Pointe-au-Père lighthouse
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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.
The lighthouse
is 108 feet tall, which makes it the second tallest in eastern Canada
. It is built in a characteristic shape, employing eight concrete buttress
es 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 Pavilion and you can also visit the only submarine open to the public in Canada, .
Pointe-au-Père, Quebec
Pointe-au-Père is a settlement on the center 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, in which year the City of Pointe-au-Père was merged with Rimouski....
, near Rimouski, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. This city was well known in naval
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
circles as the location of the pilot station for the Bas-Saint-Laurent (lower St. Lawrence) zone.
The lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
is 108 feet tall, which makes it the second tallest in eastern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is built in a characteristic shape, employing eight concrete buttress
Buttress
A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall...
es 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
Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père
The Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père is a maritime museum located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, that displays 200 years of maritime history, and includes the only submarine open to the public in Canada, the .-Collection:...
. The RMS Empress of Ireland
RMS Empress of Ireland
RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner built in 1905 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships...
shipwrecking is documented in the Empress of Ireland Pavilion and you can also visit the only submarine open to the public in Canada, .