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 July 7, 2010)

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.

In 2006, according to the Census, Cobourg's population was 18,210 and English was the mother language for 93% of us.

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

On the July 1st weekend this 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 2010 the weather was perfect and the beach had record crowds

Photos at right are from the 2010 event.