Reviews of Cape Bear Lighthouse and Marconi Museum (Museum)

Albert M

Get a photo and then follow the red dirt road to nearby observation point.

Stephen Lee

(Translated) Only one lighthouse (Original) 只有一個燈塔而已

Douglas Harder

Isolated lighthouse on the end of the cape. Nice view and a winery just down the road towards the ferry. Pleasant staff member.

Arash Ghashghaei

Nice lady explaining the history of light house. You'll enjoy your visit.

Julie's bites

The Marconi station is no longer here. There is a tiny musuem and you can get an interesting guided tour about the life and work in the lighthouse and a little bit about the Marconi station. As far as lighthouses go it is not the most beautiful, but it has a working light even during the day, so if you climb three very steep flights of stairs you will be rewarded by the unique experience of seeing the rotating light and fresnel lens.

Kevin Cisaroski

Early season visit so the facility is still closed, both the lighthouse and Marconi exhibit just up the road. Still a nice area to walk around and explore. Some beautiful coastline to see and take photos of.

Lior Terentiev

Absolutely beautiful view, and it has a gift shop!

John Tingley

Beautiful scenery. Historical relevance.

Sheila kunes

Beautiful spot to visit

Greg Eamer

It's pretty neat...for a lighthouse. Climbing up is kind of fun. It's hot in there obviously but hey there is a giant light in there. I'm glad we stopped by

Princepal Singh

Loved this place

Anuj Sood

Nothing much to see from outside. The museum has an entry fee of $5 and sounds like worth it. But we had to wait half an hour in the queue as it was busy on a weekend morning.

Kelvin Hill

Completely closed up. The outside looked just "ok".

Holly Hohban

Really pretty

Paul Friesen

Interesting and truly Canadian .

Lori Parker

The Canadian flag needs to be replaced! The site is peaceful and beautiful!

A Giant Panda

Staff was friendly and admission was very reasonable. Gift shop had a good selection and the museum was small but interesting with some fantastic views of the water. Didn't get to see the Marconi station

Paul Griffin

The site that received the Titanic distress call has a chilling special element to it. Worth the trek

Demora Pringel

Loved the view. The lady working in the lighthouse told some interesting facts about the lighthouse and the history of it. Definitely a nice place to check out.

Wayne Rogers

A bit difficult to find as signage is sparse. Fantastic views of to main land Nova Scotia. Be aware, there are quite a few bees here.

Leon Jongsma

A great piece Canadian history. Well kept up. Run by local staff who are knowledgeable and really care about the place. Some Titanic history as well to be had.

Frank VANDERZALM

Nice vantage point, clearly necessary for navigation assistance. The lighthouse as a tourist attraction was minimal. It wasn't staffed and neither was the historic location that received a Morse code distress signal from the Titanic.

Patrick Poirier

It's a light house awesome part is the view and the history

Kazza Ballinger

Amazing sights too see and take beautiful memories off.

Eloïse Lafleche

(Translated) Nice view of the east coast of the island. Suffocating at the top, a lot of respect for the person who worked there. (Original) Belle vue sur la côte Est de l'île. Suffocant dans la partie supérieure, beaucoup de respect pour la personne qui y travaillait.

Tom Hoogkamer

Location is nice, but the museum was closed and at both locations there is very limited information available outside.

Félix An

The lighthouse has gorgeous views and the history is interesting.

Dave Stell

Beautiful spot. Great staff to talk to here and hear about the history!

marvin sanchez

Nice view and great suveniers

Joanne

Beautiful

Stephanie Chipman

Beautiful ❤️ little lighthouse The scenery was do peaceful

Wardevil lyons

Great place!

Joel Macneill

Friendly staff, historically interesting. First distress call from the Titanic received at this site in 1912.

Estelle McLellan

Beautiful Spot. Very peaceful with wonderful views.

R. Lukeman

Lovely little stop while traveling the East end of the island.

Karla Kolman

Nice to be able to go in and see so much.

Joshua Rosen

Very nice staff, gave us an interesting tour.

SMO SinkUnit

Great view of the harbor.

Terri Travels

Great lighthouse..light still working. Cute kids lighthouse here too. Nice views of ocean and red cliffs

Michael Margulis

Nice place for 10 minutes visit

Ron Mercer

Beautiful view, and great historical experience

Greg Reid

Hidden gem, little lighthouse lovingly unkept filled with interesting history pieces. Worth checking out.

