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* ? THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 65 narrow neck of land. The copper mines of Eagle Harbor and the vicinity, are but a short distance from this lake, and the proprietors are making every effort to dredge a channel and build piers, which when completed, would be of incalculable advantage to them for shipping their copper, and also to the mariner, as a safe harbor of refuge. 'This improvement is now going on. | There is a good channel between Manitou Island and Point Kewawena. To run through, give the SE point a good berth, and haul up to the northward and westward, leaving Manitou Island to the eastward. FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO COPPER BAD EOE, WEST BY NORTH FOURTEEN MILE a. . To run into Copper Harbor, coming from the eastward, keep along shore until past the point where the Lighthouse stands, and the stakes are ranged ; then haul up for them, keeping on the range, until past the rocks which are above water, and plain to be seen in daylight; then haul up the bay, steering W4S, until past Potter's _ Island, and come to anchor or run alongside the dock. The ranges are: a long pole or signal staff behind, anda low tripod in front of the dwelling at Fort Wilkins. The water is deep close round the -- Lighthouse point, and vessels can make a good harbor from easterly winds by hauling up into the bay to the eastward, closing in the light from a north line, and come to in 3 to 4 fathoms. The land is high all round Point Kewawena. In coming from the eastward, a rocky hill, Mount Houghton, 800 feet high, and 12 miles SW of Point Kewawena, can 'be seen from 40 to 50 miles, and is a good leading mark. This harbor is formed by a number of small rocky islands, just above water, extending from Potter's Island towards the Lighthouse, nearly east and west. Deep water going in, FROM COPPER HARBOR TO AGATE HARBOR, EIGHT AND ONE-HALF MILES, 'To enter the north harbor, bring the target or beacon on the main shore (about 4 mile east of the large warehouse) to bear SSH, and run on this course until the houses on the south shore of the south harbor come in range with Agate Point; then haul up E+ 9