Invention of the telephone Gray's led to the myth that Bell had arrived at the Patent Office earlier. Bell was in Boston on February 14 and did not know this happened until later. Gray later abandoned his caveat and did not contest Bell's priority. That opened the door to Bell being granted US patent 174465 for the telephone on March 7, 1876. In 1906 the citizens of the City of Brantford, Ontario, Canada and its surrounding area formed the Bell Memorial Association to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in July 1874 at his parent's home, Melville House, near Brantford.
Graham Bell Island and is a significant geographical landmark. and it is partly glacierized. The highest point of Graham Bell Island, , is the summit of "Kupol Vetrenyy" (Купол Ветреный) "Windy Dome", a large ice dome covering the western part of the island. This island was named after inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Graham Bell Island should not be confused with the smaller Bell Island which is also part of the Franz Josef Archipelago and which named after the shape, not the person. Graham Bell Island is home to a Cold War outpost and to the airfield Greem Bell () on the Northeastern end