The ferry and Rimouski, Pointe-au-Pere' (Father Point)

Up early to catch the ferry from Les Escoumins to Trois-Pistoles. Met some nice people at and on the ferry trip over. Still raining at the other side.

Very small ferry

By the time we arrived at Rimouski (on the Gaspe' Peninsula) the rain had stopped and the sun came out. Arrived at The Maritime Historic Site, Site of the only Submarine on display in Canada, named "Onondaga" In Canada's service from 1973 - 1999

The nose houses the sonar and radar

Dry docked in 2007

Rear torpedo tubes area

CO2 scrubbers

electrical panel for the 3000hp propulsion motors

4000 HP Diesel engines to charge batteries

Looking through the periscope

Controls for the pitch of the boat

Next to some bunks

Torpedo bay able to hold 16 

And the tallest lighthouse on the St Lawrence Seaway. Has been decommissioned due to the GPS tracking systems on all ships.

Yours truly climbed 128 steps

Lighthouse lens

Looking east from the lighthouse

The clockwork mechanism to turn the lens, once operated by a 600lb weight having from the cable. Had to be wound up manually every 6 hours. Later an electric motor was installed

And the historic site of the "Empress of Ireland" ill-fated sinking in 1914 of a CP Railway passenger ship in the St Lawrence River. Got no pictures of the exhibit.

After our history lesson, headed for our night's camping. Found a place Base Plein Air Saint Demase, on Lac Demase. Nice place, but no internet or cell service. Talked to many people who loved Kyle and the kids were all over him, but very few knew any english. Was approached by a guy who's english was quite good. After dinner took Kyle for another walk and was invited to sit down with these same people. Turnes out that Todd Harwood-Jones was the last radar operator on the Onondaga Submarine and has pics and tattoos to prove it. Very interesting guy, does surveillance work for the military and turns out that he knows our friend Bob's son... Has a day job also at a large dry dock. Invited us for a tour. The company Todd works for built the rails and dry docked the submarine. He said the historic society paid $7 for the Onondaga and 1.5 million to dry dock it...