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Washburn, Robert, Northumberland Today.com (Cobourg, ON), 10 Aug 2016, Section A, p. 3     ...

    Among the pioneers who settled in the Cobourg area at the beginning of the 19th century were many from Scotland. They sought to establish the kind of church to which they had been used to in Scotland and despite many difficulties, the result of their labour is St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church. ...

    Sketch of the first Cobourg Collegiate Institute from an old woodcut.

    Victoria College and Faraday Hall, head of College St.(formerly named Seminary St.) where it meets University Ave., Cobourg.

    Division Street location

    The "North King" was a frequent caller at Cobourg in the heyday of lake transport. She ran from Charlotte (the port of Rochester, NY) to various ports on the north shore of Lake Ontario including Cobourg, Port Hope and Toronto. When the North King, the Caspian or the Kingston arrived ...

    Originally known as the Steamboat Hotel (owned by Oren Strong), it was renamed the Albion in 1837 and was located on the north side of King Street

    Victoria Hall was started in 1856 and completed in 1860. It was designed by Kivas Tully of Toronto. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on September 7th, 1860. In the 1960s Lenah Fisher began tireless efforts to restore Victoria Hall which began in earnest in the 1980s ...

    This home was owned by the Field family and rented to von Koerber. It was a restaurant for awhile and it now the Tourist Information Centre with rooms dedicated to Marie Dressler. Notecard.

    Commemorative placemat. this is number 24 in the series.

    Pre-1812 there were three communities existing in the area of what would later become Cobourg. Amherst, was the largest settlement and was located at the House of Refuge about a mile northwest of present-day Cobourg. (Golden Plough is now located at that site). Lewis Stiles acquired this corner property in ...

    The late Paul Kane

    A pencil sketch by Harriet Kane, wife of Paul Kane, Canadian artist. Harriet was the daughter of renowned cabinetmaker, Freeman Schemmerhorn Clench.

    The trial of Dr. William H. King in Cobourg in 1859 for the murder of his wife was a cause celebre. His execution at the Old Court House, now the House of Refuge, was no less memorable.

    Cover of one of three historical booklets on the King case, 1859. Donated by E.C. Guillet.

    "Written on back: "Globe Hotel greatly enlarged"

    This picture from the mouth of Factory Creek is not totally accurate, but is important for its representation of the Globe Hotel (in the centre near the Church of England). The Globe Hotel stood on the northeast corner of King and McGill streets. It was destroyed by fire in 1864 ...

    Elizabeth Heath is the sister of Emily Heath Boulton.

    Henry Rutttan served as Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Distinguished conducted at Lundry's Lane where he was wounded. Henry was married to Mary Jones, the daughter of Elias Jones, one of Cobourg's first settlers. By 1820 he became a member of the Legislative Assembly. In 1827 he became the ...

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