Pointe-aux-Anglais () is a

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located on the territory of the city of

Port-Cartier Port-Cartier () is a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Aux-Rochers River, southwest of Sept-Îles, Quebec. Port-Cartier had a population of 6,516 at ...

, on the North shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ...

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, Sept-Rivières RCM,

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History

Inside the Roman Catholic Church of the parish of Saint-Paul-de-la-Pointe-aux-Anglais, the

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, is a work of art of famous sculptor Médard Bourgault (1897-1967) of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. In 1711, a large fleet commanded by

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was sent from England to take

. Due to fog on the St. Lawrence, eight ships grounded on the lle-aux-Oeuf reefs and went down with more than 900 men in one of the worst naval disasters in British history. The point of land just across from the reefs was named ''Pointe-aux-Anglais'' to commemorate the ill-fated expedition. It comprises the sectors of Pointe-aux-Anglais and

Rivière-Pentecôte Rivière-Pentecôte () is a village on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, part of the township of Port-Cartier. Location Rivière-Pentecôte is an administrative sector of the town of Port-Cartier, Sept-Rivières, Quebec. It is on th ...

. An

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in Pointe-aux-Anglais explains how the English failed in their attempt to attack Quebec.Nos Racines (Canadiens history), ''Nos Racines'' (Les Éditions Transmo) 1979, p. 382-383.

References

Communities in Côte-Nord {{Quebec-geo-stub