- Pointe-au-Père, Quebec
Pointe-au-Père is a settlement on the center part of the
Bas-Saint-Laurent region in easternQuebec at the mouth of theSt. Lawrence River . Its population was 4,240 in 2002, in which year the City of Pointe-au-Père was merged withRimouski .Pointe-au-Père lighthouse along with Musée de la Mer (museum of the sea) are major regional tourist attractions.The legendary murderer Dr Crippen was arrested when the steam ship SS Montrose, on which he was trying to escape with his mistress, who was disguised as his son, reached Pointe-au-Père.
On
May 29 ,1914 , the RMS "Empress of Ireland" sank in the Saint Lawrence River near this village.External links
* [http://www.shmp.qc.ca/ Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père]
* [http://www.ville.rimouski.qc.ca/ Ville de Rimouski]
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