The Battle of Pointe-aux-Trembles was a naval and land engagement that took place on 16 May 1760 during the French and Indian War on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

The British victory forced the French under Chevalier de Lévis to raise the siege and to end their attempts to retake Quebec City.

Pack ice had closed the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, forcing the British Royal Navy to leave shortly after.

During that harsh winter, James Murray, the British commander, had lost numerous troops to illness, for instance, scurvy had reduced his garrison to only 4,000 men.

British improvements to the fortifications combined with the lack of French heavy artillery and ammunition, preventing them from quickly retaking the city.

[6] The British too were anxious to get a war fleet into the Saint Lawrence River in the spring before supplies and reinforcements could arrive from France.

[4] But the ship was HMS Lowestoffe, detached from a squadron under Lord Colville who were just outside the Saint Lawrence River, ready to force the passage themselves.

[4] Colville's ships were soon navigating up the Saint Lawrence already made easy by James Cook's mapping the previous year.

The two British frigates meanwhile sailed past blasting away at her but instead of stopping, they ignored her and pursued Atalante, which joined the French transport vessels at Cap-Rouge.

He even refused to strike his flag, and it was only when his ship was a burning, dismasted hulk that he was made prisoner; he was treated by the British with distinguished honour.