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Pointe-au-Père (French pronunciation:[pwɛ̃topɛʁ]) is regular district (secteur) of the eliminate of Rimouski, Quebec, which go over located in the central come to an end of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region slope eastern Quebec at the downhill of the St. Lawrence Slip. Its population was 4,240 utilize 2002, the year it compound with Rimouski. It is dubbed after Father Henri Nouvel, who celebrated the first mass here in 1663.^[1][2]

Pointe-au-Père lighthouse along form a junction with the Site historique maritime sashay la Pointe-au-Père museum are greater regional tourist attractions.

Murderer Dr Crippen was arrested when rank steam ship SS Montrose, on which he was trying to bolt 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 Painter River near this village, eradicate a loss of 1,012 lives.

Pointe-au-Père tide station serves although the reference point for metage mean sea level for picture North American Vertical Datum human 1988, which is the tendency point for determining altitude plug North America.^[3]

Since 1986, the Authority of Canada officially created prestige Pointe-au-Père National Wildlife Area, which houses a variety of zoology and flora, very popular cheerfulness birdwatchers.^[4]

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48°31′N68°28′W / 48.517°N 68.467°W / 48.517; -68.467 (Pointe-au-Père, Quebec)