M. N. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR, This volume covers the coast waters, bays, sounds, harbors, and navigable rivers in the This publication is based mainly upon the work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including the results of special investigations made in the field in 1908 in connection with its preparation. The system adopted in this publication includes I. A tabular description of all lighthouses, light-vessels, and fog signals; lists of life-saving stations, Weather Bureau storm warning display stations, and information regarding tides, variation of 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 entrances. The part of the coast of the United States treated in this volume has been covered by the following publications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey prepared by George Davidson, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey: Directory of the Pacific Coast of the United States, 1858 and 1862; Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington, 1869 and 1889. The arrangement and text of this publication were first prepared by Mr. Harry L. Ford. In this, the second edition, the text is revised and brought up to date by Ferdinand West-dahl, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey, under the direction of J. J. Gilbert, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Inspector of Hydrography and Topography. The views are copied from the publication of 1889 and were prepared from original sketches made by Mr. Ferdinand Westdahl before 1885. Great courtesy has been shown by local authorities in furnishing information desired for incorporation in this work. The aids to navigation are correct to April 15, 1909. As absolute accuracy in a work of this class is scarcely possible, navigators will confer a favor by notifying the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of errors which they may discover, or of additional matter which they think, for the good of mariners, should be inserted. O. H. TITTMANN, Superintendent. 3 |