The Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse (french: Phare de Cap-des-Rosiers) is a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

near the village of in Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. It was classified as a National Historic Site of Canada on June 11, 1973. It was listed as a

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on March 31, 1994. The Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Canada, standing tall. It is situated on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the top of a steep cliff. It is located at the mouth of the river, where it flows into the

Gulf of St. Lawrence The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of . ...

. It is open for tours in the summer season. 20120829 Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse 2

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada installed a plaque at the base of the lighthouse in 1977, with inscriptions in French and English, which reads (in English): Built in 1858, this lighthouse is one of a series of tall, tapering towers erected on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on Lake Huron by the Department of Public Works. The 112 foot structure is the tallest lighthouse in Canada; its stone tower faced with firebrick has walls over seven feet thick at the base, tapering to three feet at the top, with foundations extending to eight feet beneath the surface. Originally a dwelling was attached to the tower. A powerful light 136 feet above high water served as a major coastal aid for shipping headed in the estuary of the St. Lawrence from the Gulf.

Keepers

* Eugène Trudeau 1856-1867 * Auguste Trudeau 1867-1886 * Jean B. Vien 1886-1890 * Eugène Costin 1890-1915 * P. E. Theriault 1915-1920 * J. Napoléon Côté 1920-1927 * J. Ferguson 1927-1931 * J. Napoléon Côté 1931-1935 * Joseph Ferguson 1935-1951 * Joseph-Narcisse Rioux 1951-1970 * Yves Packwood 1970-1971 * Owen Gleeton 1971-1972 * Paul-Roger Caron 1972-1978 * Yvon Élément 1978-1981

Climate

Cap-des-Rosiers has a humid continental climate ( Köppen ''Dfb''). The average annual temperature in Cap-des-Rosiers is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Cap-des-Rosiers was on 9 August 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 February 2008.

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