The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

40 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. buoy No. 1, haul up N3E (magnetic) until the lead indicates 12 to 14 feet water; then shape your course NEbyN 55 miles, for 'Point Sauble, leaving the Charity Islands 4 miles to the eastward, and Sandy Point 24 miles to the westward, (the Charity Island Lighthouse bears from Tawas Bay Lighthouse $$H 12 miles ;) thence 5 miles on the same course, to abreast: of Sauble River; thence N4E 43 miles, to Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse, bear- ing WSW 4 miles, and proceed up lake as directed before. FROM POINT AUX BARQUES TO SAUBLE RIVER, AND ALONG SHORE TO THUNDER BAY. Sausite River.--This river is 150 miles long, suitable for navi- gation, and it is to be hoped, by the aid of Government or the State, it will yet be opened to the lake trade. A good harbor of refuge could be made here by extending piers into 'the lake. The current in spring would make the channel, without dredging, if the piers were run out far enough to overcome the ground swell. 'It would also be of great advantage to the growing county of Iosco, From Point aux Barques, with Lighthouse bearing WbyS 4 miles distant, steer NW2W 40 miles, to Sauble River. There is from 34 to 4 feet water over the bar, and it is the principal fishing © station on this coast. In approaching the shore, in the neigh- borhood of Sauble River, the soundings are gradual: you will have 84 fathoms water at 'a distance of 14 miles from the beach, sand, To run along the shore to Thunder Bay, give all the points a berth of 14 miles; and to touch at any of the different fishing stations, run until abreast of any of them, and haul in due west until you get 24 fathoms water, hard bottom. Nearly all along this shore, from Sauble Point to Black River Island, you will find good holding ground in 7 to 10 fathoms water. From Point aux Barques to Tawas Lighthouse WNW+iW 47 miles, to an- chorage. : Harris' Mill and Fishing House is 18 miles north of Sauble River. From Harris' to Thunder Bay Island ighthome Nbyk 27 miles. 7 At Black River Island a harbor can be made with safety for small vessels, by running in due west close to the south end of the