Pointe-aux-Anglais is a community in the city of Port-Cartier,

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, Canada, located halfway between Sept-Îles and

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(232 km), and some from the town centre of Port-Cartier itself. The "Stations of the cross" in the village church were sculpted by Médard Bourgault, an artist from

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History

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. 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

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