The wharves, as shown upon a plan of the harbour from the mouth of the river St. Maurice going up the St. Lawrence, are as follows:

66

Government wharf (to be completed this year). 600

The latter is now being constructed for a coal dock to be used by the Dominion Coal Coy.

A railway line runs along the whole water front and branches connect the port with manufacturing centres.

The port of Three-Rivers is also directly connected with the most important trunk lines of the country, and facilities for loading freight from cars to the vessels and from vessels to the cars have been provided. In the southern part of the harbour, however, there are no railway sidings.

The harbour is under the control of harbour commissioners who charge wharfage on articles passing over their wharves.

Coaling Docks.-About 100,000 tons of coal are landed annually for the use of vessels. Hoisting engines and ships' winches are used for loading and bunkering. The cost per ton for loading is 50 cents.

Coast of loading lumber per standard of 1980 feet is $1.70; discharging pig iron, 53 cents per ton; discharging sulphur, 64 cents per ton; discharging china clay, 75 cents per ton. These prices include harbour and customs brokerage dues.

Wharfage Charges.-Vessels of 60 tons register pay 30 cents per day, increasing up to $7 for a vessel of 2,000 tons and 35 cents for every 100 tons additional, side wharfage. Minerals, heavy articles, grain and general merchandise, 10 cents per ton; coal, 712 cents; pulpwood, 5 cents per cord; telegraph poles, 50 cents per 100; railway sleepers, 25 cents per 100.

Tonnage dues, a special charge, viz:-Passenger steamers pay $2.50 every time a vessel uses the harbour; other river steamers or tow boats, $1 per trip. Schooners and barges, 2 cents per registered ton for the first trip; each succeeding trip, half rate. These rates increase according to tonnage. Ocean steamers, 3 cents per ton on the cargo and 34 cents of the registered tons on vessel per day. Sick Mariners' dues, 112 cents per registered ton, 3 times a year, if not paid elsewhere.

Harbour dues on goods imported and exported from places outside of the province of Quebee; pulpwood, 3 cents per cord; lumber and timber, 3 cents per 1,000 feet; railway sleepers, 15 cents per 100; telegraph poles, 25 cents per 100.

Lights.-Range, front 7 8 mile above W. side of mouth of St. Maurice river, latitude N. 46 20 11, longitude W. 72 32 40, white fixed; the other is 1,800 feet, 235° 45', from front, white fixed. On the upper end of Three Rivers shoal is a gas buoy, white occulting, latitude N. 46 20 15, longitude W. 72 32 17. See List of Lights on the Atlantic Coast for 1913.

Pilotage rates are fixed by the by-laws of the Montreal district and are: Quebec to Three Rivers. Vessels in tow of steamers per foot

draught..

Three Rivers to Quebec. Vessels in tow of steamers per foot

draught... Quebec to Three Rivers. Sea-going steamers. Three Rivers to Quebec. Sea-going steamers.....

$1.50 upward.

1.50 downward. 1.75 upward.

1.75 downward.

The port of Three Rivers has communication with the United States by steam barges, steamboats and canal boats and also with Canadian ports above this port on the St. Lawrence, Montreal and the Great Lakes, and with Canadian ports below, including Quebec and the Maritime provinces, and communication by ocean-going vessels with Great Britain and foreign ports.

The total tonnage for the fiscal year 1911-12 was 2,102,314 tons.

Ocean-going vessels use the ship channels elsewhere described in this directory. TIGNISH HARBOUR,Prince county, in the N. W. part of Prince Edward Island, is entered from the gulf of St. Lawrence. The harbour is at the mouth of Tignish river which flows into the sea, 41⁄2 miles northward of cape Kildare and 8 miles S. of North point. The harbour is entered between two breakwaters, the one on the N. side being 1,500 feet and the one on the S. side 1,700 feet long; there are also beach protection works extending from the inner ends of the breakwaters. The depth of water between the breakwaters, is never less than 6 feet at low tide and the tide rises 6 feet. This harbour is used for small craft engaged in fishing and carrying agricultural products shipped from Tignish.

Tignish is the terminus of the P. E. I. Ry. and is an important station in connection with freight and passenger traffic. The fishery industry is carried on extensively at this place. Storm signals are exhibited at Tignish.

Lights. There are range lights here, the front on outer end of N. breakwater pier 620 feet, 106°, from main light, red fixed; main light back on beach at inner end of breakwater pier, latitude N. 46 57 35, longitude W. 63 59 20, white fixed.

TRACADIE HARBOUR, P.E.I., or Bedford bay, Queen's county, Prince Edward Island, on the N. shore of the island, is entered from the gulf of St. Lawrence. The entrance of the harbour is the western end of a remarkable range of sand hills, 50 to 60 feet high. A bar of sand, which shifts occasionally in heavy gales, extends 34 mile from the entrance. The harbour is suitable only for small vessels. It is 3 miles wide within the sand bar and carries 211⁄2 fathoms water. It runs in

4 miles to the southward. The channel and harbour are buoyed.

The tides rise, springs, 31⁄2 feet, neaps, 2 feet.

