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Coming soon: Overnight stays aboard old naval sub
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The Canadian Press
March 3, 2008
Rimouski, Que. -- .A Quebec maritime museum is set to receive $800,000 from the federal government to overhaul a decommissioned naval submarine.
Le Soleil reports the HMCS Onondaga will become a tourist attraction at Musée de la Mer de Pointe-au-Pere in Rimouski, Que., about 300 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. The report says the sub will be transported from its current location in Halifax before the end of the year and is expected to open its hatch to the public in 2009.
The newspaper reports the 88-metre Onondaga, acquired from Britain in the late 1960s and decommissioned in 2000, will become the only Canadian naval submarine accessible to the public. Visitors will able to sleep on the sub and participate in attack simulations, the report says.
The $3-million project is funded by a local campaign as well as the Quebec and federal governments. The report says the museum is expected to double its draw at the gate to more than 70,000 visits per year once the exhibit is in place.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... y/National
The Canadian Press
March 3, 2008
Rimouski, Que. -- .A Quebec maritime museum is set to receive $800,000 from the federal government to overhaul a decommissioned naval submarine.
Le Soleil reports the HMCS Onondaga will become a tourist attraction at Musée de la Mer de Pointe-au-Pere in Rimouski, Que., about 300 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. The report says the sub will be transported from its current location in Halifax before the end of the year and is expected to open its hatch to the public in 2009.
The newspaper reports the 88-metre Onondaga, acquired from Britain in the late 1960s and decommissioned in 2000, will become the only Canadian naval submarine accessible to the public. Visitors will able to sleep on the sub and participate in attack simulations, the report says.
The $3-million project is funded by a local campaign as well as the Quebec and federal governments. The report says the museum is expected to double its draw at the gate to more than 70,000 visits per year once the exhibit is in place.