Heart's Content Cable Station, Provincial Historic Site

This place was GREAT! as an engineer,I appreciated everything this place had to offer, the guides are awesome, very passionate and knowledgeable. This is the location of the first Atlantic cable crossing from Ireland for communication purposes and shows all the equipment used to process the signals, and the way of life for the town's people. Even as a lay person, this is an awesome hour to spend learning some local and very important international history (and science!)

A fascinating museum, well worth the visit. Make sure to watch the movie which is interesting. Our tour guide, Tara, is very knowledgeable and answered every question we had, which was many !!

Visited and was given a tour by the very knowledgeable and helpful staff. Such a cool piece of history that definitely deserves to be checked out

I was not aware of this part of history. Quite a story. Well worth the stop.

Very professional. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. Kids are free

Fantastic museum, I am so glad I did not miss it. The building is beautiful and the equipment is well preserved. It almost looks like you could start using it again. Well explained too. You can even see the transatlantic cables still coming out of the water. Think that the other end is Ireland, it's fascinating.

My Fiancee & I visited there today. We just moved to Paradise from Ontario. The lady there was so friendly. I was feeling homesick. She made My day better.

The video was helpful in explaining the history, staff were extremely pleasant, friendly and welcoming. Would have liked more instruction on how morris code signals and language were actually translates to paper.

This is the place where a telegraph cable laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean first came ashore in North America. It was a British ship that brought it over. The end of the cable in Britain was in Ireland. Queen Victoria sent the first transatlantic telegram to President James Buchanan via this cable in 1858. The Canadian government established a large telegraph office here with all kinds of connections to telegraph destinations elsewhere. The office continued operating for around a hundred years until it was closed, but it continues to be operated by the government as a historical site and all or lots of the original equipment still remains for anyone to see. The staff here are extremely informative and friendly. We were amazed how much information was here and how interesting it was. Also, the road trip to this place goes through beautiful Newfoundland country with nice ocean views.

One of the highlights of our trip! The staff here is amazing -- answered all our questions and were so much fun.