Museum · L'Islet · Quebec

HMCS Bras d'Or

HMCS Bras d'Or is an experimental military hydrofoil boat. Within the municipal boundary of L'Islet, it is one of the places to visit. Close by, Musée Maritime du Québec is 100 m away, one of 6 within 15 km.

Photo: HMCS Bras d'Or, Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In L'Islet

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 11%

#562 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 20–25°C

In brief

Museum in L'Islet

Inside L'Islet

HMCS Bras d'Or is a place to visit inside L'Islet’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The year in L'Islet

In L'Islet the warm season is June to September, with highs of 20–25°C.

Jan-5° / -15°70 mm

Feb-4° / -14°61 mm

Mar1° / -8°62 mm

Apr9° / -1°69 mm

May17° / 6°74 mm

Jun22° / 11°85 mm

Jul25° / 14°81 mm

Aug24° / 13°82 mm

Sep20° / 9°78 mm

Oct12° / 3°99 mm

Nov5° / -3°72 mm

Dec-2° / -10°74 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in L'Islet, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at Cap-Tourmente, 32 km from L'Islet (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Precipitation comes from La Pocatiere, 37 km away. L'Islet’s full climate →

About

HMCS Bras d'Or

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 4 languages.

HMCS Bras d'Or on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in L'Islet

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

HMCS Bras d'Or on the map

HMCS Bras d'Or is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Staying near HMCS Bras d'Or

The biggest base of the 5 is Montmagny (11,326 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

L'Islet

3,874 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 12 km north of it

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

3,330 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 14 km south of it

Cap-Saint-Ignace

3,074 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 15 km northeast of it

Saint-Aubert

1,387 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where HMCS Bras d'Or is	People	Places to visit
L'Islet	It’s in town	3,874	6
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli	12 km north of it	3,330	4
Cap-Saint-Ignace	14 km south of it	3,074	2
Saint-Aubert	15 km northeast of it	1,387	4
Montmagny	22 km south of it	11,326	2

Make a day of it

Also within reach

MuseumMusée Maritime du Québec100 m away · 15K visitors a year 2

MuseumMusée De La Mémoire Vivante6.7 km away 3MuseumMuseumLe musée des Anciens Canadiens9.8 km away

4MuseumMuseumMusée de L'Isle-aux-Grues15 km away

5MuseumMuseumMuseum of Living Memory6.7 km away

6MuseumMuseumLe Musée De L'Isle-Aux-Grues14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is HMCS Bras d'Or?

HMCS Bras d'Or is in L'Islet in Quebec, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is HMCS Bras d'Or?

Experimental military hydrofoil boat.

How well known is HMCS Bras d'Or?

Going by Wikipedia and its sister sites, HMCS Bras d'Or is #562 of the places we list in Canada.

When is the best time to visit HMCS Bras d'Or?

In L'Islet, June to September are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 20–25°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

HMCS Bras d'Or: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Maritime du Québec: Claude Boucher, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée De La Mémoire Vivante: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).