Heart’s Content is one of the three ‘Heart’s’ on Route 80 along Trinity Bay. In order from south to north you’ll come to Heart’s Delight, Heart’s Desire and finally Heart’s Content. On the other side of Trinity Bay, you’ll also find Little Heart’s Ease.
History was made in Heart’s Content in July of 1866. The first successful transatlantic cable was landed with the gigantic SS Great Eastern anchored in the harbour. The cable station operated from 1866 to 1965. Heart’s Content became a company town with high paying skilled jobs at the Anglo-American Telegraph Company and its’ successor Western Union.
Heart’s Content has a large protected harbour. This is the reason it was selected as the site to land the transatlantic cable. The entrance to the harbour is marked by the Heart’s Content Lighthouse. The lighthouse has a paved parking area for visitors. The parking area also allows you to access the d’Iberville Hiking Trail to Winterton.
We discovered some amazing geology very close to the lighthouse parking area. We came across a row of Devil’s Footprints. It’s not marked by a sign, but very easy to find. Devil’s Footprints looks like somebody drilled a row of holes in the rock face. We knew what they were, because we had seen them on the Bonavista Peninsula in Keels.
Heart’s Content has a heritage district where historic buildings are being preserved and restored. There are a few spots to park near the cable station. We strolled around town and met some great people. We got invited into one of the historic homes and that’s where we got the photo of the glass rolling pins, something we had never seen before.
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