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Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse

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Pointe-au-Père

Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse
Location	Rimouski Quebec Canada
Coordinates	48°31′03″N 68°28′07″W / 48.51750°N 68.46861°W / 48.51750; -68.46861
Tower
Constructed	1859 (first)
Construction	concrete tower
Automated	1975
Height	108 feet (33 m)
Shape	sixteen-sided cylinder with eight buttresses tower
Markings	white tower, red lantern and balcony
Heritage	classified federal heritage building of Canada
Light
First lit	1909 (current)
Deactivated	1975
Lens	Third order Fresnel
Range	22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1974

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,^[1] 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• List of lighthouses in Canada
• Henri de Miffonis

References[edit]

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Québec". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 September 2008.

External links[edit]

• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
• Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père

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