Cobourg Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Ontario, Canada
About Cobourg
United Empire Loyalists fleeing persecution in the United States settled here in 1798. The town began as a group of smaller villages such as Amherst and Hardscrabble, which were later named Hamilton. It was renamed Cobourg in 1818, in recognition of the marriage of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who would later become King of Belgium. By the 1830s Cobourg had become a regional centre because of its harbour on Lake Ontario. The timber and other resources of Cobourg's large hinterland were identified as the key to its prosperity. Peterborough to the north had become the principal source area, and in the 1830s it was still the waterways that were the prime method of bulk transport. Rice Lake and the Otonabee River were brought into use when a
Top Attractions in Cobourg
Explore the best things to see and do in Cobourg:
- ★Cobourg Highland Games
- ★Cobourg Waterfront Festival
- ★Marie Dressler house
- ★Northumberland Forest
- ★Victoria Hall
- ★Victoria Park
Where to Eat in Cobourg
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Buttermilk Café
- 🍴Corfu Mediterranean Grill
- 🍴daizies
- 🍴Dutch Oven
- 🍴Eastern Buffet
- 🍴Ginger Thai Cuisine
Where to Stay in Cobourg
- 🏨Breakers on the Lake
- 🏨Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre
- 🏨Comfort Inn
- 🏨Essex House B&B
- 🏨Golden Beach Resort
- 🏨King George Inn
Cobourg Travel Guide Sections
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