Know Before You Go

Location: The Heart’s Content Cable Station is located directly off Route 80 in the Town of Heart’s Content

Parking: Free public parking, including blue zone parking, is available in the small lot behind the building. Parking also available alongside the roadway.

Season: Closed for the 2025 season. Scheduled dates for the 2026 season: May 16 to October 9, 2026

Opening Hours: Closed for the season

Accessibility: The main entrance has a several steps with no handrail. Alternate ground level entrance available at the back of the building. The upper equipment room is accessed via a stairway with handrail. Seating is available.

Washrooms: Multi-stall male and female washrooms with baby change tables

Grounds: Cable Park across the street has gravel paths and grassy areas. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic and use the picnic table

Admission: See Plan your Visit for more information on admission fees to Provincial Historic Sites

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Activities and Events

  • Join an interpreter for a guided tour or explore the site on your own
  • Explore Morse code by sending coded messages
  • Get hands on with coding, tackle Lego challenges and more in the Discovery Room
  • Step back into a pre-microchip era of vaccuum tubes and brass switches in the 1960s-era communications room
  • Watch a 20-minute film about the effort to lay the transatlantic cable in the 1860s
  • Cross the road to explore Cable Park to see the remnants of the cable that was once the only connection between Europe and North America

Special Events: Please view our Calendar of Events for any upcoming events

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Contact

Please view our Contact Us page

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