



Walking Tours
ACO Cobourg Walking Tour Brochure
Northumberland Publishers "An Historic Walking Tour of Cobourg"
Local Research Facilities
Historical information is available at these local research facilities:
The Cobourg Museum works to increase the knowledge of the history of this area.
The Cobourg and District Historical Society Archives offers a growing collection of historical information.
General Interest stories on Cobourg's history can also be found at the following links:
http://www.cobourghistory.ca/
http://www.cobourginternet.com/about_cobourg.htm
http://www.eagle.ca/westhistory/early_history_of_cobourg.htm
http://www.mariedressler.ca/about.htm
http://images.ourontario.ca/Cobourg
Local Heritage Groups
Want to know more about local history? Consider joining one of these organizations:
Cobourg Public Library
Cobourg Archives
Cobourg Museum Foundation
ACO - Architectural Conservancy of Ontario - Cobourg
Ontario Genealogical Society - Quinte Branch
Business Improvement Area Association
The Town has a very united and progressive Cobourg Downtown BIA which is located within the Commercial Core District and is an excellent heritage partner.
Other Heritage Groups/Organizations (non-governmental)
Community Heritage Ontario (the umbrella organization for municipal heritage committees in the province of Ontario)
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
Ontario Historical Society
Ontario Genealogical Society
Archives Association of Ontario (provides access to Ontario's Archival Information Network)
Heritage Canada Foundation (Canada's national non-government voice of heritage conservation)
Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (professional heritage consultants on a wide variety of heritage subject matter)
ICOMOS Canada (Canadian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites)
Provincial and Federal Partners
Ontario Ministry of Culture – Heritage
Ontario Heritage Trust (an agency of the provincial government preserving and protecting provincially significant sites)
Ontario Places of Worship (a province-wide inventory of over 3,600 purpose-built religious buildings designed in Ontario that are older than 25 years)
National Historic Sites of Canada(Victoria Hall is a National Historic Site) Archives of Ontario (preserves the province's documentary heritage and makes it available to the public)
Department of Canadian Heritage
National Archives of Canada