DODD  NARROWS.  167

Idght. — A,  fixed  white  light,  visible  9  miles,  is  shown  from  a
square,  white,  woioden  tower  on  the  easternmost  rock  of  Danger  reef,
at  a  height  of  24  feet  above  high  water.  This  rock  is  awash  at  high
water;  the  western  rock  dries  only  at  low  water.  The  light  is  un-
watched.
Foul  ground  extends  600  yards  to  the  SE.  from  the  light.
The  De  Cotircy  group  of  islands  lies  in  the  northern  end  of  Trin-
comali  channeL  They  form  a  chain  4^  miles  in  a  NW.  and  SE.
direction.  Mak  island,  the  northwestern  of  the  De  Courcy  group,
is  about  1,400  yards  long,  about  150  feet  high,  and  densely  wooded;
its  SW.  side  is  precipitous.  Between  the  two  northern  and  the
two  southern  islands  of  the  group  is  Ruxton  passage,  with  a  depth  of
16  fathoms  and  i  mile  wide.
The  two  southern  islands  are  separated  by  Whale  Boat  passage.
Tree  island,  which  is  wooded,  lies  S.  72°  W.  (S.  48°  W.  mag.)
from  the  southern  point  of  the  southernmost  island  of  the  De  Courcy
group.
The  passage  between  these  two  islands  is  nearly  400  yards  wide.
That  between  Tree  island  and  Danger  reef  is  1,200  yards  wide.
Mudg^e  island  lies  northwestward  of,  and  is  nearly  joined  to,  the
northwestern  island  of  the  De  Courcy  group.  It  is  separated  from
Gabriola  island  by  False  narrows  and  from  Vancouver  island  by
Dodd  narrows.  The  island  is  densely  wooded  and  about  350  feet
high.
Boat  harbor  is  a  small  indentation  in  the  shore  of  Vancouver
island  about  4  miles  north  of  Yellow  point.  Vessels  waiting  for
slack  water  in  Dodd  narrows  may  anchor  oflf  the  harbor  in  10  to  12
fathoms.
