Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père


The Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père is a maritime museum located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, that displays 200 years of maritime history, and includes the first submarine open since 2009 to the public in Canada,.
The second submarine open to the public since 2013 in Canada is, another of the same in service of Canada.

Collection

In 2008, the retired Canadian Forces was towed from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the museum, where it has. The exhibition of the museum ship also explains the lifestyle of submarine crew members, and includes an audio-guided tour.
The 'Empress of Ireland Pavilion' displays artifacts from the wreckage of the ocean liner, which was sunk offshore in 1914.
The, includes guided tours of the Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, the keeper's house, fog alarm house, engineer's shed and other lighthouse station buildings.

Affiliations

The museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.