depth of 12 feet below the low water of lake Ontario level; the channel is in 2 tangents, the easterly one 100 feet wide, bearing 270° 30′, leading from deep water to the public wharf; the westerly one 150 feet wide, bearing 238° 30′, leading from the wharf to deep water above the mouth of Gananoque river. The south edge of this cut is marked by 3 spar buoys viz., one at the east end, one at the turn, and one at the west end. There is good anchorage off the town in from 15 to 50 feet of water. The wharves are: No. 1. The Town Waterworks dock, 144 feet frontage. No shed. No facilities for handling freight. Depth of water 9 feet. No. 2. Taylor & Green Co's. dock, 375 feet front. One coal shed, 60 by 80 feet; one do., 70 by 90 feet; one freight shed 24 by 30 feet, with facilities for unloading coal only. Depth of water, 11 feet. No. 3. T. I. Railway Cement dock, 240 feet front; general freight shed, 30 by 85 feet; railway siding in rear of shed. Depth of water, 13 feet. No. 4. T. I. Railway coal and lumber dock, 134 feet front; railway siding on dock. No shed. Depth of water, 9 feet. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. Town public dock, 60 feet front. No sheds. Water, 10 feet. Lights. One at Gananoque narrows, N.E. end of Prince Regent island, S. side of channel, 5 miles below Gananoque, latitude N. 44° 19′ 32′′, longitude W. 76° 4′ 58′′, white fixed; Jack Straw shoal light N. side of channel, 2 miles below Gananoque, red fixed; Spectacle shoal light, N. side of channel, quarter of a mile W. of Gananoque, latitude N. 44° 18′ 40′′, longitude W. 76° 11" 9 white fixed; Red Horse rock light, S.E. side of channel, one mile above Spectacle shoal, white fixed; Gananoque narrows gas buoy, abreast of Gananoque narrows lighthouse, white occulting. See List of Lights on Inland Waters for 1913. The total tonnage entered and departed during fiscal year 1911-12 was 273, 228 tons. GODERICH HARBOUR, Huron county, Ontario, is on the southeastern part of lake Huron. There are two breakwaters protecting the entrance to the harbour basin, one called the Northwestern breakwater running towards the mouth of the Maitland river, having a light on the outer end, and the other breakwater running in a south-easterly direction from its outer end. The distance between these two breakwaters at their outer ends is about 600 feet. Previous to their construction the sea broke heavily against the ends of the north and south piers at the entrance to the harbour basin, and in gales or strong breezes made it difficult to enter. This difficulty has been largely overcome by the construction of the breakwaters. A breakwater on the north side of the harbour, built along the Maitland river, runs eastwardly and protects the cribwork of the northern side of the harbour basin from damage by ice during Spring freshets. Two long piers, one the north and the other the south pier, 200 feet apart, form the entrance to the basin. At the inner end of the south pier is a checkwater, and the commercial docks or chief landing part of the harbour, begins at the checkwater, but steamers sometimes land passengers on the south pier west of the checkwater. The harbour inside the piers is a basin entirely surrounded by crib-work, faced with timber and decked with plank with mooring hooks and posts. The landing or dock on the south side is 1,400 feet long, on the east side 650 feet long and on the north side 800 feet long; the circuit of the harbour basin is completed by sheet piling along the west side between the north pier and the northern side of wharf. West of this sheet piling is the sand beach, an accretion between the north pier and north breakwater. The depth of water between the two outer breakwaters is from 20 to 24 feet excepting a shoal marked by a black spar buoy where the depth is 161/2 feet. Between this shoal and the southwest breakwater the depth is 2312 feet. Range lights lead into the heads of the piers from the lake outside the breakwaters. The depth of water between the north and south piers is 22 feet, and in the turning basin inside, opposite the south or commercial dock, 19 and 20 feet low water level. The water on the north side of the harbour basin is 1712 feet along the central part of the wharf, 8 feet on the west and less at the east end; this dock has upon it a railway spur used principally for transporting lumber. The water is shallow along the cross dock at the east side of the harbour basin, and near it is an islet upon which small craft are built or repaired. On the south side of the harbour two grain elevators are located, and vessels unload and load grain at them. One elevator, with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels, is owned by the Goderich Elevator and Transit Co., and the other, with a capacity of 800,000 bushels, is owned by the Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Facilities for handling grain by cars have been provided. The flour mills of the Western Canada Flour Company is one of the largest in Ontario, having a capacity of 1200 barrels per day. The carriage of grain to Goderich from Fort William and Port Arthur has amounted to about 10,000,000 bushels in the season of navigation in late years and the trade is increasing. Goderich is a large distributing point of merchandise and grain, being the terminus of the Goderich branch of the Grand Trunk railway and of the Guelph and Goderich Railway (C. P. R.). Three regular lines of steamboats connect Goderich with other ports, and grain carrying steamers make Goderich their winter port. The safety of the port for lake vessels has greatly increased in late years and deepening the harbour is constantly going on. The wharves are kept in a good state of repair by the Public Works Department. Lights.