The harbour lies to the east of the foundation site at the original citadel on a hill overlooking a peninsula protecting the harbor on the south, where now are located the Quai de la Citadelle and the Jettée de la Citadelle.

The harbour had two large basins, now almost choked with sand.

The harbour is now used almost exclusively for recreational sailing with two main sailing clubs.

The decline of sea otters followed a decline in harbour seal and Steller sea lion populations, the killer whale's preferred prey, which in turn may be substitutes for their original prey, now decimated by industrial whaling.

In 1876, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born in the city, which by now had become a bustling city with mosques, temples, courthouses, paved streets and a magnificent harbour.

Philip now pressed his advantage in northeastern Normandy, where he conducted a raid at Dieppe, during which he burnt the English ships in the harbour, repulsing an attack by Richard at the same time.

Owing to its lower cost and less wind exposure, shipboard, airport surface, and harbour surveillance radars now use this in preference to the parabolic antenna.

* The great flood in the river Periyar in what is now Kerala India which lead to the river changing its course, closing of the Pattanam ( Muziris ) harbour, opening up of Cochin ( Kochi ) harbour submersion of some islands and birth of some new islands.

By Hellenistic times, the city had moved to a new site south of what is now Bat Galim because the port's harbour had become blocked with sand.

Ptolemy, only thirteen years old at that time, had set up a throne for himself on the harbour, from where he watched as on September 28, 48 BC, Pompey was murdered by one of his former officers, now in Ptolemaic service.

Jacques Cartier left his main ships in a harbour close to Stadacona, and used his smallest ship to continue up-river and visit Hochelaga ( now Montreal ) where he arrived October 2, 1535.

The Tsamadou mansion on the left-hand side of the harbour as one enters is now a Maritime Academy.

The harbour railway station, now unused, is gradually succumbing to nature.

The Pent Stream now runs through a culvert from the fire station, at the junction of Radnor Park Road, Park Farm and Pavilion Road, until it reaches the inner harbour.

Remains of a quay, dating to the 17th century, were discovered under what is now a public car park, between the Old High Street and the railway viaduct, adjacent to the current harbour.

Daniel Defoe enlivens this account of the Waveney's Broads course: The River Waveney is a considerable river, and of a deep and full channel, navigable for large barges as high as Beccles ; it runs for a course of about fifty miles, between the two counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, as a boundary to both ; and pushing on, tho ' with a gentle stream, towards the sea, no one would doubt, but, that when they see the river growing broader and deeper, and going directly towards the sea, even to the edge of the beach ; that is to say, within a mile of the main ocean ; no stranger, I say, but would expect to see its entrance into the sea at that place, and a noble harbour for ships at the mouth of it ; when on a sudden, the land rising high by the sea-side, crosses the head of the river, like a dam, checks the whole course of it, and it returns, bending its course west, for two miles, or thereabouts ; and then turning north, thro ' another long course of meadows ( joining to those just now mention'd ) seeks out the River Yare, that it may join its water with hers, and find their way to the sea together.

In Viking times the anchorage where Stromness now stands was called Hamnavoe, meaning " peaceful " or " safe harbour ".

The remains of a tower on the end of the harbour are all that can be seen now of the much taller building which was part of the overhead equipment which used to convey the local stone from where it was quarried to boats in the harbour.

Because of this, there are few fishing boats remaining in the harbour these days, which is now mainly home to yachts.

The recorded history of the village dates back nearly 2000 years, when the Romans constructed a fort at Fectio ( now Vechten ) with a harbour facing the river Rhine, which marked the border of the Roman Empire.

This is now a rare skill, and most harbour masters cannot locate their harbour's marker.

( LV Owers now a wreck in Tel Aviv harbour ).

The project is now known informally as " Smeaton's Harbour ", but despite the name his involvement was limited and occurred more than 30 years after work on the harbour commenced.

* A 110 metre tall lighthouse on the island of Pharos in Alexandria's harbour is completed and serves as a landmark for ships in the eastern Mediterranean.

With its large port and harbour, Aberdeen serves as the departure point for the many ferries that connect the Scottish mainland with the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland.

Both are located on the River Weser ; Bremerhaven is further downstream and serves as a North Sea harbour ( the name Bremerhaven means " Bremen's harbour ").

The river estuary serves as a small harbour.

The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour which serves as the chief port for New Caledonia.

Aside from being a passenger terminal with ferries to the United Kingdom, the harbour serves as the central port for Europe's automotive industry and is important for the import, handling and storage of energy products, agriculture products and other general cargo.

This construction made from stone in length of 640 metres with two port fires on the ends-indexes of pass to the harbour, located on distance 859 metres from coast, and until now truly serves for dockers.

The old schoolhouse has been turned into an inn and post office, and one of the boathouses in the harbour and the temperance movement's lodge serves as community houses.

It is located in the northeast of the island ; there is a small harbour which serves tourists with yachts, and an airfield some kilometers southeast from Flying Fish Cove.

The river mouth serves now as a small harbour and was a busy commercial port during the 19th century.

The harbour in nearby Rafina serves as an access point to the Aegean Sea and is frequently used by tourists to reach many of Greece's numerous islands.

The narrow ravine of Bronte Creek is undeveloped, except at the mouth which serves as a harbour.

Its main importance is as a port as it has the only viable harbour on Iceland's southern coastline between Grindavík in the west and Höfn in the east, and it serves as the departure point for ferries to the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago.

The harbour serves the ferry between Lismore and Oban.

As of 2010, at least twelve " live aboard " boats — mostly converted trawlers with bunk rooms in their former holds — take recreational divers out to the main sites, primarily from the main harbour at Stromness.

Gairloch is a loosely defined area of settlement along the shores of Loch Gairloch, but primarily comprises three main clusters of shops, houses and amenities: the Harbour area ( including Charlestown on the south side of the harbour ), Achtercairn and Strath.

The western part of the harbour basin is currently being expanded, primarily to allow increased exports of liquified natural gas ( LNG ).

A significant area at the head of the harbour has been reclaimed since the founding of Dunedin, primarily for industrial use.

Lower Pulteney was primarily a working area, built on a sandbank behind the harbour.

It is an industrial harbour, used primarily to load salt from the Sifto salt mines onto lake and ocean freighters.

Lacking a harbour, Cavendish was primarily a small farming community throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

It is split into two sections, the larger section being closer to the mouth of the harbour and the smaller inner section being used primarily for less frequently used boats, and featuring a slipway.

Pearl in oysterAl Zubarah was primarily an emporium and pearling settlement that took advantage of its location near pearl beds, having a large natural harbour and a central position on the Gulf routes.