Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse

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| name = Pointe-au-Père

| image = Pointe-au-Père_Lighthouse_in_2007.jpg

| caption = Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse

| location = Rimouski
Quebec
Canada

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| yearbuilt = 1859 (first)

| yearlit = 1909 (current)

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| yeardeactivated = 1975

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| construction = concrete tower

| shape = sixteen-sided cylinder with eight buttresses tower

| marking = white tower, red lantern and balcony

| height = {{convert|108|ft|m}}

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| lens = Third order Fresnel

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The 3rd Pointe-Au-Père Lighthouse was built in 1909 in the city of Pointe-au-Père, near Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. This city was well known in naval circles as the location of the pilot station for the Bas-Saint-Laurent (lower St. Lawrence) zone. Pointe-au-Père has since been amalgamated into the larger city of Rimouski (2002).

The lighthouse is {{convert|108|ft|m}} tall, which makes it the second tallest in eastern Canada. It is built in a characteristic shape, employing eight concrete buttresses to support a slender central cylinder.

It was replaced by an electronic lighthouse in 1975 and the site is now open for visitors as part of the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père. The RMS Empress of Ireland shipwrecking is documented in the Empress of Ireland museum and you can also visit the first submarine open to the public in Canada, {{HMCS|Onondaga|S73}}.

The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1974,{{CRHP|9912|Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse|8 April 2012}} and is considered a unit of the national park system. However, visitor services are provided by the non-profit Point-au-Père Maritime Historic Site.