Pointe-aux-Anglais
Although Pointe-aux-Anglais is located halfway between Sept-Îles and Baie-Comeau (232 kms), it is nevertheless part of the city of Port-Cartier, which it is closest to it at 80 kms away. The stations of the cross in the village church were sculpted by Médard Bourgault, an artist from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
History
In 1711, during the Spanish Civil War, a large fleet commanded by Admiral Walker was sent from England to take Québec. However, due to fog on the St. Lawrence, the British ships ran aground on the lle-aux-Oeufs reefs. The point of land just across the reefs was thereby named Pointe-aux-Anglais, in honour of the ill-fated expedition. Eight ships went gone down with more than 900 men. It comprises the sectors of Pointe-aux-Anglais and Rivière-Pentecôte. In Pointe-aux-Anglais, the ecomuseum explains how the English failed to attack the area in 1711.[1]
References
- ^ Nos Racines (Canadiens history), Nos Racines (Les Éditions Transmo) 1979, p. 382-383.