Alexander Graham Bell

For Alexander Graham Bell, Baddeck was a summer home. After he had invented the telephone, he had enough money so he could just experiment with everything. He created many wonderful inventions, some successful, some not so much. The museum is full of many of his passions.

Alexander Graham Bell Museum

A Model of a Hydrofoil Which he Experimented With

This is a model of the Silver Dart, the first powered flight in Canada.

This is a later model of a hydrofoil. This one was actually built.

Alexander's wife Mabel loved to drive the hydrofoil around the lake. The boat was powered by two -twelve cylinder 350 horsepower engines. The engines did not have mufflers so they were incredibly noisy. Mabel was deaf so she couldn't hear them. Alexander never drove this boat because he feared he would go deaf.

This boat broke the speed record, travelling at 25 knots.

The hydrofoil was eventually grounded and left as a derelict. Years later it was salvaged for this museum.

Alexander worked long and hard to create a kite which could carry a man.
The shape which  provided the most lift was the tetrahedron.
This memorial is shaped like a tetrahedron.