The world's first long distance phone call was make between Brantford and Paris Ontario

The world's first long distance phone call was made from the Bell 'Homestead' near Brantford Ontario

The next Canada Cool ‘hot spot’ is the Bell ‘Homestead’, overlooking the Grand River, 5 km south of Brantford, an hour’s drive from Toronto. Brantford’s famous citizens have included hockey great Wayne Gretzky, comedian Phil Hartman, and telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Bell worked on his famous invention at his family's home here at 94 Tutela Heights Rd, and he made the world’s first long-distance phone call from this location in August 1876. There were actually three successful tests; from the Homestead to the general store in Mount Pleasant just south of Brantford, from Brantford to the Bell Homestead, and from a shop in the village of Paris to the Homestead. Bell's invention changed the world.

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