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Lake Ontario – Routes of Charlie Marshall and Luff

Lake Ontario – Routes of Charlie Marshall and Luff

Captaining two vessels at a time on Lake Ontario, Capt Dan Rooney made double wages!  The routes are set out on this map.  Though our records don’t set out the […]
Iron Ore Route Map

Iron Ore Route Map

There had been American connections to the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway from the earliest days.  It was an American engineer who designed the Rice Lake bridge and an […]
Map of Lake Ontario

Map of Lake Ontario

In its earliest days Cobourg was viewed as a convenient half-way stop between York (Toronto) and Kingston.  By boat this was a lengthy and sometime dangerous trip.  As […]
Rail Car Ferry Route Across Lake Ontario

Rail Car Ferry Route Across Lake Ontario

The site of present day Charlotte, just north of Rochester, New York, was first settled in 1792, just six years before the first settler arrived in Cobourg.  Charlotte […]
Plan of Cobourg Harbour 1835

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, […]