Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse

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Lighthouse

48°31′03″N 68°28′07″W / 48.51750°N 68.46861°W / 48.51750; -68.46861TowerConstructed1859 (first)Constructionconcrete towerAutomated1975

Height108 feet (33 m)Shapesixteen-sided cylinder with eight buttresses towerMarkingswhite tower, red lantern and balconyHeritageclassified federal heritage building of Canada

LightFirst lit1909 (current)Deactivated1975LensThird order FresnelRange22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)

National Historic Site of Canada

Official namePointe-au-Père Lighthouse National Historic Site of CanadaDesignated1974

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

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-?

References

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

^ Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

External links

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

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