Establishment of the Maritime Wireless Telegraph System National Historic Event
Pointe-à-la-Renommée, Quebec
Maritime Wireless Station
(© Galerie d’images, Pointe-à-la- Renommée, http://www.pointe-a-la- renommee.com/galerie_d_images_034.htm, consulté le 18 août 2009)
Address :
Pointe-à-la-Renommée, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2011-07-19
Dates:
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1904 to 1904
(Established)
Other Name(s):
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Establishment of the Maritime Wireless Telegraph System
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2009-092
Importance:
Opening of a national communications network of wireless telegraphy stations in 1904 created an important additional tool for navigation and maritime security
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Pointe-à-la-Renommée, Quebec
The first Canadian marine station of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company was established here in 1904, one of six installations inaugurating radio communication between ships at sea and the coast. In the following years, this system of marine stations grew as the wireless telegraph became an indispensable complement to existing navigational tools, improving safety on Canada’s coastal and inland waters. The importance of this new technology led the Federal Government to regulate the airwaves as early as 1905, setting the stage for later laws governing wireless communication and radio broadcasting.