Cobourg Museum Foundation: Cobourg Harbour - A Story of Small Town Ontario Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town
On January 6, 1924, Ontario No. 1 sailed from Port Charlotte and soon encountered a heavy gale with 20 foot swells and 75 knots of wind. After making […]
The route of the railway from Cobourg to Peterborough over the Rice Lake bridge is modeled with an operating train, 1/20 scale. The layout was prepared by George […]
This photograph is of a watercolour over pencil painting of the Rice Lake bridge viewed from the south shore of the Lake, west of Harwood. The train can […]
This currency was the first issued by the Cobourg Board of Police, the town’s governing body, during a time of widespread depression made worse by the arrival of […]
This plan from 1835 shows the proposal for an east pier. A continuous line of rock-filled wooden cribs, such as those used later in the Rice Lake Bridge, […]
This watercolour painting shows the steamship Cobourg beside the first dock in Cobourg Harbour. At the shore the dock runs through a warehouse/customs office. In the background left […]
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 jolly boat was a type of ship’s boat in use during the 18th and 19th centuries. The origins of the name is the subject of debate, but […]
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 […]
The condominium units facing south offer an unparalleled view of Cobourg harbour during the changing seasons. The Canada geese and other water birds were the subject of considerable controversy […]