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The Government of Canada through their telegraph company the Dominion Government Telegraphs, has been been extended to Chateau Bay through the Straits of Belle Island. Telegraph stations have been constructed at: Pointe du Maurier, Harington, Mutton Bay, St Augustine, Bonne Esperance, Blanc Sablon, Red Bay, and terminating at Chateau Bay. From Chateau Bay, a cable will be laid to Belle Island and a telegraph and costal signal station constructed. The Government intends to use the new Marconi wireless system between these points as well. The completion of this circuit will be of great assistance to the shipping lanes using the Straits. [NOTE: In 1847, the British North American Telegraph Company tried a similar telegraphic setup but along the St Lawrence from Gaspe. Ships were to report to the office and the telegraph office would let ports-of-call know of their pending arrival. However, the telegraph was new and untried and captains were skeptical, so its failure was predicatble. The Dominion Telegraph also tried to maintain such a service but by 1866, the company was absorbed and the idea left forgotten until the above time ... some of this aspect is covered in Canadian Railway Telegraph History as well.]
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