Our History
Center Hill
Truce Sound
Once known as an active volcano, Center Hill holds the record for highest point in eastern Newfoundland. An 10 kilometer return hike to the peak, with breathtaking views and an incline of 1,456 feet (354 meters)
Once discovered by John Guy when he met the Beothuk's. The island is called Frenchman's Island, and its harbour, John Guy called Truce Sound In 1971, one of the worlds largest squids washed ashore. It weighed 300 pounds and was 26 feet 4 inches (8.1 meters)
First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph
Cable Station
Bay Bulls Arm
In 1858, the first Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable was laid. During its operation, 732 messaged were received over a span of 2 and a half months. The first official message was sent on August 16, 1858 from Queen Victoria to US President James Buchanan.
Once called many names like Bay Bulls Arm, Bay of Bulls Arm, Bay of Bull’s Arm, Bull’s Arm Bay, or Bull Arm, Sunnyside came to be after discoverers realized that there was a Bay Bulls in St. Mary's Bay, but the name Bull Arm to this day sticks with the fabrication site.
Hibernia and Hebron
Hibernia is a 637,000-tonne gravity-based offshore oil production structure that was fully fabricated at the Bull Arm Fabrication site and began construction in 1990. Today, it is one of largest(in weight) in the world, and produces at a minimum of 100,000 Barrels of oil per day.
The Hebron oil field was first discovered in 1980, and is estimated to produce more than 700 million barrels of recoverable resources. The water depth at the Hebron field is 93 metres (Mean Sea Level). The GBS consists of a reinforced concrete structure designed to withstand sea ice, icebergs and meteorological and oceanographic conditions.
