Port de Rimouski Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Port de Rimouski Range Rear Lighthouse
This steel skeletal mast, standing 19 meters tall, was first lit in 1926 to guide vessels approaching Rimouski. It features a trapezoidal daymark, painted orange with a black vertical stripe, and displays a red occulting light that flashes once every second. The mast reaches a focal height of 20.5 meters, with a geographic range of 13.3 nautical miles. Located just off Boulevard Jessop near Rue Saint-Germain, it is situated 1.4 kilometers from the nearest port. The site is open to the public, but the tower remains closed.
Why it matters: This rear range light, paired with its front counterpart, provides critical alignment for safe navigation into the Port of Rimouski.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- Red
- Interval
- 1s
- Raw Code
- Oc R 1s
- Focal Height
- 20.5m
- Geographic Range
- 13.3NM
Construction & History
- First Lit
- 1926
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 19m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- orange with a black vertical stripe
- Material
- steel
Structure: square skeletal mast carrying a trapezoidal daymark painted orange with a black vertical stripe
Location
- City
- Rimouski
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Quebec
- Sea Region
- just off the Boulevard Jessop (QC 132) at the Rue Saint-Germain on the south side of Rimouski
- Latitude
- 48.4620°
- Longitude
- -68.5182°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Rimouski(1.4 km)
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-1161
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