Guglielmo Marconi
The Wizard of Wireless

proved it was possible to send messages across the Atlantic using electromagnetic waves instead of wires. The first transatlantic wireless was sent to England on December 15, 1902 from Table Head, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

For More Information Contact:
Marconi National Historic Site
c/o Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
P.O. Box 159
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
B0E 1B0
Year-round: (902) 295-2069