Point Riche Lighthouse — Attraction in Port au Choix

This sits within the Port Au Choix, a historic park, and a UNESCO world heritage site.

It's an area surrounded by beautiful scenery, grass meadows, and often frequented by Caribou.

It sits at the intersection of multiple trails that one can hike to soak in the beauty.

We saw several pairs of Common Eider with chicks.

To visit one needs to buy a day pass (free for youth) at the visitor center.

Additionally, in this location there are sculptures illustrating the characteristics of the ancient natives, who utilized this space for hunting seals...

We visited while touring the Great Northern Peninsula by car from New York City. It was the first of September, cool, rainy and the inhospitable fall and winter coming on---or so it seemed to us thin-skinned Yanks. A gorgeous site at what feels like the end of the Earth. I most enjoyed hiking along the Port Aux Choix trails though, realizing the thousands of years this place has been inhabited by multiple cultures, multiple First Nations peoples let alone Anglos and Europeans. The museum there is very well done too....

The lighthouse itself is a lighthouse - not too much excitement, unless lighthouses are your thing. However, the location is amazing. There's nothing else around, and you feel like you're at the edge of the world. A good place to sit and reflect, or go for hikes along the shoreline to explore.

Be sure to also check out the visitor centre to learn of the first nations peoples that long ago occupied and left their mark...