Cobourg Photo Album

Updated June 29, 2009

For more on the Town
see
Town of Cobourg Tourism site.


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Cobourg's Coat of Arms
About Cobourg

Where is Cobourg?

The Town of Cobourg is one hour East of Toronto via Highway 401 and is on the shore of Lake Ontario, in Ontario, Canada. Go to Google for a map on how to get here. Additional maps - current and historical - can be found here.

The History of Cobourg has been well documented and now a large amount of this is on the web - see the site CobourgHistory.ca.

The major feature of Cobourg is the waterfront on Lake Ontario where there is a Marina (run by the Town of Cobourg), Yacht club, sandy beach and an extensive Park area. The photo at the top of each page on this site shows the Harbour Entrance.

See our Photo Gallery (Updated June 29)

One of the legacies of the boom in the mid 1800's is Victoria Hall (above). After restoration in ~1980, it now plays a key role in the town with a Council meeting room, Art Gallery and Concert Hall. More.
In 2006, according to the Census, Cobourg's population was 18,210 and English was the mother language for 93% of us.

Performances by many groups and Events (such as the annual Waterfront Festival) keep residents and visitors entertained.

And of course, being in the heart of UEL territory, the Canada Day parade is a big affair and is led by the Cobourg Concert band. The history of this band goes back a long way (more) and every year, they participate in joint Historical re-enactments in New York state.


The next major event is the Waterfront Festival - June 28 to July 1st. Their web site here.

For a list of web sites based in Cobourg, see Cobourg on the Web.

See the above for Cobourg's weather from iBegin. For the official forecast see also Environment Canada.

New The Architectural Conservancy Ontario Cobourg Branch has produced a video of ideas for development of Albert Street. Click here to see it.


Photos- updated June 2009
Click here for a Cobourg Photo Album - updated June 28, 2009 - 6 pages, 126 photos total

On the July 1st weekend last year, Cobourg had its annual Waterfront Festival. Not only did we have the usual parade, there is also entertainment at the bandshell (and more), Fine Art on sale and display in the Lion's Club tent, quality crafts for sale in the Rotary tents, beer in the beer tents and last but not least, a wonderful beach to enjoy.

In 2008 the weather was best on Canada Day and there was a great turn out to "soak up the sun".

Photos at right are from the 2008 event.

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Click any photo below to get a larger version. All Photos on this page by John Draper.
The Winter Festival in February includes Lumberjacks and a Polar Bear Dip.
Volley ball is very popular on the beach - it's wide enough for them as well as everyone else.
Last year (2008), the Cobourg Santa Parade included a grinch. Perhaps appropriate given the financial situation.
The Highland games in 2009 was lucky to have great weather - more photos here.