Property of the United States Government, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR DIXON ENTRANCE TO YAKUTAT BAY, WITH INLAND PASSAGE FROM 656 1131 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR, This volume embraces the coast waters and inland passages of Alaska from Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay, and the Inland Passage through British Columbia used by steam vessels to reach the waters of southeastern Alaska. This publication is based mainly upon the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including the results of special examinations and investigations made in the field, in 1907, during its preparation. Much of the information relating to the Inland Passage through British Columbia has been derived from the charts and British Columbia Pilot, third edition 1905, published by the British Admiralty, and from the charts and other publications of the Hydrographic Office, United States Navy. The arrangement conforms to the system adopted for the coast pilots published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and includes— I. A tabular description of all lighthouses, light-vessels, and fog signals; list of wireless telegraph stations, and information regarding tides, tidal currents, variation of the compass, etc. II. General information concerning the several bodies of water and harbors, including notes relative to pilots and pilotage, towboats, depth of water, draft of vessels entering, harbor and quarantine regulations, supplies, facilities for making repairs, usual or best anchorages, and other matters of practical interest. In each case the information of this nature precedes the sailing directions and is printed in smaller type. III. Sailing directions, with subordinate paragraphs treating of prominent objects, dangers, aids to navigation, etc. In the arrangement adopted the aim has been to conform, as far as practicable, to the order in which these matters would be considered in practice, and to render available such information as may be wanted promptly. For this purpose, and to afford a ready means of reference from one part to another, the sailing directions, where long, are divided into numbered or lettered sections, printed in large type, each followed by its own subordinate remarks in smaller type. IV. Appendices. V. Views of important coast points. The first edition of the "Coast Pilot of Alaska from Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet" was prepared by George Davidson, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and published in 1869. The two following editions were published under the title "Pacific Coast Pilot, Alaska, Part I." In the fourth edition the title, arrangement, and text was changed by Mr. Herbert C. Graves and Pilot E. H. Francis, and published in 1901. In the present (fifth) edition the text has been revised and brought up to date by M, Herbert C. Graves, under the direction of J. J. Gilbert, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Inspector of Hydrography and Topography. Great courtesy has been shown by local authorities in furnishing information desired for incorporation in this work. The aids to navigation are corrected to July 22, 1908. It is believed that this compilation represents, as nearly as possible, our present knowledge of the subject; that part of it which is derived from the surveys made since the acquisition of the territory by the United States, is alluded to in the text as "surveyed"; that part which is (3) 59948 |