Les premices / In the beginning

Les premices / In the beginning (HM2DEM)

Location: Rimouski, Québec G5M 1L8 Rimouski-Neigette
Country: Canada
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N 48° 31.077', W 68° 28.101'

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Du naufrage au balisage
Pointe-au-Père se trouve près de la limite entre le golfe et les eaux intérieures. L'île Saint-Barnabé, face à Rimouski, est le premier d'une longue série d'écueils menaçant les navires qui remontent vers Québec. En vérité, l'estuaire collectionne les embûches : récifs et hauts-fonds, chenaux étroits et sinueux, marées et courants variables, brouillards, glaces et tempêtes.
Après la conquête de 1760, les autorités britanniques sont confrontées à leur tour aux difficultés de la navigation sur le Saint-Laurent. En 1805, elles fondent la Trinity House pour régir le pilotage et doter le Saint-Laurent d'un système sécuritaire d'aides à la navigation. Les choses s'améliorent au 19^e siècle : la Marine royale publie des cartes marines fiables, alors que les premiers phares se profilent sur les côtes.
[Illustrations, en haut à gauche, dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, lisez]
· Construit en 1809, le phare de l'île Verte se révèle le plus vieux phare du Saint-Laurent.
· Henry Wolsey Bayfield (1795-1885), surintendant des levés hydrographiques du Saint-Laurent, a mis

des années à cartographier les Grands Lacs, le fleuve et le golfe du Saint-Laurent.
· [Carte de] Les phares de l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent administrés par la Trinity House, entre 1809 et 1862.
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From shipwrecks to beacons of hope
Pointe-au-Père is not far from the spot where the waters of the St. Lawrence River mingle with those of the gulf. Ships bound from Québec encounter the first in a long series of menacing shoals at île Saint-Barnabé opposite Rimouski. Then they face one danger after another: reefs and shoals; narrow, sinuous channels; fluctuating tides and currents; fog, ice, and storms.
After the conquest of 1760, British authorities wrestled with the challenges of navigating the mighty river. In 1805, they established Trinity House, to oversee pilotage and provide a navigational aid system for the St. Lawrence. Things improved in the 19th century as the Royal Navy published reliable nautical charts and the first lighthouses took shape at the water's edge.
[Illustrations, clockwise from top left, read]
· The Île-Verte Lighthouse, built in 1809, is the oldest on the St. Lawrence.
· Henry Wolsey Bayfield (1795-1885), hydrographic surveyor of the St. Lawrence, devoted years to making

maps of the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
· [Map of] St. Lawrence Estuary lighthouses, which were under the administration of Trinity House from 1809 to 1862.

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HM Number	HM2DEM
Tags	Communications, Environment, Man Made Features, Waterways and Vessels
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Date Added	Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at 7:02pm PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	19U E 539260 N 5374007
Decimal Degrees	48.51795000, -68.46835000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 48° 31.077', W 68° 28.101'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	48° 31' 4.6200000000001" N, 68° 28' 6.0599999999999" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Closest Postal Address	At or near 1034 Rue du Phare, Rimouski Québec G5M 1L8, CA
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