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    The Cobourg & Peterborough Railway (C&PR) was incorporated in November 1852 by the citizens of Cobourg in hopes of drawing trade to their community from lands north to Peterborough and beyond. Entire

    Sailing ships were hauled in and out by steam tugs, but steamships came right up to the east side of East Pier.The Cobourg Harbour Co. was incorporated and began operating in about 1830, starting wit

    Indenture between Drusilla R. Tuck and John F. Tuck Source: Jackie Alls Acquired: October 1995

    Copy of Probate of Will of Hon. H. Ruttan Source: M. Austin Acquired: December 2007

    Letters from Charles Egerton Ryerson Source: Unknown Acquired: December 2007

    St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Cobourg, Ontario Source: Unknown Acquired: January 2008

    Native Missionaries Make a Significant Contribution to Western Culture Source: Alberta & Northern Conference (U.C.C.) Historical Society Acquired: January 2008

    The Steinhauer Brothers- Education & Self-Reliance Source: Alberta History/Spring 2002/Vol. 50, No.2 Acquired: January 2008

    The Steinhauer Brothers- Two First Nation Christian Missionaries Source: Unknown Acquired: January 2008

    Scriven honoured Source: The Cobourg Daily Star, Friday, November 6, 1998 Acquired: January 2008

    Enlarged reproduction of actual photograph

    Enlarged reproduction of original photograph

    Library has both mounted original and englarged reproduction

    Enlarged reproduction of original photograph

    Enlarged reproduction of original

    There was a great rivalry between the two fire companies and it was often suggested that the fire fighters may have set fires to try out each other's efficiency. Enlarged reproduction of original.

    This photograph was taken in front of Victoria Hall. The Parade Machine had no practical application but made a great show with pumpers, hose and hook-and-ladder.

    These gentlemen were Cobourg Firefighters who perished in the 1878 Windsor Hotel Fire on the north east corner of Swayne and Division Streets, Cobourg. Originally six fire fighters were trapped : the

    Frederick W. Barron founded this school which stressed moral and physical as well as intellectual development. In the 1840s he became the third principal of Upper Canada College. Barron married the w

    Built in 1871 on Glebe land on the site of the first Grammar school, the old Cobourg Collegiate Institute still stands across from the St. Peter's Rectory as an apartment building.(117 King Street Ea