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 […]
While this logo is the officially approved logo of the Town, there are opportunities to adapt it for special occasions. For the celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Katharine Cornell was one of the most celebrated American stage actresses in the first half of the twentieth century. Recalling her youth, she wrote for Edwin Guillet’s Cobourg 1798-1948, […]
Volunteer George Parker has built and operates a 1/20 scale model of the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway in its various incarnations. One of these was the line which […]
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 […]
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 […]