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This photograph conveys many aspects of the lake including its immensity, beauty and sometime threatening nature. The lighthouse reaches out from the land as a beacon of safety […]
Tankers and other freighters carrying oil, coal and supplies for the Military Supply Depot were frequent visitors at Cobourg’s Harbour in the 1950s and 1960s. Older residents still […]
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 […]
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 […]
2015 was the Club’s anniversary year. It was also one in which the club was in the news more than usual for another reason. The question of the […]
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 […]
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.