Charles James Campbell (November 6, 1819 – April 17, 1906) was a Scottish -born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia , Canada. He represented Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada from 1874 to 1875, from 1876 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.
16-683: Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is a 10-hectare (25-acre) property in Baddeck , Cape Breton , Nova Scotia , Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes . The site is a unit of Parks Canada, the national park system, and includes the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, which contains the largest repository of artifacts and documents from Bell's years of experimental work in Baddeck. This site
32-632: A full-scale replica of that boat, the AEA Silver Dart , which in 1909 J.A.D. MacCurdy piloted up into the air over the ice of Baddeck Bay to become the first controlled heavier-than-air craft to be flown in the British Empire. Plus many other exhibits and documents from Bell's years of research activities on the transmission of speech and sound by wire and by light, as well as his experiments with kites, planes and high speed boats. The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with in
48-565: A summer residence, Bell spent an increasing part of the year there, and conducted many experiments, including the AEA Silver Dart 's first controlled powered flight in Canada in 1909. From 1885 to 1928 the estate included the Bell Boatyard which made both experimental and traditional boats. The yard was notable for its dual focus on both experimental and traditional boats and for its employment of large numbers of female boatbuilders. Bell
64-435: Is a Mi'kmaq language place name. The French called it La Bedeque, while Canadian Gaelic speakers called it Badaig. Its original name, Apatakwitk, has been variously reported as meaning "reversing flow", "place with island near" (a likely reference to Kidston Island ), "a portion of food set aside for someone", or "a sultry place". French Jesuits settled at nearby St. Anns in 1629. British settlement came during
80-532: Is a village on Cape Breton Island in northeastern Nova Scotia , Canada. It is situated in the center of Cape Breton , approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake . Baddeck is the shire-town of the Municipality of Victoria County , with an elected village commission having limited authority over water, sewer, side streets and some bylaws. The population was 816 in
96-655: Is commemorated at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site . The area sits on rocks from the Carboniferous Windsor Group. These include rock salt , limestone , potash , and gypsum , which are easily dissolved by groundwater and creates caves and sinkholes . Baddeck experiences a humid continental climate (Dfb). The highest temperature ever recorded in Baddeck was 36.7 °C (98 °F) on 22 August 1935. The coldest temperature ever recorded
112-439: The 2021 Census of Population . The area was first occupied by Mi'kmaq people and later settled by United Empire Loyalists and Scottish Gaels in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The area prospered in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a service and shipping center for surrounding mining, trapping, fishing, forestry, and farming actvities. Today the economy depends on services, cultural activities, and tourism. Baddeck
128-638: The Celtic Colours festival each fall. The music festival features hundreds of Celtic musicians from Cape Breton and around the world. In the spring, the village hosts the Cabot Trail Relay Race , a 298 km (185-mile) relay race around the Cabot Trail . The Cabot Trail , a scenic route, passes through Baddeck. Historic structures in the town include: Baddeck Academy : pre-primary to grade 12 school serving Baddeck and
144-406: The 1700s after the territory was ceded by France. In 1839, a property containing an inn, a tavern, and a post office was built. In 1841, Charles James Campbell opened a store, began a shipbuilding operation, and developed coal mining in the nearby area of Cape Dauphin approximately 35 kilometers away. In 1851 Victoria County was created from an area split off of Cape Breton County. Baddeck became
160-483: The county militia, served as a chairman of the county board of health, was a school trustee and served on the province's board of agriculture. Campbell represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1853 to 1859, from 1863 to 1867 and from 1871 to 1873. He was also elected to the provincial assembly in 1851 and 1860 but was unseated after those elections were appealed. He served as
176-532: The field of deaf education and how it led to the invention of the telephone . The Alexander Graham Bell Historic Site was designed by Canadian government architect O. Howard Leicester, R.I.B.A. The architects for the Museum building were the Canadian architecture firm of Wood, Blachford, Ship (A. Campbell Wood, Hugh W. Blachford, Harold Ship). In addition to its displays, the museum features an observation deck on
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#1732781113778192-488: The roof of the building offering a view of Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate, across the bay. Beinn Bhreagh is a separate National Historic Site, still privately owned and occupied by Bell's descendants. It is not in the national park system and is not open to the public. (For more information, see Bras d'Or Lakes .) 46°06′10″N 60°44′45″W / 46.1028°N 60.7458°W / 46.1028; -60.7458 Baddeck Baddeck ( / b ə ˈ d ɛ k / )
208-538: The shire-town or county seat of the newly formed county: with a jail, court house and municipal offices. Baddeck rose to fame in 1874, with the publication of the travel memoir Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing . In 1885 the Alexander Graham Bell family had a vacation in Baddeck. He then built a complex of buildings, including a new laboratory, named Beinn Bhreagh (Gaelic: beautiful mountain ) after Bell's ancestral Scottish highlands . Initially
224-534: The surrounding communities. Charles James Campbell He was born on the Isle of Skye , the son of John Campbell and Isabella McRae, and came to Nova Scotia in 1831. In 1843, Campbell married Eliza Jane Ingraham. He owned the New Campbellton Coal Mines. He was named a justice of the peace for Cape Breton County in 1851 and county coroner in 1857. Campbell was also lieutenant-colonel for
240-593: Was designated a National Historic Site in 1952. The site features artifacts donated in 1955 from the Bell family's personal museum, located in the Kite House at Beinn Bhreagh . The site also features memorabilia associated with Bell's experiments, including: the original hull of a hydrofoil boat, the HD-4, that set a world marine speed record in Baddeck by reaching speeds of over 112 km/h (over 70 mph) in 1919;
256-458: Was −32.2 °C (−26 °F) on 11 February 1883. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Baddeck had a population of 818 living in 368 of its 415 total private dwellings, a change of -1% from its 2016 population of 826. With a land area of 2.11 km (0.81 sq mi), it had a population density of 387.7/km (1,004.1/sq mi) in 2021. Baddeck is one of several Cape Breton communities that plays host to
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