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Musée Maritime du Québec

In L'Islet stands Musée Maritime du Québec, a museum. Nearby, one more place to visit is within 5 km. Visitors run to about 15K a year.

Photo: Musée Maritime du Québec, Claude Boucher (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In L'Islet

inside the municipal boundary

Visitors a year

15K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 4%

#189 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 20–25°C

In brief

Museum in L'Islet

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

Its coverage puts it at #189 among our 5,181 Canadian places. About ↓

Inside L'Islet

Musée Maritime du Québec 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

Weather by the month

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

Musée Maritime du Québec

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. A drive of 100 m reaches HMCS Bras d'Or.

Musée Maritime du Québec on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Visitors: 15K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in L'Islet
Official site: mmq.qc.ca

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Address55 chemin des-pionniers est lislet

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Orange is Musée Maritime du Québec; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns around Musée Maritime du Québec, by distance

The biggest base of the 5 is Montmagny (11,326 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

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 Musée Maritime du Québec 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 near Musée Maritime du Québec

Around it, within 15 km, lie 6 more, including 6 museums.

MuseumHMCS Bras d'Or100 m away 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-Grues15 km away

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

Quick answers on Musée Maritime du Québec

Where is Musée Maritime du Québec?

Musée Maritime du Québec is in L'Islet in Quebec, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Musée Maritime du Québec?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Musée Maritime du Québec?

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)

Musée Maritime du Québec: Claude Boucher, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMCS Bras d'Or: Bernard Gagnon, 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).