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Site historique maritime de la Pointe au Père

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Established
  
1980

Website
  
Official website

Phone
  
+1 418-724-6214

Province
  
Québec

Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père

Location
  
Address
  
1000 Rue du Phare, Rimouski, QC G5M 1L8, Canada

Similar
  
HMCS Onondaga (S73), Pointe‑au‑Père Lighthouse, Parc Beauséjour, La Corporation du Musée, Corporation Touristique du Canyo

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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, HMCS Onondaga (S73).

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Collection

In 2008, the retired Canadian Forces Oberon-class submarine HMCS Onondaga (S73) was towed from Halifax to the museum, where it has become a museum ship. The exhibition of the museum ship also explains the lifestyle of submarine crew members, and includes an audioguided tour.

The 'Empress of Ireland Pavilion' displays artifacts from the wreckage of the ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland, which was sunk offshore in 1914.

The Pointe-au-Père navigational aid station, includes guided tours of the Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, the keeper's house, fog alarm house, engineer's shed and other lighthouse station buildings.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père Wikipedia


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