The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-06-24

IMPORTANT TO NARINERS-LCCATION
OF BUoYs THROUGHOUT THE UPPER
LAKEs.-The officers connected with the
lighthouse service, with promtness
which reflects great crdlt upon them,
have already secured the location of all
the buoys which have been ordered for
the various points throughout the upper
lakes. Below we give full particulars
concord ing them. 1t is earnestly hoped
that a due regard for the shipping inter
est will secure the protection Of the safe
guards which have thus been provided
by benehcent government. Under the
law as it now stands, all mischIevous per-
sons caught tampering with them are
liable to severe punishment and all such
cases should be promptly reported
The following is the official statement
of Captain L. LII Stevens, Lighthouse In-
spector, describing infinitely the locality
of all the buoys The several bearings
are. by compass, as observed strom the
deck of the lighthouse steamer:
A first class iron-can buoy, painted red,
on Spectacle Reefs, rocky shoal lying
Il, miles east of the east end Of Bots
Blanc I-land Lake Huron. This bu y
is placed between the two shoals, in 10
feet fwater, and should not be approach
ed nearer than 400 yards.
4 tirst-class IRON can buoy, PAINTED
red, on ST. Martain's or Garden City,
Reef, rocky shoal lying Is miles NE.
by +. E. from Bots Blanc Island light
house, Lake Huron. This buoy is plac-
ed in Is feet of water, on the outer end
Of the reef, and should be passed to the
northward,
A second class iron-can buoy, painted
red, on the larger of the two Graham
shoals. lying / ] miles S. NV. from
Point St. Ignace. Straits of Mackinac
This buoy is placed in IA feet of water,
on the south SIDE of the shoa'.
A thirsi-clas> can buoy, painted white,
on the Little Graham shoal, lying three
fourths OF mile s. by f. from Point St
Ignace Straits Of Mackinac. This buoy
is placed on the south side in y feet of
water.
A frst-class buoy iron-can painted red,
on the Racine shoals. This buoy is loca-
ted on the inside of the reef, in l. feet of
water The OLD lighthouse tower bears
from the buoy W. S. and the Racine
lighthouse on the north pier, ". 81 n.
Vessels passing to the eastward of the
buoys should give it berth of at least
half a mile, and entering the port of Ra-
cine should not cross the reef to the
southwark of line drawn east and west
from the pier light.
The second class iron-can buoy that
went adriff from the Whales Back
Rect, in Green Bay, last fall, has been
recovered and put in position. The buoy
is painted red, and placed in Is feet of
water, on the north side Of the reef,
about 500 feet from the shoalest spot
The reef extends NV by N. and Sc.
by S., and is l ] miles in length, The
n, end of Chambers Island S. by w.
/ W. and the N. point Of the main land
at the south entrance of Green Bay,
bear E. by S. ] s., and Cedar Rivers
Mills bear W. by n. ] N; from the
buoy.
The second class iron-can buoy, that
went adrift from Horse Shoe Reef in
Green Bay, last fall, has also been recov-
cred and put in position. The buoy is
black, and placed in IA feet of water, on
the south side of the reef There is a
large rock lying M. from the buoy, on
| which there is 5 feet of water distant
500 yards.
This reef lies nearly in gauge with
Sister Island and y. end of Chambers
Island Horse She Island bears S. by
f. I Z.
A Sd class ironcan; buoy, with red
and black horizontal strips on detached
shoal off Peninsular Point the light
house off Peninsular Point bears N by Il
9E 2l miles distant the bouy is set on
the north SIDE of the reef in Is feet of
water, and 600 yards from the shoalest
spot g feeo. Vessels passing to the
southland should give it good birth.
A "A foot span buoy painted red on
the end of Peninsular Point; the light
house Oh the Point n E. distant | mile
the buoy is placed in - feet of water
A IA foot span buoy painted black, off
Sand Point: this buoy is placed in l /
feet Of water; the lighthouse on the
point bears w S w, distant J mile from
the buoy, and the Iron docks bear west.
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