Cobourg Museum Foundation: Cobourg Harbour - A Story of Small Town Ontario Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town
In the summer of 2014, the Town of Cobourg installed several painted pianos in the streets for budding musicians to play. For example, the artist, Katriona Dean, painted […]
This is the scene some 120 years after Cobourg’s harbour was first created. Lumber and iron ore had been its first major exports. More recently imports came to […]
This replica ore car includes parts from one built at James Crossen’s foundry in Cobourg in 1867 for the Cobourg, Peterborough & Marmora Railway & Mining C0. The […]
Not so many years ago, here beside the water, trains rumbled by. But now, within spitting distance of the yachts at the Marina, this new condominium development has […]
A watercolour by J.R.C. Smyth of this subject entitled “Entrance to Toronto, showing the steamer Cobourg passing the blockhouse at Gibralter Point” is described in Sotheby & Co. […]
The Gorilla of Cobourg fame was a four time winner of the Prince of Wales’ Cup between 1862 and 1872. R. W. Standley and a Capt. Gifford, both […]
Text from beneath the picture: “Countess of Dufferin: Third challenger for the America’s cup, as she appeared on the slip-way ready for launching at Cobourg, Ontario. From a wash […]
Text appears on screen: “Scale model (1/20) of the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway as it passes by Cobourg Harbour” Voice over begins: The story – we have to […]
The lake is very calm in this photograph and the absence of sails or sailors indicates that it might have been taken early in the day. The condominiums […]
Hi. Welcome to the oldest life saving station in the Great Lakes. This is the site of the oldest station that was started in November, 1872. This was […]
In place of the industrial landscape with oil tanks, coal piles and dirty industries, modern condo developments transformed the area. With its new parkland the harbour area took […]
Opposition to the marina expansion utilized several graphic displays to further the cause. The simplicity of this logo, suggesting danger to both our heritage and the wildlife, made […]