Rob Mikel has always called Cobourg home despite living in Toronto for 40 years. He has researched Cobourg’s history for 50 years and is a passionate advocate for the history and architecture of Cobourg. After[...]

At our October meeting Paul Burnham will explore the history and the importance of the family farm in Northumberland. Anne and Paul Burnham opened the Burnham Family Farm Market in 1994 and have been supplying[...]

Our September meeting will explore the importance of newspapers in Cobourg from the perspective of two local news­paper reporters: Robert Washburn and Wally Keeler. Robert Washburn is an award-winning educator in the Journalism Program at[...]

Join us as we drive/carpool our way to Brighton, Ontario’s Owen Gibb Community Hall on Tuesday, May 28, to hear Brighton resident and historian Dan Buchanan, The History Guy, present the history of the Murray[...]

Our April 23 meeting will begin with the Cobourg and District Historical Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). We will receive several reports on our 2023-2024 activities, have an opportunity to learn the details of CDHS[...]

D'Arcy Jenish is a playwright and writer of magazine features, newspaper commentary, speeches, corporate histories and corporate reports. He has authored three plays & ten books on topics ranging from the opening the Canadian West[...]