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Beinn Bhreagh (/ ˌ b ɛ n ˈ v r iː ə / ben VREE-ə) is the name of the former estate of Alexander Graham Bell, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It refers to a peninsula jutting into Cape Breton Island 's scenic Bras d'Or Lake approximately three kilometres (two miles) southeast of the village of Baddeck , forming the southeastern shore of Baddeck Bay.
Beinn Bhreagh Hall National Historic Site. Built in 1892-93, Beinn Bhreagh Hall (BBH) was the summer residence, estate, and laboratory of inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell and his wife, Mabel Bell. It is a grand Queen Anne Revival/Shingle style residence, an outstanding example of this architectural style that was popular in New ...
Beinn Bhreagh Hall is part of Beinn Bhreagh, a patchwork of privately and jointly held lands that have been used and enjoyed by the Bell Family for generations. Beinn Bhreagh Hall, referred to by the family as “The Point,” and its surrounding gardens are located at the point of the Red Head Peninsula with views of the Bras D’Or Lakes in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
- Museum Store
- Tetra Café
- Recreation
The Alexander Graham Bell Museum Association, a non-profit co-operating organization, operates the Museum Store. Products include books, kites, educational toys, souvenirs and other items that relate strongly to Bell, his work and the themes of the site.
The Alexander Graham Bell Museum Association also operates the Tetra Café serving coffee, tea and other beverages, as well as delicious baked goods. The café offers free wireless Internet service. Browse, snack and get connected within unique architectural design elements, plenty of natural light and a stellar view of Baddeck Bay, part of the UNESC...
The museum's rooftop viewing deck provides a panoramic view of the Bells' beloved "Beinn Bhreagh" (Gaelic for "beautiful mountain") home still owned by their descendants and Baddeck Bay, part of the UNESCO Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve. Picnic tables (one accessible for mobility-impaired visitors) are located adjacent to the rooftop viewing deck...
Aeronautical work was a large part of his life at Beinn Bhreagh, from early kite-flying experiments to the success of the Silver Dart in February 1909. This achievement was a product of Bell's collaboration with four young men (Casey Baldwin, Douglas McCurdy, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge and Glenn Curtiss) in the Aerial Experiment Association, founded in 1907.
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. [1] 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 ...
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In the late 1880s he built a lavish summer estate, Beinn Bhreagh (Gaelic for beautiful mountain), on a peninsula across the bay from Baddeck. This fascinating museum at the edge of town houses full-scale replicas of Bell's groundbreaking Silver Dart aircraft, along with electrical devices, telegraphs, telephones, kites and medical inventions.
