Cap-des-Rosiers in La Côte-de-Gaspé, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)

Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 17, 2018

1. Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Cloche du "Carrick's"
voilier Irlandais
qui fit naufrage
à Cap_des_Rosiers
le 28 avril 1847
retrouvée à Blanc Sablon
par M. Alphonse Ruest
le 24 septembre 1966

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Bell of the "Carrick's"
Irish sailboat
shipwrecked at
Cap_des_Rosiers on
April 28, 1847
Found at Blanc Sablon
by Mr. Alphonse Ruest
on September 24, 1966

Erected 1977 by Parcs Canada, Ministere des Affaires Indiennes et Du Nord.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Disasters • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is April 28, 1847.

Location. 48° 51.251′ N, 64° 12.408′ W. Marker is in Cap-des-Rosiers, Québec, in La Côte-de-Gaspé. In Forillon National Park, and accessed from a parking lot off Quebec Route 132, roughly 0.4 kms south of the Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse entrance drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cap-des-Rosiers QC G4X, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Carricks of Whitehaven Shipwreck Memorial

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(here, next to this marker); Gaspé, une ville au coeur de la découverte (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La tour - La "light" / The tower - The light (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Passer le cap / Keeping on course (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le criard / Fog horn (approx. half a kilometer away); Le phare de Cap des Rosiers Lighthouse (approx. half a kilometer away); Hommages aux Anciens / Honoring Our Pioneers (approx. 0.9 kilometers away).

More about this marker. The bell was moved in 2017 due to encroaching coastal erosion. The exact location coords will need to wait for better aerial mapping showing the new location off of the rerouted Quebec Route 132 roadway.

Regarding Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat. In 1858, as a result of this shipwreck, the Canadian government built a lighthouse on the spit of land where the Carricks of Whitehaven had run aground. Today, it's the tallest lighthouse in Canada.

Also see . . .
1. Remains of Sligo's forgotten Famine ship emerge from Canada's icy waters (Sligo Champion, 2009)

Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat et/and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 17, 2018

2. Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat et/and Marker

. (Submitted on January 25, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Bones found on Gaspé coast could be of 1847 shipwreck victims (Globe and Mail, 2011). (Submitted on January 25, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

<i>Carricks of Whitehaven</i> Shipwreck Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

3. Carricks of Whitehaven Shipwreck Memorial

At new 2017-2018 location

Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 17, 2018

4. Cloche du "Carrick's" voilier Irlandais / Bell of the "Carrick's" Irish Sailboat

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 25, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.