Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge
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The Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge is a coastal water-level monitoring station in Rimouski, Quebec, used as a key reference point for vertical datums and sea-level measurements in the St. Lawrence River region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10378063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge Context triple: [NAVD 88, referenceTideGauge, Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge]
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A.
Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada
Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada is a globally significant fossil site and UNESCO World Heritage location renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Ediacaran-period soft-bodied organisms.
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B.
Musquodoboit Harbour
Musquodoboit Harbour is a rural coastal community in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its scenic shoreline, small-town character, and proximity to outdoor recreation areas.
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C.
Saint John Harbour
Saint John Harbour is a coastal harbour at the mouth of the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada, serving as a key maritime and industrial hub for the city of Saint John.
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D.
Baie Sainte Anne
Baie Sainte Anne is a coastal village and administrative district on the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, known as a gateway to nearby beaches and nature reserves.
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E.
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick is a small coastal community in eastern Canada that historically served as a key ferry terminus linking the mainland to Prince Edward Island across the Northumberland Strait.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge Target entity description: The Father Point/Rimouski tide gauge is a coastal water-level monitoring station in Rimouski, Quebec, used as a key reference point for vertical datums and sea-level measurements in the St. Lawrence River region.
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A.
Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada
Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada is a globally significant fossil site and UNESCO World Heritage location renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Ediacaran-period soft-bodied organisms.
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B.
Musquodoboit Harbour
Musquodoboit Harbour is a rural coastal community in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its scenic shoreline, small-town character, and proximity to outdoor recreation areas.
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C.
Saint John Harbour
Saint John Harbour is a coastal harbour at the mouth of the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada, serving as a key maritime and industrial hub for the city of Saint John.
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D.
Baie Sainte Anne
Baie Sainte Anne is a coastal village and administrative district on the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, known as a gateway to nearby beaches and nature reserves.
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E.
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick
Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick is a small coastal community in eastern Canada that historically served as a key ferry terminus linking the mainland to Prince Edward Island across the Northumberland Strait.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal water-level monitoring station
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tide gauge ⓘ |
| belongsToNetwork | Canadian Tides and Water Levels network ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dataType |
extreme water-level statistics
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tidal constituents ⓘ time series of water level ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
assessing relative sea-level rise
ⓘ
calibrating hydrodynamic models of the St. Lawrence River ⓘ coastal infrastructure design criteria ⓘ deriving tidal predictions ⓘ floodplain mapping ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystemRole | reference point for vertical datums in the St. Lawrence region ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
estuarine
ⓘ
tidal river ⓘ |
| hasReferenceFunction |
reference for chart datum in the region
ⓘ
reference for local geodetic leveling ⓘ |
| hasRole |
control point for long-term sea-level trends
ⓘ
key reference station for regional sea-level analysis ⓘ |
| hasTemporalCoverage | long-term water-level record ⓘ |
| hydrologicalContext |
St. Lawrence Estuary
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Lawrence Estuary
|
| languageOfToponym | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rimouski, Quebec, Canada ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion | Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south shore of the St. Lawrence River ⓘ |
| measures |
storm surge levels
ⓘ
tide height ⓘ water level relative to a local datum ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Rimouski ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Canadian Hydrographic Service
ⓘ
linked to:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada ⓘ Government of Canada ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian national tide gauge network
ⓘ
St. Lawrence River water-level monitoring network ⓘ |
| province |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| usedBy |
climate change researchers
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coastal engineers ⓘ hydrographers ⓘ navigation authorities ⓘ oceanographers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
coastal engineering studies
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flood risk assessment ⓘ hydrographic surveying reference ⓘ navigation safety ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ sea-level measurements ⓘ vertical datum realization ⓘ water-level monitoring ⓘ |
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