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CAP DE LA HAGUE. 162 CAPE COAST CASTLE. Hogue. Tlic road^iteiul jriivc its name to a •;reTit sea fight in wtiicli tlu> English and Dutch fleets defeated the I'reneh in lli'J2. CAPE AGULHAS, a-goo'lyas. See Agu- LHAS, C.A,PE. CAPE ANN. . capo on the northeast coast anil marking the northern limit of JIassacluisetts Bay. ilass., 31 miles from Boston (Maj): Mas- sachusetts. F 2). The cape is marked by two lixcd white lights on Thatcher Island, about 900 feet apart, in latitude 42° 38' X., and longitude 70° 34' W., l()1^54 and 16.5% feet above mean high water, and visible for 19 nautical miles; there is also a ten-inch steam fog-whistle. There are valuable stone-quarries at the cape. The whole rocky peninsula, generally included imder this name, projects about 10 miles into the Atlan- tic Ocean. The south and east shores have many attractive sununer resorts. CAPE AR'AGO, or Gregory. A cape on the west coast of Coos County, Ore., on the south side of the outer entrance to Coos Bay (Map: Oregon, A 3 ) . A lighthouse with light 84 feet above sea-level is in latitude 43° 20' X. and longitude 124° 22' W., on a small island 2% miles north and ^2 mile east of the western ex- tremity of the cape. The light is fixed white, with white flash every two minutes. CAPE BAB-EL-MANDEB, bab'd-miiB'deb. See BAIi-EL-ilAXOEl!. CAPE BAR'ROW, or Point Barrow (named after Sir John Barrow). The northernmost point of Alaska on the Arctic Coast; latitude 71° 23' X., longitude 15fi° 22' W. (Map: Alas- ka, n 1). It is a whaling station. In 1881- 83 the United States Signal Service stationed at Point Barrow a party of scientists, to take part in the series of international circumpolar observations instituted during 1882-83. CAPE BLANCO, bliin'kA (Sp., white). A name ajjplied to several capes on the northern and western coasts of Africa. The most re- markable of them is the one on the western coast of Sahara, in latitude 20° 4.5' X. and longitude 17 " V., near the boundary between the Spanish and French ])ossessions on the western coast of Africa, which shelters the Galgo or Lcvrier Bay. its name is derived from the white color of the sand. A second Cape Blanco is the northern- most ])oint of Africa, in latitude 37° 20' X. and longitude 9° 50' E. A third Cape Blanco is on the west coast of Morocco, in latitude 33° 10' N. and longitude 8° 30' W. The same name is also applied to a number of headlands in other parts of the world. CAPE BLANCO. The westernmost point of Oregon on the I'acilic Coast, in latitude 42° 50' X. and longitude 124° 27' V., at the mouth of the Sixes River, and 30 miles north of the mouth of the Bogue Kiver (Map: Oregon, A 7). Tiiere is a lighthouse with fixed white lights, 25G feet above sea-level, on the extreme western point of the cape. CAPE BOEO, bo-a'a, or Lilibeo (possibly clipjied from Liliihwiim) . The westernmost point of Sicily, a mile from Marsala, which occupies the site nf the ancient LilybiFum (Map: Italy, G 10). CAPE BRET'ON. A cape at the eastern cx- tremitv of Cape Breton Island, in about latitude 45° ,50' X. and longitude 59° 46' W. (Map: Xova Scotia, J 4). It is at the entrance to Louis- bourg Harbor, and has a lighthouse. It is the terminus of the submarine telegraph cable to Saint Pierre. CAPE BRETON ISLANB. A rocky island of irregular form in British North America. 100 miles long by 85 miles broad, between latitudes 45° and 47° X., and between longitudes 60° and 61° .30' W. (Map: Xova Scotia, H 3). It de- rives its name from a cape at its eastern extrem- ity. It is separated from the peninsula of Xova Scotia by Chebucto or Chedabucto Bay and the Gut of Canso, and is practically divided in two by the land-locked Bras d'Or Lakes and the canal of Saint Peter's Isthmus. It contains 3120 square miles. Its picturesque scenery and bracing summer climate attract an annually in- creasing number of tourists. The princijial ex- ports are pine, oak, birch, maple, fish, iron, and coal. Though the island produces maize and other grains, it depends for its breadstutTs chief- ly on the United States. It is divided into the four districts of Cape Breton, Inverness. Vic- toria, and Richmond. The towns are Sydney, Arichat, and Port Hood, the once famous Louis- bourg, stripped of its fortifications, having be- come a mere village. Cape Breton, originally a French possession, was taken by the English in 1745; but being subsequently restored to France, it was again captured in 1758 and ced- ed to England in 1763. After having been for a time a distinct colony, it now forms ])art of the Province of Xova Scotia. Population, in 1891, 86.850: in 1901, 97,200. With the exception of some 600 Micmac Indians and 15,000 French Acadians, the inhabitants are of Scotch High- land descent. See: R. Brown, HrKfori/ of the Island of Cape rSr<loii (London, 1869), and Coal Fields of Cape Breton (London, 1871) : Sir J. G. Bourinot. Ilistorieal and Descriptive Aerount of the Island of Cape Hrelon (Montreal, 1892). CAPE CANAVERAL. A cape near the middle of the Atlantic coast of Florida, in lati- tude 28° 28' X. and longitude 80° 33' V., and about 20 miles southeast of Titusville (Jlap: Florida, II 3). The United States Government maintains on the ca])c a coast signal station and a lighthouse with light 137 feet above sea-level. CAPE CATOCHE, kt'ito'chu. The north- eastern extremity of the Mexican State of Yuca- tan, situated in latitude 21° 35' X. and longi- tude 87° 8' W. (Jlap: Mexico, P 7). It was here that in 1517 the Spaniards first saw the Mexican coast. CAPE CHARLES. The point of hind at the northeast side of the entrance of Chesa|)eake Bay, Va., near latifude 37° 3' X. and longitude 76° W. (Map: Virginia. H 4). On Smith's Island is a first-order flashing white light, sig- naling '45' every minute, 157 feet above mean high water. This cape is the extreme southern proiection of the 'Eastern Shore' (q.v.). CAPE CLEAR. .V headland of Clear Island. Count v Cork, the southernmost point of Ireland (Jlap': Ireland. 15 5). It rises 400 feet above the sea. has a liglitliouse with a bright revolving light 455 feet above the water-level, and is usually the first land seen from American steam- ers apiuoaching England. The Fastnett Rock, with a liglit 148 feet above high water, is 3% miles tn the soutliwesf. CAPE COAST CASTLE. A strongly forti- fied seaport and fnrmerly the capital of the