mile wide, with not less than four feet water, and about the same distance through from the lake into the bay. This channel will doubtless gradually deepen during the present season, and become an excellent place of refuge for vessels in bad weather. The same may be said of the new cut, first mentioned in this notice. Port Burwell, C. W.--This harbor is under, improvement by. seams the east pier. The depth of water is now twelve feet. Cat Fish Creek, C. W--This harbor has a pier on the west side, with twelve feet water over the bar, and deep water inside, Port Stanley, C. W.--This harbor has ten to twelve feet water going in. Owing to the narrowness of the piers, great cau- tion is necessary in entering between the piers. Keep the west pier close aboard, with a SW wind. - | | OAKVILLE. « The Port of Oakville is 22 miles --W34s from Toronto, and 14 miles NEbyN from. Burlington Canal. The piers are 100 feet apart, and run out nearly north and south into the lake. : Danger Between the port.and Port Credit there is a shoal, and numerous large boulders, extending a considerable distance out from the shore, which should not be approached nearer than a mile. A t