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      Winchester Canada Limited opens new plant in Cobourg Source: The Sentinel-Star, June 17, 1970

      New Winchester-Western plant to invite public to visit Source: The Sentinel-Star, June 3, 1970 Acquired: February 2008

      Winchester's new plant Source: The Sentinel-Star, Wednesday, June 10, 1970 Acquired: February 2008

      Father Collins completes 50 years as priest Source: Cobourg Sentinel-Star, Wednesday, May 20, 1970 Acquired: January 2008

      Lakelands was originally built in 1878 and was later the residence of William Riddell. He obtained the first B.Sc. to be granted by Victoria College, Cobourg, in 1877, and later became an eminent lawyer. In 1906 he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Mr. Riddell’s wife was …

      Victoria Hall was started in 1856 and completed in 1860. It was designed by Kivas Tully of Toronto. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on September 7th, 1860. In the 1960s Lenah Fisher began tireless efforts to restore Victoria Hall which began in earnest in the 1980s …

      Known locally as Rene's White House, this fine old mansion near Brighton, Ontario, was once a major landmark on Ontario's number 2 Highway. This stately home was built in 1873 by William J. Eyre, remaining in this family until 1898 when Mr. Sam Nesbitt purchase it. In 1922 there were …

      This cenotaph is located in Victoria Park and was built in the early 1920s.

      This home was owned by the Field family and rented to von Koerber. It was a restaurant for awhile and it now the Tourist Information Centre with rooms dedicated to Marie Dressler

      (80ft. long, 45ft. wide, 35ft. high) This magnificent room is the core of Victoria Hall. It had a wooden floor (not on springs as at one time claimed) supported by pine beams bolted together, each about 6 inches wide and about 20 inches deep spanning the width of the hall. …

      Catherine Milne, Norma Martin, and Donna McGillis at a book launching ceremony in Gores Landing.

      Left to Right: C.H.J. Snider; a friend of Mr. Snider; a friend of Murry B. Smith; Madeline Rooney; Captain Dan Rooney, Dan (Madeline's father).

      Known as G.E.Plastics which opened in Cobourg in 1946. The new plant is located in Hamilton Township on Normar Rd. (Used to be Borg-Warner).

      Lakelands was originally built in 1878 and was later the residence of William Riddell. He obtained the first B.Sc. to be granted by Victoria College, Cobourg, in 1877, and later became an eminent lawyer. In 1906 he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Mr. Riddell’s wife was …

      This beautiful Greek Revival Cottage was built around the 1850’s by William H. Floyd.

      This Greek revival cottage shows up on the 1874 town map but its date of construction is still uncertain. It is likely to have been built around the late 1850s, early 1860s since this style was popular at this time.

      This Ontario Gothic cottage was built by John Cullingford (local druggist) in 1856. He also conducted his business from this building.

      This solid square house was built in 1876. It was as a wedding present for Dr. Alfred Reynar, professor of English literature at Victoria College, and his bride, Ida Hayden, from her parents.

      This stately Victorian house was constructed completed in 1880 by William Bond, a contractor and builder. It is graced with the unusual features of elaborate stone quoins, and stone lintels with worked keystone, over each window.

      This fine brick residence was built this in 1851 by R. D. Chatterton, who came to Cobourg about 1830, and was the first editor of the Cobourg Star, which began publishing in 1831. Its proportions, massing, and detail give it a decidedly English flavor.