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CANADIAN CITIES AND TOWNS
ing, tennis, baseball and other sports provide
amusement for visitors and citizens, with slides
and swings for children. Fishing at Rice Lake,
just 12 miles north, is excellent; and bass, pickerel and maskinonge are plentiful. An interesting
nine-hole golf course, with a commodious club
house, awaits those who enjoy the game. The
course is entirely within the town limits.
Cobourg is well served by branches of four
of the leading banks of Canada-The
Bank of
Commerce, The Bank of Nova Scotia, The
Dominion Bank and the Bank of Toronto. Diversified lines of manufacture keep employment
steady, There are no vacant factory buildings,
each plant being a going concern. Ample power
facilities are provided by the Cobourg Public
Utilities Commission, and at reasonable rates.
Water is available for all manufacturing purposes
and is of excellent quality. Cobourg is the home
of several important industries-all
of which
supply goods in national demand and all enjoy
the highest standing. Representative of these are:
COBOURG. ONTARIO
By F. W. Collins, Industrial Manager,
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Montreal.
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Cobourg is a town of 5,100 population, located
on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 70 miles
east of Toronto. Its history dates back to the
latter part of the 18th century when the first
settlers were United Empire Loyalists. Its importance as a port was established early; and
with the opening up of the country in the Rice
Lake region, 12 miles north, all the products of
farm, forest and mine were brought to Cobourg
for shipment by water to the larger markets of
.the country. Cobourg has always been one of
the most important ports on Lake Ontario.
Education in Ontario received its first great
impetus in the establishing at Cobourg, in 1833,
of the school which later became Victoria College
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Alma Mater of thousands of our leading
Canadians of the past and present.
Although known far and wide as a town of
beautiful homes, Cobourg has, for some years,
attracted the attention of industry and we are
setting forth some of its advantages in this brief
summary.
Cobourg is served directly by the two transcontinental railways. With the business public
of Cobourg enjoying the advantages of coast to
coast transportation,
the town is, in peacetime,
in direct contact with the important centres of
Europe and the Far East, served by Canadian
Pacific ships plying the Atlantic and the Pacific.
With a fine deep-water harbour, open all year,
Cobourg is a Customs Port of Entry. Steamship
connections with Rochester, 55 miles; Toronto,
70 miles; Montreal and principal United States
and Canadian ports, exist, providing an industrial focal point interesting to the progressive
business executive. In addition, three car ferries
provide daily, all-year service to Rochester,
carrying twenty-eight loaded cars. Supplementing the freight service afforded by these ferries,
each vessel will accommodate about 1,000 passengers. They have been known to bring as many
as 70,000 persons to Cobourg during the season.
Educational facilities are adequate and most
excellent. There are three Primary Schools (two
Public and one Separate), well-equipped with an
. active staff thoroughly qualified for the tutoring
of children during their most formative years.
The Collegiate Institute
gives an excellent
course, and on its completion the graduates have
University. entrance standing or better. "Hatfield
Hall," a private finishing school for young ladies,
is most favourably known and well attended.
Public parks provide ample space and equipment for seasonal outdoor activities. Victoria
Park is a modern park with a beautiful sandy
bathing beach. It attracts thousands of visitors
during the season who enjoy the invigorating
freshness of a swim in Lake Ontario. Lawn bowl-
BIRD-ARCHERCo., LTD.-Manufacturers
of boiler Chemicals and water softening compounds for the correction
of scale formation, foaming, pitting and corrosion. They
serve the railways and manufacturing plants everywhere.
CANADIAN'CANNERSLTD.-Branch
No. 58. This plant
manufactures its products under the "Aylmer" label
and has made Aylmer Peas and Aylmer Corn a synonym
for the highest quality obtainable.
COBOURGMATTINGAND CARPET CO., LTD.-This plant,
established in 1876, manufactures mats, matting and
rugs, press cloths, stockinettes and webbing.
COBOURGDYEING CO., LTD.-A modern plant in every
respect, which specializes in dyeing and finishin~ woollen
and worsted piece goods on a quantity productIOn basis.
Its product is a symbol of quality.
COOEYMACHINEANDARMSCO., LTD.-Manufacturers
of
rifles and shot guns. It is one of the few plants in the
British Empire of its kind. Other lines such as bridge
tables and chairs, Sta-Brite cutlery, are also manufactured.
DONALDMcKINNON & ~oNs-Manufacturers
of cocoa
mats, matting and porch rugs. They import their cocoa
fibre yarns direct from India. (All the cocoa mats made
in Canada are manufactured in Cobourg.)
DOUGLASPECTIN LTD.-A modern plant, 65,000 sq. ft.
in area, manufactures concentrated fruit pectin for the
Canadian and British Empire markets. Its product is
sent to many foreign countries as well. Its "Certo" is
well and favourably known everywhere.
DOMINIONWHEEL& FOUNDRIESLTD.-Has its Head Office
in Toronto. This plant specializes in brake-shoes for the
railway service, water-works specials, sash weights and
general foundry work. It is a very busy plant.
EDWARDS& EDWARDSLTD.-Manufacturers
of leather for
shoes, bags and leather goods, men's and ladies' garments and specialty lines. Patent leather is also manufactured for export trade, going chiefly to England and
the British Dominions. This firm has been established
for over 60 years.
LYDIA PINKHAMMEDICINE Co.-Has
been operating at
Cobourg since 1917, and its well-known Vegetable Compound and other medicinal products are distributed
throughout Canada.
SMITHjUNIOR-A branch of the parent plant at Rochester,
N.Y., manufactures and distributes concentrated fruit
juices to the soda fountain trade. The firm's product
enjoys an ever-increasing patronage throughout Canada.
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In Cobourg, where a fine community atmosphere prevails, there lives a desirable class of home-owning, satisfied mechanics and labourers,
trained in a diversity of crafts. Labour troubles
are unknown. Beautiful parks, fine bathing
beaches and beautiful homes all go to make the
town a delightful place in which to locate.
Cobourg possesses many attractive industrial
sites which may be served by the Canadian
Pacific Railway. Several of these areas are adjacent to Lake Ontario. To the industrialist desiring a location in a well-developed municipality,
it has much to offer. The Industrial Development
Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
Montreal, will welcome your inquiry.
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