Leclercville is situated on a bend in the St. Lawrence River opposite Grondines and is named after Pierre Leclerc, a settler who donated a large portion of his land for the construction of a church. Named in honour of Sainte-Emmélie and built in a neo-Gothicism style, the church was completed in 1863. In 2000, the Village of Leclercville and the parish of Sainte-Emmélie were amalgamated to form the municipality of Leclercville.

Rivière du Chêne flows into the southern shore of St. Lawrence River at Leclercville, and in 1844 a wooden lighthouse was built on the southern shore of St. Lawrence River, just downstream from where the two rivers meet. Widow Langlois sold the government a thirty-foot-square parcel of land for the lighthouse, and she looked after the light for many years. In the 1870s, the lighthouse was described as a square, wooden building from which the light from two flat-wick lamps set in fourteen-inch reflectors was displayed. The base of the tower was ten feet square and its height was seven-and-a-half feet.

The lighthouse was known as River du Chene Lighthouse and also as Langlois Lighthouse. Members of the Langlois family served as keepers of the light for roughly a century.

In 1883, a new lighthouse was constructed, as the old one was “past repair.” The new lighthouse was a wooden building with a bay window on it side facing the river from which the light was shown. Light Lists indicate that the purpose of the light was “to show Batture des Grondines , and to avoid Batture Cordin , and as a steering point for Richelieu.”

A Notice to Mariners published in 1918 indicated that Langlois Point Light had been permanently discontinued, but a second notice published later that year noted that the light had NOT been discontinued.

The wooden lighthouse was standing through at least 1959. In 1966, the characteristic of Langlois Point Light was changed from fixed white to a flashing green light with a period of four seconds.

In 2021, a skeleton tower with three orange, rectangular daymarks on its East, North, and West faces was showing a flashing green light from Pointe Langlois.

Keepers: Widow Langlois (1847 – at least 1870), O. Langlois (at least 1872 – 1877), Widow J. Langlois (1878 – 1888), Antoine Langlois (1888 – 1916), C.E. Langlois (1916 – at least 1923).

References

1. Annual Report of the Department of Marine, various years.

A modern light marks Pointe Langlois today.

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