Cobourg Museum Foundation: Cobourg Harbour - A Story of Small Town Ontario Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town
This launch belonged to C.H.J. Snider, seated to the viewers left. Snider was the author of a long-running column (1935-1956) which appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram under […]
In very public opposition to the proposed expansion of the Cobourg Marina, citizens took to the streets. An Advocacy Group’s petition was widely circulated. By the time the petition […]
The whole town turned out, May 25, 1944, to greet the newly built corvette, the HMCS Cobourg, as it visited its hometown en route to active war duty […]
HMCS Cobourg at sea en route to the Atlantic in 1944 as part of Canada’s contribution to the Allied effort to defeat Nazi Germany. The “corvette” designation was […]
The Coast Guard vessel, Cape Mercy, moored at her home dock in the Cobourg harbour. She’s always ready to respond to distress calls of any nature. The Coast […]
Search and Rescue vessel Cape Mercy cruising on patrol in choppy waters of Lake Ontario off Cobourg.
Captain Slade, standing on the Cobourg dock in front of HMS Cape Mercy, briefs visitors on the role of the Canadian Coast Guard in search and rescue operations […]
These bronze statues, together named Arrival, are the work of sculptor Rowan Gillespie. They are located in Toronto’s Ireland Park which was opened in 2007. They represent the […]
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 […]
1798 is the year attributed by Edwin Guillet, in his book Cobourg 1798-1948, to the arrival of Eliud Nickerson, believed to have been the first inhabitant of Cobourg. […]
The loss of HMS Speedy in 1804 with all 29 aboard, led to the decision to build the District Court House in Amherst, later part of Cobourg. The […]