The Bamfield Marine Science Centre has students from UVic UBC, Simon Fraser and the University of Alberta that come to advance their education. But before it was a Science Centre it was a Cable Station.

https://bamfieldmsc.com/

In 1902, the Bamfield cable station was constructed as the western terminus of a worldwide undersea telegraph cable. The cable initially went to Fanning Island, a tiny coral atoll in the mid-Pacific, and from there continued to Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia.

Pictures from the Bamfield Historical Society. Fabulous site to look at.
http://www.bamfieldhistory.com/