Heart's Content Cable Station Experience a time when information could travel from Europe to North America no faster than the ship that carried it. Learn what a difference it made when the transatlantic telegraph cable transferred that information almost instantaneously. Visit this site in Heart's Content where the cable was landed in 1866 and where global communications took a giant leap into the future. Tour exhibits that include a replica 1870s cable office and displays that tell about the laying of the cable and the history of communications. Watch a twenty-minute film that tells how this amazing feat was accomplished.

Facilities and Services:

• Guided tours are available
• There's a gift shop in the building.
• Motorcoach parking available on site.

Season:

May 17 - October 3, 2008

Hours:
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Open seven days a week including weekends and holidays.  

Admission:  
Age 13 years and older $3.00 Group and family rates available  

Contact during season:
Bob Balsom
Heart's Content Cable Station,
Highway 80, Heart's Content, NL
(709) 583-2160
heartscontent@nf.aibn.com

Postal Address:
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, NL
Canada
A1B 4J6  

Facsimile: (709) 583-2373

Year-round contact:
Linda Badcock,
Historic Sites Officer
Telephone:  (709) 729-0592
Facsimile:  (709) 729-7989
tourisminfo@gov.nl.ca
1-800-563-6353

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