Signal Hill is a hill near the town of St. John’s on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.
Due to its strategically important location, there were fortifications on the hill as early as the mid-17th century, the city’s iconic Cabot Tower was built by 1900, on Signal Hill you can see the remains of Fort St. John with mounted cannons.
Today the hill is part of the Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada, a memorial site managed by Parks Canada, and one of the attractions of St. John’s with a visitor center and hiking trails. The hill containing Cabot Tower was declared a National Historic Site of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador on May 30, 1951
Access : Coordinates: 47.573611, -52.683611 /
Highlights :
- Signal Hill is famous for being the location where Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless transmission, on December 12, 1901, transmitted in Morse code from Poldhu, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
- The Signal Hill Visitor Center features interactive exhibits about the history of the site.
- During World War II, the US military placed anti-aircraft artillery installations on the hill.
- The final battle of the Seven Years’ War in the North American Theater took place at Signal Hill.
Go next : The Battery , a neighborhood within the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador / A few kilometers south is Cape Spear, the easternmost point in North America. / The nearest larger town is St. . John’s, 2.1 km west of Signal Hill.