-Goderich main light on high bank above the S. entrance to the harbour, latitude N. 43° 44′ 33′′, longitude W. 81° 43′ 34′′, white fixed, fog alarm on town water works building on the beach; light on the southern end of the Northwestern breakwater, fixed white. Temporary front light on northern pier and back light on the inner edge of the sand beach at the west side of the harbour, 1035 feet, 84° 45′ from temporary front light. Both these temporary lights are red fixed. Buoys mark the channel from the outer breakwaters to the north and south piers. See List of Lights on the Inland Waters for 1913. There is a life boat station at the inner end of the south pier in the harbour. tons. The total tonnage entered and departed for the fiscal year 1912 was 327,492 GORE BAY HARBOUR, in the district of Algoma, Ontario, is on the northern side of Manitoulin island, North Channel, lake Huron, and is the provincial county seat of the island. The bay is two by one and a quarter miles at its entrance, and narrows towards its head, giving good anchorage in from 4 to 10 fathoms, mud bottom, the former 400 yards inside Town point and the latter half a mile outside. The harbour is completely sheltered from all winds. There are four wharves, the largest or Merchants has 15 feet of water alongside, while the second or Public wharf has 14 feet, the last two, respectively called the Farmers and Fish wharves, have 12 feet each. Lights.-Leading from Main passage, north point of Clapperton island, latitude N. 46° 3′ 22′′, longitude W. 82° 14′ 23′′, white fixed; leading from Mississagi strait, Mississagi island light on S. end, latitude N. 46° 6′ 23′′, longitude W. 83° 0' 31", revolving white; cape Robert on N. extremity of cape, latitude N. 45° 59′ 45′′, longitude W. 82° 48' 40", white fixed; the Gore bay light situated on Janet head, latitude N. 45° 56' 40", longitude W. 82° 28′ 58", white fixed. See List of Lights on Inland Waters for 1913. The total tonnage entered and cleared at this port for the fiscal year 1911-12 was 188,451 tons. GRAVENHURST HARBOUR, district of Muskoka, Ontario, is situated at the S. end of lake Muskoka. It is the chief centre of the tourist traffic in the district on account of its connection with the Grand Trunk Railway. The steamboats of the Muskoka Lake Navigation Company connect with the railway and carry passengers and freight to all points on the lakes. There are wharves and landings for the accommodation of steamers. The company have two, one 330 feet long with a front of 36 feet, and one 340 feet long with a front of 40 feet. The Government's public wharf, lately repaired, is 330 feet long with a front of 26 feet. Lights. Gravenhurst narrows, one S.E. point of Denison island, lake Muskoka, latitude N. 44° 58′ 20′′, longitude W. 79° 22′ 25′′, white fixed lights, at junction of Muskoka river and lake; the Cut outer light at outer end of dredged channel outside cut, red fixed; the Cut middle light, midway between outer light and shore, red fixed; the Cut inner light, at inner end of dredged channel near shore, red fixed; main channel N. side, on outer end of reef on N. side of channel, white fixed; main channel, S. side, on edge of reef S. side of channel; Rosseau light, on Ditchburn shoal, near head of Lake Rosseau, about one mile southerly from wharf white fixed; Pecabe light, on shoal about one mile above Maganatawan river, white fixed. See List of Lights on Inland Waters for 1913. HAMILTON HARBOUR, Wentworth County, Ontario, is practically the whole of Burlington bay in the extreme west end of lake Ontario. The harbour is approximately six miles long by one mile wide. It is land-locked, and anchorage is good in 50 feet of water with mud bottom. Burlington beach, a narrow neck of sand, varying in width from 250 to 1,000 feet, separates the bay from the lake through which the entrance from the lake to the harbour has been cut and piers built on each side, the north pier being about 2,305 feet and the south pier 2,721 feet long, the width between varying from 174 feet at the outer to 103 feet at the inner end. There is a shoal in the harbour off the wharves, but it is marked by buoys. The wharves beginning on the western side are some unused wharves, then Brown's wharf, 173 feet long on the west side, 173 feet frontage and 205 feet on the east side with one shed 160 feet by 40 feet, and another 160 feet by 53 feet, the depth of water at this wharf is from 16 to 18 feet; Mclllwraith's wharf with several sides and angles, at the shore end 132 feet long, one side 80 feet at right angles, another side 135 feet, one 116 feet and the front face 234 feet, and the eastern side 178 feet in length; two sheds are upon this wharf, one 87 feet by 40 feet and one 100 feet by 30 feet; the depth of water is 14 feet; McKay's wharf, 294 feet on the west side, 148 feet frontage, the east side adjoining a slip, 63 feet wide, with 14 feet depth of water in it. There is a large warehouse upon McKay's wharf covering nearly the whole area; the depth of water is 14 feet. Adjoining the slip is the Hamilton Steamboat Company's wharf, length 110 feet at the head; a passenger shed and a freight shed are upon this wharf, 147 feet by 40 feet; some distance further east is the Hamilton Ferry Company's wharf; the Turbinia Steamship Company's wharf adjoins the city warehouse property. The depth of water in the harbour opposite the western wharves referred to ranges from 13 to 18 feet and opposite the Hamilton Steamboat Company's wharves the water is from 17 to 21 feet. The water opposite the ferry wharf ranges from 13 to 16 feet. The water opposite the Turbinia wharf from 13 to 18 feet, low water level. East of the revetment wall the Intercolonial Harvester Company of Canada has a dock, 600 feet long |