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      A postcard sent to Reverend R.B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad commemorating the attempted flight of Alexander Graham Bell's Cygnet II. The first flight of the Cygnet occurred in December of 1907. This unsuccessful flight occurred in February of 1909.

      This postcard commemorates the first heavier-than-air powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. The successful flight by 23-year-old J.A.D. (Douglas) McCurdy took place on February 23, 1909 over the ice of Baddeck Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He wrote: "I having taken my seat, the machine was released and …

      The Bras D'Or Lakes on Cape Breton are quite unique. The lakes, a combination of fresh and salt water, boast low range tides. The gentle waters draw a great number of boaters.

      Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and his wife Mabel (nee Hubbard) (1857-1923) lived at their estate 3 km from Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, from the mid 1880s until their deaths. At the beginning they only summered there, but lived there year-round for their later years. As a child, Louise Layton …