Anthony Muljadi

Apparently this is its 3rd location

Peter Cudmore

$5 yo get to the top. Great views of the coast and Nova Scotia

David Panton

Very interesting with an attachment to a major event in early twentieth century history. The Marconi Station was the first one in Canada to receive the SOS from theRMS Titanic.

Patricia Leininger

The lighthouse was moved to this location from its original location. Interesting place with friendly tour guides.

Kishen Pais

Was cool place to get a vantage and climb up the light house for $5

Christine Hughes

Must go and see. This is the lighthouse that was first to respond to the Titanic. It has been moved from its original location but still worth seeing. The scenery is breathtaking.

Steve Wilson

Nice place to visit, but was not open

Brett MacAskill

A work in progress, but will no doubt be a great tourist attraction in the near future.

Sarath Babu

Spectacular view. One of the pics I took from there.

T Lazreq

Great! Went all the way to the top!

Shalini Ojha

Found it by accident as it was not on our list of places to visit. Such a wonderful place except for the mosquitoes. They were nasty.

Eliane Blain-Durand

(Translated) Worth the detour (Original) Vaut le détour

Andrew Guidolin

Take a drive and check it out.

Luminita Suse

Interesting lighthouse, open for visiting. Great views from the top and interesting pictures on the walls. Narrow and steep stairs, watch your head!

Laurie Verwey

Great photo ops! Such interesting history

Claudya Grenier

(Translated) The view is splendid. (Original) La vue est splendide.

Simon Aslett

Lovely on lighthouse.

How Pay

Spectacular views of the strait.

Amy Pharoah

The most beautiful scenery on the island that we have seen so far!! Gorgeous setting!! Words and pictures can't really describe or capture it!! It is perfectly quiet there. The water looks like frosted glass! Below the lighthouse are smooth stone rock formations that are fascinating to look at. The only thing you need to be careful of are the bees in one section if you have an allergy to them. It sounded like a lot of them. We just stayed away from that part, and they weren't a problem. We heard the seals outside, and may have spotted one swimming in the water, but it was a bit far away. The top of the lighthouse had a spectacular view with the beacon in full operation during the day. The stairs are very narrow and steep with not very large openings leading to each floor in the lighthouse. If you are very obese or in a wheelchair, this would be impossible. Slightly obese people scaled it fine though. There is no ramp. They have picnic tables on the grounds for you to eat your lunch. The admission is $5 per adult, $10 per family to the lighthouse. They have a small gift shop with snacks, canned homemade jams, and homemade crafts and knit objects there too.

Wendy Zeemel

Absolutely a must see historical site. I went right to the top of the Lighthouse. Saw many pictures and learned some amazing history.

Allan Carr

Looking over the ocean with the lighthouse in my camera lens was to die for.

Matt

At $10 for a family, you can't really go wrong. The lighthouse was moved from its original location due to erosion and the 'tour' itself is quite quick. The weather was cloudy so we didn't takeany worthwhile pictures.

Nury Lopez

Good to visit

Shawn Montroy

Beautiful views from the cape.

Joel Holtz

Nice old lighthouse. Lots of pictures and history. Operated by private volunteer association. Admission fees are not too bad ... But it's a short tour and visit. Kids thought the climb up was fun! Getting down was fun too. All in all it was ok.

courtney hudson

I loved everything and anything Titanic, so it was really cool to see the lighthouse that heard the distress calls. Very easy to find, lots of signs!! Its beautiful there!!!

Mike Gorid

Friendly staff nice view of top of the cliffs

Douglas Baird

Nice!

Jim Leonard

Remote lovely view of the ocean

Dave Hamilton

Tight climb

Jason Mickey

Not the tallest lighthouse but one with a unique history. This marconi station/lighthouse was the first land station to pick up the SOS sent from RMS Titanic after it struck the iceberg. Relays from this station helped spread the word of the disaster. This lighthouse is slightly off the beaten path but still worth visiting. Hint- continue to the end of the dirt road for more spectacular views of the sea.

Robert Inman

Supposedly the place receiving the Titanic distress signal first. Didn't go up the stairs, the beauty of the day won out over history descriptions.

Mike Listman

Good Food with Friends..

Robert Snyder

A small lighthouse with an interesting history.

Canadian Nomad

Closes at 5 pm a bit early during the summer we showed up 4:55 pm and the girl there already had it locked up.