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Un vaste rayonnement
Au début du 20e siècle, Pointe-au-Père bouillonne d'activités : en plus du phare, on y trouve un poste de communication, une station de relevé des marées et, à partir de 1905, la station officielle de pilotage. En 1909, on entreprend la construction d'un nouveau phare, avant-gardiste et plus imposant. Sa tour octogonale de 27,7 mètres supporte une lanterne abritant un appareillage optique à la fine pointe de la technologie. Toutes les sept secondes et demie, ce feu émet quatre scintillements visibles jusqu'à trente kilomètres.
Cap sur la modernité
Au début du 20e siècle, le transport maritime connaît une forte croissance, principalement attribuable aux exportations de blé et à l'immigration européenne. Pressé par les compagnies de navigation, le gouvernement lance un programme pour améliorer les aides à la navigation du Saint-Laurent. Pointe-au-Père compte parmi les 14 stations désignées, probablement à cause de sa position stratégique. En effet, plus de 1000 océaniques y embarquent et débarquent leur pilote chaque année, sans compter que tout le courrier transocéanique
transite par Rimouski.
Louis Fernand Henri de Miffonis
Louis Fernand Henri de Miffonis (1882-1953) a signé les plans du troisième phare. Cet ingénieur civil, diplômé de l'Université de Paris, travaillait sous la direction de William P. Anderson, ingénieur en chef du ministère de la Marine et des Pêcheries.
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· Le troisième phare en construction, en 1909.
· La station de Pointe-au-Père au milieu du 20e siècle.
· La lampe du troisième phare mesure un mètre de diamètre et pèse 1360kg. Ses prismes concentrent la lumière en un faisceau plus lumineux : une invention du français Augustin Fresnel.
In the early 20th century, Pointe-au-Père was a hive of activity: in addition to the lighthouse, it was home to a communication centre, tide and current survey station, and, starting in 1905, an official pilot station. In 1909, construction began on a new, larger and more advanced lighthouse. The optical equipment housed in its 27.7 m. octagonal tower was technologically sophisticated, emitting four visible signals that could be seen up to 30 km away every seven and a half seconds.
Entering the modern era
In the early 20th century, maritime transportation experienced enormous growth due to increased wheat exports and burgeoning European immigration. Under pressure from shipping companies, the government launched a program to improve navigational aid in the St. Lawrence. Pointe-au-Père was one of 14 sites chosen for the program, no doubt because of its strategic location. Each year over 1,000 ocean-going vessels picked up or dropped off pilots, in addition to transoceanic mail sent by way of Rimouski.
Louis Fernand Henri de Miffonis
The third lighthouse was designed by Louis Fernand Henri de Miffonis (1882-1953). A civil engineer who graduated from Université de Paris, he worked under the direction of William P. Anderson, head engineer for the Department of Marine and Fisheries.
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· The third lighthouse under construction in 1909.
· The Pointe-au-Père station in the mid-1900s.
· The lamp of the third lighthouse measured one meter in diameter and weighed 1,360kg. Its prisms, invented by Frenchman Augustin Fresnel, focused light in a more luminous beam.
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| HM Number | HM2DEQ |
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| Placed By | Parks/Parcs Canada |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 at 10:01am PST -08:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19U E 539244 N 5373983 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 48.51773333, -68.46856667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 48° 31.064', W 68° 28.114' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 48° 31' 3.84" N, 68° 28' 6.84" W |
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| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1028 Rue du Phare, Rimouski Québec G5M 1L8, CA |
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