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Pointe-au-Père fut un véritable laboratoire d'expérimentations sonores. On y testait différents signaux sonores avant de les mettre en place dans d'autres stations de phares canadiennes. Le hangar de la corne de brume témoigne de ce rôle méconnu de la station.
· Ce hangar abritait le signal sonore de la station. Par temps de brume, lorsque le feu du phare était inutile, c'est ce signal sonore qui guidait les navigateurs.
· Construit en 1903, ce bâtiment est la plus vieille structure encore existante de la station de phare. Il a conservé plusieurs caractéristiques d'origine, dont ses éléments architecturaux (édifice en bois, parement de bardeaux de cèdre, toit à deux versants, etc.), ses formes simples et sa fenstration.
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Une série de cornets à l'essal, 1903.
Pointe-au-Père was a veritable laboratory for testing different types of sound signals prior to their implementation at other lighthouse stations in Canada. The
fog alarm shed bears witness to the station's little-known role in this type of testing.
· This shed housed the station's sound signal. This signal guided navigators during foggy weather, when the lighthouse beacon was of no use as a navigational aid.
· Built in 1903, it is the lighthouse station's oldest standing structure. It has retained many original features, including its architectural elements (wood construction, cedar shingle cladding, gable roof, etc), simple contours and fenestration.
[Photo caption reads]
Testing a series of horns, 1903.
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| HM Number | HM2D1E |
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| Placed By | Parks/Parcs Canada |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, December 24th, 2018 at 7:01pm PST -08:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19U E 539279 N 5373974 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 48.51765000, -68.46808333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 48° 31.059', W 68° 28.085' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 48° 31' 3.5400000000001" N, 68° 28' 5.1000000000001" W |
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| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1034 Rue du Phare, Rimouski Québec G5M 1L8, CA |
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Bienvenue / Welcome
Témoins de l'automatisation de la station de phare
Les signaux sonores / The sound signals
Vivre à / Daily Life at Pointe-au-Père
Les premiers phares / The first lighthouses
Modernisation / Modernizing
Les premices / In the beginning
Innovation
Naufrage du Brier Mist / Shipwreck of the Brier Mist
Naufrage du navire B.F. / Sinking of the Ship B.F.
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