Cape Warwick
Charts USHO 5849, Canada 7050
Latitude:
Longitude:
64 degrees 38 minutes west
Cape Warwick:
Cape Warwick is a conspicuous
feature on Resolution Island, showing as a distinctive red cliff rising steeply to a height of about 1,190 feet (362.7 meters) within half a mile of the water. No other similar feature is known on the island. It provides a very good radar target; reliable fixes by radar range and bearing have been obtained at distances up to 40 miles out to sea. Close southwestward of Cape Warwick lies Brewer Bay and about one mile northwestward is Sorry Harbour. Both these inlets are described below. In the vicinity of the cape there are a number of buildings and oil tanks, and in clear weather, the lights from the installation have been seen up to distances of 35 miles. The two towers are located about three cables westward of the extremity of Cape Warwick.Depths and Dangers:
Except in the approaches to Sorry Harbour and Brewer Bay, and near Cape Warwick, little surveying has been done and the existence of uncharted dangers near the coast is possible. Many rocks and shoals have been reported southward of the line which extends three miles 125 degrees from the southern entrance to Brewer Bay, and thence for 2 ½ miles 090 degrees. A sounding of 13 fathoms (23.8 meters) has been reported 3.7 miles 085 degrees from the tip of Cape Warwick, among general depths of 85 fathoms (155.4 meters). Breakers have been reported near this position. A small, low, uncharted islet has been seen 3.1 miles 013 degrees from the tip of Cape Warwick, with some islets and reefs extending to the southwest towards that cape. This area, lying on the northwest side of the approach to Sorry Harbour, appears to contain much foul ground.
Currents:
During the period July 26 to August 4, a vessel lying to, about 15 miles eastward of Resolution Island, experienced a non-tidal current of two to three knots setting 210 degrees.
Directions:
Approaching from the southward, from a position of about 8 miles eastward of Hatton Headland, steer to make good a course of 015 degrees until the installations of Cape Warwick bear 280 degrees: then alter course directly for Cape Warwick. When within about 2 miles of the cape, the prominent, aluminum painted oil tanks of Brewer Bay will be seen slightly on the port bow. This gives positive identification of the harbour and course may then be steered for the anchorage in this bay. A track nearer the shore, passing about 3 miles off Hatton Headland and the same distance off the outermost group of islands southeast of Cape Warwick, has also been used, and no indications of shallow water were found.
Brewer Bay
Chart USHO 5855
Brewer Bay:
Brewer Bay lies about half a mile southwestward of Cape Warwick. Its entrance is about 1 ½ cables wide between the islets lying off this part of the coast, and it extends about 4 cables in a west-northwesterly direction. Depths near the entrance are over 20 fathoms (36.6 meters) in mid-channel, decreasing to 10 fathoms (18 meters) and less towards the head of the bay. Shoal water, with depths of 7 to 9 feet (2.1 meters to 2.7 meters), fringes the shores, extending to a distance of one-quarter to one-half a cable offshore and restricting the anchorage area. Small vessels have anchored within the harbour, but, owing to occasional heavy ground swell and lack of shelter from the sea, larger vessels normally anchor in Sorry Harbour, to the northwestward of Cape Warwick. Mean tidal range is reported to be 10 feet (3.3 meters), with a maximum spring range of 19 feet (5.8 meters). Two conspicuous tanks are located about 3 cables southwestward of Brewer Bay.
Sorry Harbour
Chart USHO 5855
Latitude:
Longitude:
64 degrees 42 minutes West
Sorry Harbour:
Sorry Harbour lies on the northwest side of the peninsula of which Cape Warwick is the eastern extremity, and forms a large indentation in the northeast coast of Resolution Island. Numerous islets and rocky shoals exist on both sides of the harbour and its approaches. Depths range from 6 to 30 fathoms (11.0 to 91.4 meters) and the entrance has a controlling depth of 18 fathoms (32.9 meters).
Beacons and Anchorage:
To facilitate approach to this harbour, two leading beacons have been established. The front leading beacon consists of a yellow triangular structure, 6 feet (1.8 meters) on each base, and 12 feet (3.7 meters) high. It is located on a small island situated about 2 ½ miles northwestward of Cape Warwick. The rear beacon, consisting of a yellow triangular structure, 9 feet (2.7 meters) on each base, and 15 feet (4.6 meters) high, is located on a small island, about one mile westward of the front beacon.
A beacon has been established on the south shore of the harbour, about 1 ¾ miles wes-northwestward of Cape Warwick.
Shelter in Sorry Harbour is described as fair. Although exposed to ice, and to winds from an easterly direction, it is better than that in Brewer Bay. The bottom is generally rocky, with patches of mud, hard clay and shale, and the holding ground is insecure.
The harbour is ice free from about July 10 to early October, but icebergs occasionally enter the channel leading to the anchorage.
Mean tidal range is about 12 feet (3.7 meters) and high and low water are about 5 ½ hours before high and low water at St. John, New Brunswick (Atlantic Standard Time).
Directions:
When bound for Sorry Harbour, approach with the eastern extremity of Cape Warwick bearing 261 degrees and, at a distance of 6 miles from it, alter course to 293 degrees. Proceed on this course for about 3 miles until the leading beacons, referred to above, are in line bearing 267 ¼ degrees. Follow this leading line, but preferably keep a little southward of it, until the unnamed point one mile northward of Cape Warwick, is abeam; then alter course to 242 degrees and proceed for about 1 ½ miles until the beacon located on the south shore to the harbour is abeam, about 2 ½ cables distant. Then steer 253 degrees for about half to three-quarters of a mile to the anchorage, about a mile from the head of the bay.