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Brantford
Brantford [1] on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario is a former industrial city. It's best known as Telephone City, where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Get in
If coming from the east (Hamilton or the GTA), Highway 403 will take you into Brantford. For downtown, exit at King George Rd./Fairview Dr.
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- Alexander Graham Bell Homestead, 94 Tutela Heights Rd.(just outside the City of Brantford; take Brantford Southern Access Road, turn left on Mount Pleasant Street and left on Tutela Heights Road), ☎ 519-756-6220, [2]. Tu–Sa 9:30 AM–4:30 PM. The location of the invention of the telephone, Bell's house, now a museum, has been restored to its 1870s appearance and also includes an exhibit illustrating history of the telephone.$5 for adults, $3.75 for seniors and students.
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This page was last edited at 03:35, on 13 February 2009 by James Yolkowski. Based on work by Tom Holland and Evan Prodromou.