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Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse
Pointe-au-Père is a district (secteur ) of the city of Rimouski , Quebec , which is located in the central part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River . Its population was 4,240 in 2002, the year it merged with Rimouski. It is named after Father Henri Nouvel , who celebrated the first mass there in 1663.[1] [2]
Pointe-au-Père lighthouse along with the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père museum are major regional tourist attractions.
Murderer Dr Crippen was arrested when the steam ship SS Montrose , on which he was trying to escape with his mistress, who was disguised as his son, reached Pointe-au-Père.
RMS Empress of Ireland
On May 29, 1914, the RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River near this village, with a loss of 1,012 lives.
Pointe-au-Père tide station serves as the reference point for measuring mean sea level for the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 , which is the reference point for determining altitude in North America.[3]
Since 1986, the Government of Canada officially created the Pointe-au-Père National Wildlife Area , which houses a variety of fauna and flora, very popular for bridwatchers .[4]
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^ "North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)" . National Geodetic Survey . Retrieved 11 June 2021 .
^ (fr ) "Réserve nationale de faune de Pointe-au-Père " archive , on Environment Canada (consulted on October 13th, 2012)
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