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Coal Piles at Cobourg Harbour – c. 1955

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 […]

Cobourg and Peterborough Railway (1/20 Scale)

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 […]

Rotary Harbourfront Park

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 […]

Cobourg Trailer Park

While the history of camping on Cobourg beach goes back to at least 1825, the origins of the current trailer park seem somewhat more vague, people reportedly having camped there […]

Theatre Mural of Harbour

This mural decorates the lobby walls of the Rainbow Cinemas in Cobourg’s Northumberland Mall. It was painted by Fred Harrison for the opening of the cinemas in 2014 […]

Cobourg Harbour in the 1950s

Tankers and other freighters carrying oil, coal and supplies for the Military Supply Depot were frequent visitors at Cobourg’s Harbour in the 1950s and 1960s. Older residents still […]

Blairton Mine

The development of this mine by industrialists from Pittsburgh brought renewed life to the railway and, consequently, the harbour. The railway ore cars were commissioned from James Crossen […]

Peter Rock Light Tower

The force of the wind and water several times necessitated rebuilding or repairs to this structure There is some doubt as to the accuracy of Bartlett’s representation of […]

The East Pier by W. H. Bartlett

W. H. Bartlett (1809-1854) was a British artist, best known for the numerous steel engravings based on his sketches. He travelled widely, including to the Balkans, the Middle […]

Old Lighthouse – by Barry King

The blue tint of this sketch suggests an evening scene, confirmed by the suggestions of stars. The moon provides plenty of light for all the activity. Barry King […]

Cobourg and Peterborough Railway – Model

The route of the railway from Cobourg to Peterborough over the Rice Lake bridge is modeled with an operating train, 1/20 scale. The layout was prepared by George […]

Plan of Cobourg Harbour 1835

This plan from 1835 shows the proposal for an east pier. A continuous line of rock-filled wooden cribs, such as those used later in the Rice Lake Bridge, […]