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      About 1884 Evor Leonard opened an R.S. McLaughlin carriage dealership on Division Street in downtown Cobourg. With the arrival of the motor car his shop became the first outlet in the Cobourg area to sell the McLaughlin buick. The carriage business operated into the 1930s.

      Taken on the south side of the Fire Hall on Second Street, Cobourg.

      Photo taken from Fire Hall, Second Street, Cobourg, looking east.

      This photograph was taken from the Fire Hall on Second Street, looking east.

      This photograph was taken in front of the Second Street Fire Hall in Cobourg.

      Located on King Street East in the stone Ebenezer Perry building Mr. Willis made shoes in Cobourg from 1865 to 1908. It was the first store east of the old Post Office. This location was also the site of the first motion picture theatre, the Bijou Dream (opened in 1908) …

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      Located on the north side of King Street where the Bank of Montreal is situated. The owner was Mr. George Mitchell who also owned a butcher shop just east of the theatre and was in partnership with Archibald (Archie) Perks confectioner. The partnership was entered into the 30th of May …

      Located on Division Street, north of Swayne Street.

      Cobourg had developed a ‘House of Refuge’ near the corner of James and George streets in the early 1890s. The home took in the elderly, indigent and destitute of the community. Soon there was a need for a hospital and a portion of the home was turned over to that …

      In 1856, Ebenezer Perry sold this corner property to the Bank of Montreal who then built this building around 1860. In 1881, it was conveyed to W. D. Burn who sold it to the Crown in December 1882 and it became the Cobourg Post Office. In 1889, after the addition …

      Residence of James and Agnes (Carson) McIntosh

      The water slide in the background was a much-loved feature with children hurtling down a wooden slide in a toboggan on wheels. The slide stretched out over the water and into the harbour. It was in the area between the east pier and where the beach ended and was run …

      This cenotaph is located in Victoria Park and was built in the early 1920s.

      Looking west from breakwater. Cedarmere property on right.

      The Cobourg Public Library was located on 90 King Street West from 1889 to 1964.

      As far back as the early 1800s Cobourg's main beach was used as a stopover location for travellers along the Lake Ontario's north shore. The beach was a place of stopover and encampment, especially at the west end of the beach where the large stream entered the lake. This area …

      Golf was very popular and with the backing of American vacationers, the Cobourg Golf Club was established in 1898. It became a social centre and each year a grand dance was held here. The club cost $800 and had dressing rooms for the ladies and gentlemen, a verandah along the …

      One of the American summer homes in the east end of town had its own artificial lake built on the property for entertainment.

      Looking east