Signal Hill National Historic Site

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historic fortification national historic site

Signal Hill National Historic Site is a historic fortification in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, known for its military significance and as the site of Guglielmo Marconi’s first transatlantic wireless signal reception.

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Signal Hill National Historic Site (regionally nearby) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic fortification ⓘ
national historic site ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevation approximately 167 metres above sea level ⓘ
event reception of first transatlantic wireless signal ⓘ
eventDate 1901 ⓘ
eventParticipant Guglielmo Marconi NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Parks Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommemoration memorials to military history ⓘ
monuments and plaques to Marconi’s wireless experiments ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Cabot Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen’s Battery NERFINISHED ⓘ
barracks ruins ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ
walking trails ⓘ
hasStructureStyle 19th-century defensive architecture ⓘ
hasView Cape Spear area NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Narrows NERFINISHED ⓘ
city of St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor military significance ⓘ
panoramic views of St. John’s and the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
role in early wireless communication ⓘ
site of first transatlantic wireless signal reception ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Avalon Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Parks Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
near downtown St. John’s ⓘ
offersActivity guided tours ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
historical interpretation programs ⓘ
military reenactments ⓘ
overlooks Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
St. John’s Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristSeason primarily summer ⓘ
usedDuring American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Seven Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor coastal defence ⓘ
harbour defence ⓘ
military signalling ⓘ
wireless communication experiments ⓘ

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Parks Canada → responsibleFor → Signal Hill National Historic Site ⓘ
Cape Spear (nearby) → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Signal Hill National Historic Site ⓘ
subject surface form: Cape Spear
this entity surface form: Signal Hill National Historic Site (regionally nearby)