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188 LAKE MICHIGAN, STURGEON BAY CANAL. a Bay Ship-canal, the coast trends in a southwesterly direction; there are shoals and rocky spits, rendering the coast dangerous to a distance of over 1 mile from shore. Sturgeon Bay Canal light, S. W. 4 W., 74 miles. The range leads over foul ground. White Fish point N. W. 4 Wy ., 1-mile. | BAYLEY'S HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS. -- Front Light, fixed white, 6th order, visible 104 miles. White tower, 17 feet high. | Rear Light, fixed white, 5th order, visible 12 miles, lantern on white frame dwelling, 24 feet high; on. the north shore of Bayley's harbor, a little north of the village of Bayley's Harbor. To anchor in the harbor, bring the towers in range when 4 miles from the beacon; stand in on the range and anchor in 34 or 4 fathoms of water, when between the old light-house and the village, being careful to avoid the shoal which extends about a mile to the southward of the old light-house. The entrance between the shoals at the mouth of the harbor is about three-fourths of a mile wide. The beacon and rear light are in range N. N. W. and 8. 5S. E., and are distant from each other 950 feet. There are three pile piers on the west side of Bay- ley's harbor with from 8 to 10 feet of water at them. On the west side of the bay the bottom is sand and rock, on the east side near the old light-house the bottom is mud and clay. Vessels seeking shelter in southerly gales should stand in on the ranges until nearly abreast of the old light-house, when haul up for it, and come-to in about 34 fathoms of water close in, and avoid the swell that sets into the harbor. Bayley's Harbor Middle Ground.--Black 24-foot spar buoy, in 18 feet of water. Marks the southeastern point of the middle ground shoal, in the entrance to Bayley's harbor. Front range light, N. 4 W., 3 miles. White Fish Point buoy, S. by W. + W., 12 miles. Bayley's Harbor Entrance (North Side).--Red 24-foot spar buoy, in 18 feet of water. Marks the southwestern point of the shoal making out from the eastern point of entrance at Bayley's harbor. Front range light, N. N. W. % W., 22 miles. Middle Ground buoy, 8. 8. W. 4 W., 14 miles.