Anglais Point

Pointe aux Anglais projects from the northern shore of the St. Lawrence, near the rocky Île aux Œufs. In 1711 a British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker sailed upriver to attack Québec, but fog and currents brought ships onto the reefs around the island. Several vessels were lost and the expedition withdrew. The point's name recalls the English force and the danger of navigating this exposed stretch of the river's maritime approaches.