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    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

    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

    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

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

    S. Douglas Cornell belonged to the eighth generation of Cornells in Americas. Douglas came to Buffalo with his father and graduated from Hobart in 1860. There he excelled in oratory and dramatics, ta

    Centre figure possibly D'Arcy Boulton.

    The Cobourg & Peterborough railroad opened with great fanfare in 1854 and was plagued with problems ever after particularily with this bridge over Rice Lake. The Cobourg & Peterborough Railway (C&PR)

    Volunteer fire brigades long played an important part in social life. Shown here in front of Victoria Hall, the Parade Machine had no practical application but made a great show with pumpers, hose an

    Edith Kerr married Donald Macdonald. Charles Kerr was the son of Senator Kerr. His daughter Grace eventually resided in the Golden Plough. Enid Donly was the mother of Mrs. Grigg of Cobourg, from who

    Clench came to Cobourg in the mid 1820's and established a cabinet making business, which soon became highly successful. He was noted for fine craftsmanship and good design. Clench was also active in

    General Charles Lane Fitzhugh was the youngest civil war general in the Union Army. The Fitzhugh's were an old Virginia family of great wealth who spent much time in Cobourg after 1867. Charles becam

    Ella Cruso was a daughter of Michael Daintry Cruso. She married Arthur Radcliffe Boswell, one time Mayor of Toronto.

    Michael Cruso was the father of Henry Beaumont Cruso.

    Harriet died on January 15th, 1892.

    Frederick was a Cobourg poet and surveyor.

    Sister of Charles Munson, M.P.

    Captain Beebe left Cobourg in 1884 when the Volunteer Firemen came to an end. He later moved to Toronto and said of Cobourg "There was nothing left in the old town for me.".