TownGuy
May 20, 2013, 11:16 AM
This is a rehash of a thread a posted in the Canada section of my hometown of Cobourg :)
Cobourg is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 1 hour east of Toronto with a current pop. of 18,000. The area was settled around 1798 originally as a group of small villages. The small villages eventually joined together and formed a town called Hamilton, interestingly enough. The town officially changed its name to Cobourg in 1818 in recognition of the marriage of Princess Charlotte to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Little bit of a note...I've read Cobourg is spelt with an O rather than as Coburg because of a typo. Whether that's true or not I'm not sure. Meh. that's enough history on with the pics!
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/33/42969427_0a0a042677_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/42969427/)
Cobourg Town Hall #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/42969427/) by T a k (http://www.flickr.com/people/takashi/), on Flickr
This is Cobourg's most important and prominent building, Victoria Hall. Built in the 1850s. The town had great aspirations when it was built and Victoria Hall was to symbolize that. After many years the building had began to deteriorate and was on the verge of being TORN DOWN in the 1970s and replaced with a PARKING LOT. Cooler heads prevailed and rather than tear it down they restored it, thank god. It currently serves as the town hall and also contains a concert hall and art gallery.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4141/4773057404_08a92734b1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/4773057404/)
Victoria Hall, Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/4773057404/) by Ross Dunn (http://www.flickr.com/people/rdb466/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3385/3608778058_65c2f71369_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/3608778058/)
Victoria Hall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/3608778058/) by demon_moon (http://www.flickr.com/people/24179010@N08/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2547/3694702462_a215e08bb0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edk7/3694702462/)
_DSC0602Anx2-Q50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edk7/3694702462/) by edk7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/edk7/), on Flickr
Victoria Hall lies directly in the middle of downtown Cobourg on King St. This is King St...
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2565/3848599066_abcf0243d5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thru_the_night/3848599066/)
Downtown Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thru_the_night/3848599066/) by Kiril Strax (http://www.flickr.com/people/thru_the_night/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8455449727_19e87f8168_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455449727/)
Downtown, Small-scale, Pedestrian-oriented Commercial Street, King Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455449727/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8455424739_729d51ce02_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455424739/)
Downtown, Small-scale Commercial Street, King Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455424739/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1069/624499430_849274cbaa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markboden/624499430/)
P6250003 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markboden/624499430/) by gaffer1956 (http://www.flickr.com/people/markboden/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8455422153_9845808fd6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455422153/)
Downtown, Small-scale, Pedestrian-oriented Commercial Street, Division Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455422153/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2603/4134523441_5d67d54a22_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4134523441/)
Cobourg 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4134523441/) by Sean_Marshall (http://www.flickr.com/people/7119320@N05/), on Flickr
If you can't read it Cobourg had a ferry to Rochester, NY.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3271/2791603614_0e154a7685_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2791603614/)
Cobourg to Rochester: The Ontario Car Ferry Co. 1905-1950 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2791603614/) by Will S. (http://www.flickr.com/people/wiless/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3131/2667112687_44013492cc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayuri30/2667112687/)
Downtown Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayuri30/2667112687/) by sayuri_30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sayuri30/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5072/7415421776_4f910b47f9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28133392@N02/7415421776/)
DSCN0132 Street fair, Cobourg, Ontario (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28133392@N02/7415421776/) by pvalentine1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/28133392@N02/), on Flickr
Cobourg's harbour/marina is to the immediate south of the downtown. Like most places on the Great Lakes it was once an industrial wasteland composed of railways, coal piles and large oil drums. The town, realizing the potential of the land, started slowly buying back the waterfront and turning it into what you see today which is open natural areas, condos and parks.
Not sure the date here.
