History Links

Sites with source material

• Cobourg Library - Lots of material - searchable but not always easy to track down.
• Canadiana Discovery portal - 271 photos of historical Cobourg - includes photos from Our Ontario (below)
• CDCI West Local History - articles written by students in the CDCI West History department.
• Canadian County Atlas Digital Project - Maps of Ontario Counties in 1880
• Our Ontario - lots of good photos.
• Trent University Archives

Sites with additional articles

• Harwood Museum - dedicated to the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway
• Marie Dressler
• Cobourg Museum - "The Barracks"
• Port Hope Historical Society
• Cobourg - now and then - by Art Cockerill.
• Marie Dressler Biography
• Wikipedia - Cobourg
• Canadian Encyclopedia
• Historic Places of Canada
• Cobourg Archives
• McGill County Digital Map Project - Map of Hamilton, ca 1880 (includes Cobourg)

Additional relevant links are also provided on individual pages.