Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse
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 zone.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Father Point Light”, “Father Point lightouse”, “Pointe-au-Père Light”, and “Pointe-au-Pere Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Father Point Lighthouse”
- Address: Rimouski
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père and HMCS Onondaga.
Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père
Museum
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 first submarine open since 2009 to the public in Canada, HMCS Onondaga.
HMCS Onondaga
HMCS Onondaga is an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. Built in the mid-1960s, Onondaga operated primarily with the Maritime Forces Atlantic until her decommissioning in 2000 as the last Canadian Oberon. HMCS Onondaga is situated 170 metres west of Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard and Sainte-Luce.
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard
Village
Photo: Mathieu19, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality. Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard is situated 6 km southeast of Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse.
Sainte-Luce
Village
Sainte-Luce is a municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. The population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,845. Sainte-Luce is situated 7 km northeast of Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse.
Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rimouski, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Southeastern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.51752° or 48° 31′ 3″ northLongitude
-68.46897° or 68° 28′ 8″ westOpen location code
87WHGG9J+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 576710199OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Pointe-au-Père”
- French: “phare de Pointe au Père”
- French: “phare de Pointe-au-Père”
- French: “Phare de Pointe-au-Père”
- German: “Phare de Pointe-au-Père”
- Spanish: “Faro de Pointe-au-Pere”
- Spanish: “Faro de Pointe-au-Père”
- Ukrainian: “Пуент-о-Пер”
- Vietnamese: “Ngọn Hải Đăng Pointe-au-Père”
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