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/assets/photos/harbour-1953_520.jpg
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/harbour3.htm
Early 1980s
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/assets/photos/cobourg1980_1200.jpg
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/harbour3.htm
Nowadays
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8067716790_65e4f01d0f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88276475@N04/8067716790/)
Cobourg Harbour in Canada (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88276475@N04/8067716790/) by BlueSkies705 (http://www.flickr.com/people/88276475@N04/), on Flickr
The condos on the left in this picture lie directly where the large oil drums above once stood.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7552758748_e4d0b17df0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35635444@N04/7552758748/)
Cobourg Marina (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35635444@N04/7552758748/) by Pouncer 2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/35635444@N04/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3601/3685431719_f97a13c689_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30087967@N07/3685431719/)
Cobourg Marina (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30087967@N07/3685431719/) by justin.fitchett (http://www.flickr.com/people/30087967@N07/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7377191904_356b6199c9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disprtim/7377191904/)
The Sylphide (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disprtim/7377191904/) by Ramblings From The 4th Concession (http://www.flickr.com/people/disprtim/), on Flickr
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/26/57956952_ee08b9d2bf_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodomain/57956952/)
P8244317 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodomain/57956952/) by nodomain.cc (http://www.flickr.com/people/nodomain/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8026702764_35d499a363_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallycharris/8026702764/)
Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallycharris/8026702764/) by salgal2008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sallycharris/), on Flickr
Just to the east of the harbour and downtown is Victoria Park which includes one the nicer beaches you'll find in Ontario.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8019784495_3fce35766d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10694443@N06/8019784495/)
Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10694443@N06/8019784495/) by mengesphotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/10694443@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3120/3126690772_0dcb6630fb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcatnorth/3126690772/)
Victoria Park Pavilion Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcatnorth/3126690772/) by Bobcatnorth (http://www.flickr.com/people/bobcatnorth/), on Flickr
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/106/316366325_bdf2487ded_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglessone/316366325/)
05062403 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglessone/316366325/) by The Blogless One (http://www.flickr.com/people/thebloglessone/), on Flickr
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5050422007_e3487f86eb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smartyn/5050422007/)
20100829 119 Cobourg Triathlon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smartyn/5050422007/) by scottdm (http://www.flickr.com/people/smartyn/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3128/2845674209_6970615f78_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsorley/2845674209/)
Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsorley/2845674209/) by Saugh30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/macsorley/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3574/3817200505_859e2c09eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulygreenfish/3817200505/)
Victoria Park gazebo, Cobourg, Ont. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulygreenfish/3817200505/) by trulygreenfish (http://www.flickr.com/people/trulygreenfish/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3207/2800579709_199bd0fea5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/2800579709/)
Cobourg Beach & Trailer Camp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/2800579709/) by demon_moon (http://www.flickr.com/people/24179010@N08/), on Flickr
One of Cobourg's more popular summer festivals is the Sandcastle Festival...
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6071/6095179830_bdcf31acaa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095179830/)
IMG_4574 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095179830/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6066/6095183848_de82d799b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095183848/)
IMG_4783 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095183848/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6207/6095180438_2e64331620_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095180438/)
IMG_4581 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095180438/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
That concludes the tour for now. Oh and in case you're wondering, yes, Cobourg has the usual big box stores and sprawl. Yay! Although somewhat contained.
Farewell
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3222/3014458364_cec0ffd54b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjmixer/3014458364/)
Cobourg Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjmixer/3014458364/) by PJMixer (http://www.flickr.com/people/pjmixer/), on Flickr
Cobourg is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 1 hour east of Toronto with a current pop. of 18,000. The area was settled around 1798 originally as a group of small villages. The small villages eventually joined together and formed a town called Hamilton, interestingly enough. The town officially changed its name to Cobourg in 1818 in recognition of the marriage of Princess Charlotte to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Little bit of a note...I've read Cobourg is spelt with an O rather than as Coburg because of a typo. Whether that's true or not I'm not sure. Meh. that's enough history on with the pics!
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/33/42969427_0a0a042677_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/42969427/)
Cobourg Town Hall #2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/42969427/) by T a k (http://www.flickr.com/people/takashi/), on Flickr
This is Cobourg's most important and prominent building, Victoria Hall. Built in the 1850s. The town had great aspirations when it was built and Victoria Hall was to symbolize that. After many years the building had began to deteriorate and was on the verge of being TORN DOWN in the 1970s and replaced with a PARKING LOT. Cooler heads prevailed and rather than tear it down they restored it, thank god. It currently serves as the town hall and also contains a concert hall and art gallery.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4141/4773057404_08a92734b1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/4773057404/)
Victoria Hall, Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/4773057404/) by Ross Dunn (http://www.flickr.com/people/rdb466/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3385/3608778058_65c2f71369_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/3608778058/)
Victoria Hall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/3608778058/) by demon_moon (http://www.flickr.com/people/24179010@N08/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2547/3694702462_a215e08bb0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edk7/3694702462/)
_DSC0602Anx2-Q50 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edk7/3694702462/) by edk7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/edk7/), on Flickr
Victoria Hall lies directly in the middle of downtown Cobourg on King St. This is King St...
