the historic Town of Paris in Brant in Brant County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Alexander Graham Bell

World's first successful long distance telephone call

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 10, 2023

1. Alexander Graham Bell Marker

Inscription.
On this site, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, received from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call.

Erected by the Charles Fleetford Sise Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America
10th August 1946

Erected 1946 by Telephone Pioneers of America.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Notable Events. A significant historical date for this entry is August 10, 1876.

Location. 43° 11.635′ N, 80° 23.05′ W. Marker is in Brant, Ontario, in Brant County. It is in the historic Town of Paris. It is at the intersection of Grand River Street North and William Street, on the right when traveling north on Grand River Street North. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brant ON N3L 2M3, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

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the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Syl Apps (1915-1998) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Grand River (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Asa Wolverton House (approx. half a kilometer away); “King” Capron 1796-1872 (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Hiram Capron (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Paris Plains Church (approx. 4.9 kilometers away); Perley School Bell (approx. 5 kilometers away); William Charles Good (approx. 7.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brant.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . Milestones: First Distant Speech Transmission in Canada, 1876.

On 10 August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated on this site that the human voice could be transmitted electrically over distance. While family members spoke into a transmitter in Brantford, 13 km away, Bell was able to hear them at a receiver located here. This test convinced Bell that his invention
Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 10, 2023

2. Alexander Graham Bell Marker
could be used for communication between towns and could compete successfully with the telegraph.

(Submitted on May 11, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, May 10, 2023

3. Alexander Graham Bell Marker

Alexander Graham Bell receiving the 1st long-distance telephone in Paris, Ont. image. Click for full size.

4. Alexander Graham Bell receiving the 1st long-distance telephone in Paris, Ont.

1962 painting by J.C.H. Forster Source: Paris Museum and Historical Society

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 406 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 11, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.