Transatlantic Wireless National Historic Event

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
View of the location of the HSMBC plaque © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2007 HRS
HSMBC plaque location
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2007 HRS
View of the location of the HSMBC plaque © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2007 HRSDetail view of the HSMBC plaque © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 2007 HRS
Address : corner of Timmerman and Vivian Streets, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1938-05-19

Other Name(s):
  • Transatlantic Wireless  (Designation Name)
  • FIRST TRANSATLANTIC RADIO  (Plaque name)

Importance: First west to east transatlantic message, to England in 1902

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque: Marconi NHSC corner of Timmerman and Vivian Streets, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

In 1901 Signor Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio message at Signal Hill in St. John's. On 15 December, 1902, he sent the first West to East message from a new station at Table Head to Poldhu, Cornwall. The station was moved, in 1904, to Port Morien and linked by wireless with Clifden in Ireland. The Port Morien station was officially opened for public use on 17 October, 1907.