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  • New Methodist Church, Wicklow
    New Methodist Church, Wicklow
    Imagemysterycomment       An earlier church pre-dated this structure which was built in 1896. Earliest mention of the church is 1877.
    Imagemysterycomment     An earlier church pre-dated this structure which was built in 1896. Earliest mention of the church is 1877.
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  • House of Refuge
    House of Refuge
    Imagecomment       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 …
    Imagecomment     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 …
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  • Cobourg Post Office
    Cobourg Post Office
    Image       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 …
    Image     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 …
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  • Bathing at Victoria Beach
    Bathing at Victoria Beach
    Image       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 …
    Image     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 …
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  • Cobourg War Memorial
    Cobourg War Memorial
    Image       This cenotaph is located in Victoria Park and was built in the early 1920s.
    Image     This cenotaph is located in Victoria Park and was built in the early 1920s.
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  • Cobourg Beach
    Cobourg Beach
    Image       Looking west from breakwater. Cedarmere property on right.
    Image     Looking west from breakwater. Cedarmere property on right.
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  • Victoria Park
    Victoria Park
    Image       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 …
    Image     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 …
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  • Cobourg Golf Club
    Cobourg Golf Club
    Image       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 …
    Image     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 …
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  • View from Ontario Street, Port Hope
    View from Ontario Street, Port Hope
    Image       Black and white photograph postcard of Port Hope.
    Image     Black and white photograph postcard of Port Hope.
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  • Artificial Lake
    Artificial Lake
    Image       One of the American summer homes in the east end of town had its own artificial lake built on the property for entertainment.
    Image     One of the American summer homes in the east end of town had its own artificial lake built on the property for entertainment.
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  • Lake Shore (Lakeshore), Cobourg
    Lake Shore (Lakeshore), Cobourg
    Image       Looking east
    Image     Looking east
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  • Icebergs in Cobourg Harbour
    Icebergs in Cobourg Harbour
    Image       Ice Bergs, Cobourg, Ont....
    Image     Ice Bergs, Cobourg, Ont....
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  • Icebergs in Cobourg Harbour
    Icebergs in Cobourg Harbour
    Image       "Ice Bergs, Cobourg, Ont."...
    Image     "Ice Bergs, Cobourg, Ont."...
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  • Entrance to Strathmore
    Entrance to Strathmore
    Image       Strathmore, as it was called, was the home of Judge George M. Clark, whose wife was a daughter of William Weller. He sold the estate in 1904 to Charles Donnelly, a Pittsburg steel magnate, who remodeled and enlarged it. This building was an example of the style known as Beaux …
    Image     Strathmore, as it was called, was the home of Judge George M. Clark, whose wife was a daughter of William Weller. He sold the estate in 1904 to Charles Donnelly, …
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