Marconi and Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Sites
An old postcard of the radio towers at the Marconi Wireless Station | |
| Location | In and near Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Type | National Historic Site of Canada |
| Website | parks |
| Official name | Marconi National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1939 |
| Official name | Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1983 |
The Marconi National Historic Site and the Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Site are two National Historic Sites located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Both sites commemorate the efforts of Guglielmo Marconi to transmit transatlantic radio signals between North America and Europe in the first decade of the 20th century. The two sites are located within approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of one another, and are connected by the Marconi Trail.
Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is another National Historic Site related to Marconi's work in Canada. Signal Hill was designated, in part, to commemorate Marconi's first transmission tests in 1901.