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Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse National Historic Site

1034, rue du Phare, Rimouski, Québec G5M 1L8
From juin to octobre 418-724-6214 Website

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Climb the 128 steps of one of the tallest lighthouses in Canada.

Discover different themes, including the role that the lighthouse station played in the history of navigation and the different sound signal systems which allowed navigators to know their position in bad weather.

Photographic exhibition covering 50 years of underwater archeology at Parks Canada.

Path with interpretation panels presenting the history of the station.

A stone’s throw from the lighthouse, the Pointe-au-Père Maritime Historic Site presents the Empress of Ireland Museum as well as the Onondaga submarine.