From the same brewery La Penelope ( Actually H.M.S. Penelope).

The Penelope shipwreck: The frigate H.M.S. Penelope left the English port of Spithead in April 1815. She was loaded with soldiers and returned to Canada as a result of the war with Napoleon. On the morning of May 1, the frigate struck rocks on the Gaspé coast. Despite the efforts of the crew and the cannon shots fired to attract the attention of local residents, the frigate sank, carrying with it a large part of its men. Two hundred sailors and soldiers thus died. Subsequently, the nearby village was named : Pointe-à-la-Frégate. Nowadays, some people claim that at low tide, they can still see the Penelope's guns lying at the bottom of the water.

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