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2565/3848599066_abcf0243d5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thru_the_night/3848599066/)
Downtown Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thru_the_night/3848599066/) by Kiril Strax (http://www.flickr.com/people/thru_the_night/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8455449727_19e87f8168_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455449727/)
Downtown, Small-scale, Pedestrian-oriented Commercial Street, King Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455449727/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8455424739_729d51ce02_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455424739/)
Downtown, Small-scale Commercial Street, King Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455424739/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1069/624499430_849274cbaa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markboden/624499430/)
P6250003 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markboden/624499430/) by gaffer1956 (http://www.flickr.com/people/markboden/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8455422153_9845808fd6_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455422153/)
Downtown, Small-scale, Pedestrian-oriented Commercial Street, Division Street Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93044236@N06/8455422153/) by Ministry of Infrastructure (http://www.flickr.com/people/93044236@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2603/4134523441_5d67d54a22_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4134523441/)
Cobourg 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/4134523441/) by Sean_Marshall (http://www.flickr.com/people/7119320@N05/), on Flickr
If you can't read it Cobourg had a ferry to Rochester, NY.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3271/2791603614_0e154a7685_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2791603614/)
Cobourg to Rochester: The Ontario Car Ferry Co. 1905-1950 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2791603614/) by Will S. (http://www.flickr.com/people/wiless/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3131/2667112687_44013492cc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayuri30/2667112687/)
Downtown Cobourg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayuri30/2667112687/) by sayuri_30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sayuri30/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5072/7415421776_4f910b47f9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28133392@N02/7415421776/)
DSCN0132 Street fair, Cobourg, Ontario (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28133392@N02/7415421776/) by pvalentine1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/28133392@N02/), on Flickr
Cobourg's harbour/marina is to the immediate south of the downtown. Like most places on the Great Lakes it was once an industrial wasteland composed of railways, coal piles and large oil drums. The town, realizing the potential of the land, started slowly buying back the waterfront and turning it into what you see today which is open natural areas, condos and parks.
Not sure the date here.
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/assets/photos/harbour-1953_520.jpg
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/harbour3.htm
Early 1980s
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/assets/photos/cobourg1980_1200.jpg
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/harbour3.htm
Nowadays
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8067716790_65e4f01d0f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88276475@N04/8067716790/)
Cobourg Harbour in Canada (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88276475@N04/8067716790/) by BlueSkies705 (http://www.flickr.com/people/88276475@N04/), on Flickr
The condos on the left in this picture lie directly where the large oil drums above once stood.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7552758748_e4d0b17df0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35635444@N04/7552758748/)
Cobourg Marina (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35635444@N04/7552758748/) by Pouncer 2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/35635444@N04/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3601/3685431719_f97a13c689_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30087967@N07/3685431719/)
Cobourg Marina (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30087967@N07/3685431719/) by justin.fitchett (http://www.flickr.com/people/30087967@N07/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7377191904_356b6199c9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disprtim/7377191904/)
The Sylphide (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disprtim/7377191904/) by Ramblings From The 4th Concession (http://www.flickr.com/people/disprtim/), on Flickr
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/26/57956952_ee08b9d2bf_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodomain/57956952/)
P8244317 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodomain/57956952/) by nodomain.cc (http://www.flickr.com/people/nodomain/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8026702764_35d499a363_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallycharris/8026702764/)
Cobourg, ON (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallycharris/8026702764/) by salgal2008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sallycharris/), on Flickr
Just to the east of the harbour and downtown is Victoria Park which includes one the nicer beaches you'll find in Ontario.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8019784495_3fce35766d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10694443@N06/8019784495/)
Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10694443@N06/8019784495/) by mengesphotos (http://www.flickr.com/people/10694443@N06/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3120/3126690772_0dcb6630fb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcatnorth/3126690772/)
Victoria Park Pavilion Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcatnorth/3126690772/) by Bobcatnorth (http://www.flickr.com/people/bobcatnorth/), on Flickr
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/106/316366325_bdf2487ded_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglessone/316366325/)
05062403 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloglessone/316366325/) by The Blogless One (http://www.flickr.com/people/thebloglessone/), on Flickr
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5050422007_e3487f86eb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smartyn/5050422007/)
20100829 119 Cobourg Triathlon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smartyn/5050422007/) by scottdm (http://www.flickr.com/people/smartyn/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3128/2845674209_6970615f78_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsorley/2845674209/)
Cobourg Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsorley/2845674209/) by Saugh30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/macsorley/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3574/3817200505_859e2c09eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulygreenfish/3817200505/)
Victoria Park gazebo, Cobourg, Ont. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulygreenfish/3817200505/) by trulygreenfish (http://www.flickr.com/people/trulygreenfish/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3207/2800579709_199bd0fea5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/2800579709/)
Cobourg Beach & Trailer Camp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179010@N08/2800579709/) by demon_moon (http://www.flickr.com/people/24179010@N08/), on Flickr
One of Cobourg's more popular summer festivals is the Sandcastle Festival...
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6071/6095179830_bdcf31acaa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095179830/)
IMG_4574 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095179830/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6066/6095183848_de82d799b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095183848/)
IMG_4783 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095183848/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6207/6095180438_2e64331620_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095180438/)
IMG_4581 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leprechaun_il/6095180438/) by Yan Simkin (http://www.flickr.com/people/leprechaun_il/), on Flickr
That concludes the tour for now. Oh and in case you're wondering, yes, Cobourg has the usual big box stores and sprawl. Yay! Although somewhat contained.
Farewell
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3222/3014458364_cec0ffd54b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjmixer/3014458364/)
Cobourg Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjmixer/3014458364/) by PJMixer (http://www.flickr.com/people/pjmixer/), on Flickr