Social History Archives | Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town

Cobourg 2017 Logo

For the celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary the Town has adopted a new official logo. The old one has been given a stained glass look using colours similar […]

Victoria Hall beyond Condominiums

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 […]

Steamer William IV

The William IV was built in Gananoque and launched in 1832, just 19 months before the Cobourg. It ran between Prescott and Toronto until 1845. Like the Cobourg […]

Steamer Cobourg

Eric Heyl’s multi-volume “Early American Steamers” includes sketches and “life histories” of a vast number of vessels, including Canadian ones. To make for easy comparisons of size, vessels […]

Steamer Cobourg Enters Toronto Harbour

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 Racing on Lake Ontario

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 […]

Countess of Dufferin

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 […]

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 […]

Phil’s Ferry Trip Across The Lake

This story uses archival photos of Bowmanville, Cobourg, Rochester and the ferries to illustrate what is being described. Phil Ayling’s Story Text appears on screen: “Now well into […]

The Coast Guard with Captain Slade

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 […]

A Plan for Cobourg Harbour 1988

This plan includes: a hotel, a project which was still being discussed 17 years later; the possibility of a major marina expansion into the west basin, a proposal which was […]

First Clubhouse Starts

Mayor Mac Lees, shown here with a shovel at the sod turning for the construction of the new clubhouse, had been active in supporting the activities of the […]