Cobourg Museum Foundation: Cobourg Harbour - A Story of Small Town Ontario Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town
This mural is part of a larger one depicting aspects of the Town’s history. It is located in the “Golden Rail Pub” of Legion Village, a large retirement […]
The large sandy beach offers room for organized as well as more casual activities. Beach volleyball has become popular and tournaments often take place there. It is the […]
On the holiday weekend in August the Sandcastle Festival attracts thousands to the beach to sculpt or just watch. Professionals and amateurs compete in various classifications. The event […]
To the east of the beach are homes fortunate enough to have a waterfront though not a sandy beach. Busy summer weekends sometimes result in complaints about noise […]
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 […]
This photograph, taken in 1856, is one of only three known to have been taken of the Rice Lake Bridge while it was still operational. It shows that […]
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796 – 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later to become King George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick. Had she […]
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 […]
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 […]
This key was donated to the Cobourg Museum Foundation and was on display as part of the 2013 Transportation exhibit.