Light Tower
In French: Phare de Pointe-au-Père
Also known as Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse
1034 Lighthouse Road, Rimouski
Light Tower, 1885–1889 and today
Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.
1885–1889: Photo: Henry Richard S. Bunnett · Public domain. Today: Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0.
About Light Tower
Light Tower is the one Classified Federal Heritage Building in Rimouski. Construction of Light Tower is recorded as 1909–1910. The register names Lieutenant-colonel William P. Anderson, Department of Marine and Fisheries as its architects. 2 more historic places stand within 400 m of it.
The Light Tower in Pointe-au-Père is located at the Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada, northeast of the City of Rimouski, Québec. The elegant profile of the reinforced concrete tower is highlighted by eight concrete flying buttresses, with a webbed design, that support the structure at three levels. The tower is capped by an encircling concrete walkway, itself supporting a glassed-in steel lantern, surmounted by a steel cupola and a weathervane. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Light Tower · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
Classified is the higher of the two ranks the federal government gives the heritage buildings it owns.
3 old views of Light Tower
Made before 1950, from 1887 to 1930: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.
1885–1889
1909
c. 1930From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Rimouski · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Light TowerStart here
- 2Fog Alarm BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · next door
2 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Light Tower
What is Light Tower?
Light Tower is a Classified Federal Heritage Building, designated in 1990.
Can you visit Light Tower?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Is Light Tower protected?
Yes, while the federal government owns it: changes go through its heritage review.
When was Light Tower built?
The register dates the construction of Light Tower to 1909–1910.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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).