Cobourg Museum Foundation: Cobourg Harbour - A Story of Small Town Ontario Cobourg Harbour Is Our Town
Captaining two vessels at a time on Lake Ontario, Capt Dan Rooney made double wages! The routes are set out on this map. Though our records don’t set out the […]
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 […]
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 […]
“The schooner Jessie Drummond was totally wrecked by the storm on Lake Ontario. Her crew of 7 persons were rescued without loss of life by the life saving […]
Coal from the United States was chiefly used to power the railroads running east and west across Canada. A few older citizens still have memories of coal being […]
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 […]
The force of the wind and water several times necessitated rebuilding or repairs to this structure There is some doubt as to the accuracy of Bartlett’s representation of […]
W. H. Bartlett (1809-1854) was a British artist, best known for the numerous steel engravings based on his sketches. He travelled widely, including to the Balkans, the Middle […]
The blue tint of this sketch suggests an evening scene, confirmed by the suggestions of stars. The moon provides plenty of light for all the activity. Barry King […]
Seeing both ferries in the harbour at once raises the question of accidents. However, the Ontario Car Ferry Company had an outstanding safety record, but there were several […]
The site of present day Charlotte, just north of Rochester, New York, was first settled in 1792, just six years before the first settler arrived in Cobourg. Charlotte […]