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Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the
In 1583, having claimed the port of St John's for Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on board the ship ''Squirrel'', and accompanied by the ships ''Golden Hind'' and ''Delight'', passed by Cape Race on his way back to England. ''Squirrel'' would sink en route, taking Gilbert with her.
From 1859 to 1866, the New York City Associated Press kept a newsboat at Cape Race to meet ocean liners passing by on their way from Europe so that news could be telegraphed to New York.(April 1902)
The Great Newspapers of the United States: The New York Evening Newspapers
'' The Bookman (New York)'', p. 160 These news items carried the byline "via Cape Race". In 1904, the first wireless station in Newfoundland was built at Cape Race. On the night ''Titanic'' sank, wireless operator Jack Phillips was sending telegraphs to Cape Race for relay to New York City. When Cyril Evans, wireless operator of the Leyland Line SS ''Californian'', sent an iceberg warning to the RMS ''Titanic'', only a few miles away, Phillips was so annoyed with the loud signal (due to the proximity) and responded "Keep out, Shut up, I'm working Cape Race," meaning that he was transmitting to the Cape Race Marconi Station. This would become a famous incident, as the bored and angry Evans soon switched off the wireless and went to sleep, and ''Titanic'' hit an iceberg only fifteen minutes later. After ''Titanic's'' distress call, Cape Race played a major role in relaying news of the sinking to other ships and land locations. Marconi's station (MCE) was rebuilt on the same site and opened as a "wireless interpretation centre" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of ''Titanic''s sinking in 2012.
Cape Race Wireless log at sinking of ''Titanic'' preserved at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
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Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula
The Avalon Peninsula (french: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. It is in size.
The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according ...
on the island of Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", meaning flat or low-lying. The Cape appeared on early sixteenth century maps as Cabo Raso and its name may derive from a cape of the same name at the mouth of the Tagus River in Portugal. The cape was the location of the Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter
The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Canada's eastern seaboard.
The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used as an antenna tower until February 2, 1993. It was a 411.48&nbs ...
until the system was decommissioned in 2010. It is also home to the Cape Race Lighthouse
Cape Race Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located at Cape Race on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. The light's characteristic is a single white flash every 7.5 seconds; additionally, a foghorn may sound a signal of two blasts every 60 ...
, notable for having received the distress call from the RMS ''Titanic''.
Geography
Dense fog, rocky coasts, and its proximity to trans- Atlantic shipping routes have resulted in manyshipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...
s near Cape Race over the years. One of the most famous was the . Cape Race is a flat, barren point of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, its cliffs rising almost vertically to above sea level. On average it is shrouded in fog on 158 days of the year.Climate
History
In 1583, having claimed the port of St John's for Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, on board the ship ''Squirrel'', and accompanied by the ships ''Golden Hind'' and ''Delight'', passed by Cape Race on his way back to England. ''Squirrel'' would sink en route, taking Gilbert with her.
From 1859 to 1866, the New York City Associated Press kept a newsboat at Cape Race to meet ocean liners passing by on their way from Europe so that news could be telegraphed to New York.(April 1902)The Great Newspapers of the United States: The New York Evening Newspapers
'' The Bookman (New York)'', p. 160 These news items carried the byline "via Cape Race". In 1904, the first wireless station in Newfoundland was built at Cape Race. On the night ''Titanic'' sank, wireless operator Jack Phillips was sending telegraphs to Cape Race for relay to New York City. When Cyril Evans, wireless operator of the Leyland Line SS ''Californian'', sent an iceberg warning to the RMS ''Titanic'', only a few miles away, Phillips was so annoyed with the loud signal (due to the proximity) and responded "Keep out, Shut up, I'm working Cape Race," meaning that he was transmitting to the Cape Race Marconi Station. This would become a famous incident, as the bored and angry Evans soon switched off the wireless and went to sleep, and ''Titanic'' hit an iceberg only fifteen minutes later. After ''Titanic's'' distress call, Cape Race played a major role in relaying news of the sinking to other ships and land locations. Marconi's station (MCE) was rebuilt on the same site and opened as a "wireless interpretation centre" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of ''Titanic''s sinking in 2012.
References
* *http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amerika14April1912.JPGExternal links
{{Commons categoryCape Race Wireless log at sinking of ''Titanic'' preserved at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
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