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Telecommunications Visions from the Past
North Sydney Museum
North Sydney , Nova Scotia

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indeed, one of them received
word, which had been flashed
from Europe to North America,
of the end of hostilities of
World War One.
   During the Second World
War, residents of Port Aux
Basques and North Sydney were
shocked and saddened to learn
first-hand of the sinking of

their beloved ferry, the
Caribou, torpedoed by a Nazi
submarine in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, claiming 137 lives.
Western Union telegraphers
coordinated rescue efforts
with a surface craft.
   During both World Wars,
the Western Union quarters
were guarded by the Canadian

infantry, indicating the
importance of the office in
North Sydney, while at the
same time residents had local
pride tinged with a tepid
disbelief of that importance.
   However, the end of World
War Two, together with
rapidly improving
communications, led to a

diminution of importance of
the North Sydney office, and
sadly, Western Union closed
out its centre in 1962. The
following is an extended
snapshot of the Western Union
office and North Sydney, Nova
Scotia.

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