A breakwater has been built, 1,000 feet long, extending from the E. side of the entrance.

It is difficult to beat in to this harbour when the wind is off shore and blowing heavily.

Tracadie has a railway station and has communication with all parts of Prince Edward Island Railway.

Lights.-Range lights, one on beach, west side of entrance 1,100 feet back from the shore line, latitude N. 46 25 35, longitude W. 63 2 30, red fixed; rear

light 403 feet, 186° 45', from front, also red fixed. See List of Lights on the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence for 1913.

There is a Harbour Master at this port who furnishes any information required. TRACADIE HARBOUR,N.B., or Lagoon, Gloucester county, New Brunswick, is on the eastern coast of the province, and is entered from the gulf of St. Lawrence or from Northumberland strait. It is 23 miles north of Miramichi bay and 17 miles south of Shippigan gully. It is entered by narrow channels, termed gullies. It is quite shallow and almost dry at low water. A sand beach with 72 feet of water at extreme high tides, about 4 miles long, divides Tracadie harbour from the gulf of St. Lawrence. The north gully is the entrance now used. The channel to the Government wharf is long and crooked. The wharf is 1,430 feet long. To raise low parts of the beach and prevent other openings, the construction of an extension to the breastworks has been in progress since 1908. The harbour is buoyed by spar buoys and bushes. Depth of water in the harbour at low water in the lagoon is from 12 to 3 fathoms. Tides rise, springs, 5 feet; neaps, 3 feet.

Lights. One on north side of South Tracadie gully, latitude N. 47 29 50, longitude W. 64 52 10, red fixed. North Tracadie range lights are:-front on sands 161 feet, 108°, from back, white fixed, the other on sand flat north side of gully, latitude N. 47 33 17, longitude W. 64 51 25, white fixed.

There is a harbour master here who furnishes information on request. TRACADIE HARBOUR, N.S., Antigonish county, Nova Scotia, is in the southern end of George bay. It is entered from the strait of Northumberland and strait of Canso through the bay. It is separated from the bay by a number of islands and connecting beaches of sand and gravel. There is a breakwater at the eastern side of entrance to the harbour and a retaining wall inside the breakwater.

The harbour is principally used by fishing craft. The depth of water in George bay outside the islands is from 8 to 9 fathoms. The harbour itself is extensive and has 14 feet of water in some parts. There are many coves, islets and small streams. Tracadie river is the principal of these streams, at the head of the eastern arm, 21⁄2 miles in from the sea.

Tides rise, 4 feet, springs; 2 feet, neaps, but tides may be increased by northerly winds.

There is a station of the Intercolonial railway here, giving communication with all parts.

Scotia.

TUSKET RIVER and TUSKET WEDGE are in Yarmouth county, Nova The river is entered from the Atlantic coast and is about 9 or 10 miles from the port of Yarmouth.

At the mouth of the river there are islands and outlying dangers. Many of the islands afford shelter in from 31⁄2 to 7 fathoms. Admiralty chart, No. 352, shews a depth of water in the channel east of Tusket wedge of 34 fathoms up to 4 and 5 fathoms, and in the river above the depth ranges from 4 to 7 fathoms for some 10 miles. Tides at Tusket wedge rise, springs, 13 feet; neaps, 10 feet.

Lumber is exported from different points on the river and Tusket wedge, and vessels carrying coal, agricultural products and some general cargo enter.

There is a Government wharf at Tusket wedge. Tusket wedge is now called Wedgeport.

There are also

The mud flats are bare at low tide as far out as the channel. mooring places along the river and buoys to mark the dangers and indicate the channel.

There is a harbour master for Tusket wedge or Wedgeport and Tusket river. The port charges are similar to those charged in other Canadian seaports.

Lights. The lights entering are called Peases island lights, one of the Tusket islands, latitude N. 43 37 35, longitude W. 66 1 40, red and white, alternating, one in window, 16 feet below the main light, red fixed; Seal island light, group flashing, S. point 1-8 mile inland, latitude N. 43 23 34, longitude W. 66 0 52; fog whistle, 585 feet, 188°, from lighthouse; Tusket river light, white group occulting, on Big Fish island, S.W. point, latitude N. 43 42 10, longitude W. 65 57 10. There is also a bell buoy on Peases ledge in 911⁄2 fathoms, 106°, 2 miles from Peases island light, also a gas and whistling buoy, 2 miles, 199°, from Blond rock, white occulting.

The total tonnage entered and cleared at this port for the fiscal year 1911-12 was 3,360 tons.

UNION HARBOUR, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is on the western side of Bayne's Sound, and the shipping point for coal brought from Cumberland. The Union Collieries Company has a coal wharf with pockets and chutes for loading coal into ships' holds and bunkers. This wharf is about 700 feet long, and the depth of water at low water mark is 27 feet and 44 feet at high tide, showing that vessels can load at any stage of the tide. A small wharf, with a warehouse 81 by 31 feet, is used by passenger and freight steamers. There is also an apron or slip for running cars loaded with coal into barges. There is also a gridiron on which repairs to small vessels can be made. Anchorage is found in the bay for