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Cobourg, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (455 words) |
 | Cobourg (2001 population 17,172) is a town on Lake Ontario some 75 km east of Toronto. |
| In 1935 the Upper Canada Academy was established in Cobourg by Egerton Ryerson and the Wesleyan Conference of Bishops. |
| Cobourg retains its small-town atmosphere, inpart due to the downtown and surrounding residential area's status as a Heritage Conservation District. |
| Cobourg now and then (2627 words) |
| Cobourg, once known as New Amherst, was renamed in honour of the House of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha which came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria of the House of Hanover to Prince Albert, son of Ernst of said Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
| Most residents of Cobourg know that milk comes from cows and that the 'farmers market' closes for the winter, which is the time for those living in the downtown area to venture farther afield for their fodder. |
| Cobourg was a on a regular circus route that paraded along King Street with musicians atop the wagons to announce their arrival. |
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