Pointe-du-Lac

Pointe-du-Lac is one of the six boroughs of the city of Trois-Rivières and a former municipality in Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River. It was founded in 1738 and its current church dates from 1882. Another old building in the village is the Moulin Seigneurial, founded in 1721 and rescued in the 70s by resident Mariette Chenay.

For the Paris Métro station, see Pointe du Lac (Paris Métro).

The municipality was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2001 census) 6,902.

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