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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KMJ_transatlantic-wireless-t-s-f-transatlantique-radiotelegrafico-transatlantico_-.html
English: . 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 move…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KMV_l-industrie-du-charbon-au-canada-canadas-coal-industry_-.html
Français: . Deux mille pieds au sud-est de cet endroit se trouvent les vestiges de la première exploitation régulière d'une mine de charbon en Amérique, commencée par le Français en 1720. Cette industrie, modeste à son origine, e…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KMW_marconi-wireless-station-la-station-de-communication-sans-fil-de-marconi_-.html
English: . Having demonstrated the feasibility of transatlantic wireless communication in 1901, Guglielmo Marconi established a permanent station on Cape Breton Island in 1902. When the original Table Head site proved too restricted, the station was reloca…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KOA_george-frederick-cameron_-.html
English: . Born and educated in New Glasgow, Cameron, having graduated from the Boston Law School, practiced law in the United States before joining Queen's University in 1882. The following year he became editor of the Kingston News. As a promising young …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KOF_the-development-of-whitney-pier-l-essor-de-whitney-pier_-.html
English: . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of immigrants came to Cape Breton from Europe, the West Indies, the United States, and elsewhere to work in iron and steel production. Many settled in Whitney Pier, which became one of the mos…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KPF_the-building-of-the-canso-causeway-la-construction-de-la-levee-de-canso_-.html
English: . The foundation of this massive stone structure rests 66 metres below the Strait of Canso, creating the world's deepest causeway. More than 9 million tonnes of rock fill were dumped into the strait between 1952 and 1955 using innovative construct…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KPY_survey-of-prince-edward-island-arpentage-de-317-ile-du-prince-edouard_-.html
English: . In 1764 the British government decided to undertake a systematic survey of its North American territory, recently enlarged in the war with France. For this purpose Captain Samuel Holland was put in charge of the northern region, with orders to s…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KQA_the-deportation-of-the-inhabitants-of-ile-saint-jean_-.html
English: . Undertaken here in 1758, this expulsion was one of the largest and the deadliest of the Acadian deportations that took place between 1755 and 1762. As part of a strategy to dismantle the French colony of Île Saint-Jean during the Seven Years' W…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KQM_port-la-joye-fort-amherst_-.html
English: . From 1720 to 1768 this site was an important colonial base, first for France and later Great Britain. One of the first permanent French settlements on the island, Port-la-Joye served as the seat of colonial government for Île Saint-Jean and as …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2KQQ_former-summerside-post-office-l-ancien-bureau-de-poste-de-summerside_-.html
English: . This structure, built 1883-1886, was designed under the direction of Thomas Fuller who served as Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works from 1881 to 1896. This basic design with a double entrance, steep roof, high central gable, medie…