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Pointe-au-Père
Location Rimouski
Quebec
Canada
Coordinates 48°31′03″N 68°28′07″W / 48.51750°N 68.46861°W / 48.51750; -68.46861
Year first constructed 1859 (first)
Year first lit 1909 (current)
Deactivated 1975
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape sixteen-sided cylinder with eight buttresses tower
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern and balcony
Height 108 feet (33 m)
Original lens Third order Fresnel

The 3rd Pointe-Au-Père Lighthouse was built in 1909 in the city of Pointe-au-Père, near Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. This city was well known in naval circles as the location of the pilot station for the Bas-Saint-Laurent (lower St. Lawrence) zone. Pointe-au-Père has since been amalgamated into the larger city of Rimouski (2002).

The lighthouse is 108 feet (33 m) tall, which makes it the second tallest in eastern Canada. It is built in a characteristic shape, employing eight concrete buttresses to support a slender central cylinder.

It was replaced by an electronic lighthouse in 1975 and the site is now open for visitors as part of the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père. The RMS Empress of Ireland shipwrecking is documented in the Empress of Ireland museum and you can also visit the first submarine open to the public in Canada, HMCS Onondaga (S73).

The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1974, and is considered a unit of the national park system. However, visitor services are provided by the non-profit Point-au-Père Maritime Historic Site.

Keepers

  • David Lawson 1859-1876
  • John McWilliams 1876-1893
  • John McWilliams 1893-1911
  • John Cahill 1912-1920
  • Thomas Matthew Wyatt 1920-1936
  • Charles Augustus Lavoie 1936-1964
  • Roger St. Pierre Lavoie 1964-1972
  • Armand Lafrance 1972-?

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Faro de Pointe-au-Père para niños

  • List of lighthouses in Canada
  • Henri de Miffonis
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