The Canadian Directory of Water Towers and Standpipes is sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" Cobourg - Ontario Northcumberland County. Photo © City of Clarence-Rockland Tower Information Location: De Palma Drive Signage: Cobourg Built: Height: Capacity: Tower Information Location: Ontario Street Signage: Cobourg Heritage Harbour Built: Height: Capacity:       Area information. The Town of Cobourg was founded in 1798 by United Empire Loyalists and was originally a group of smaller villages like Amherst and Hardscrabble, later named Hamilton. In 1818 it was renamed Cobourg in recognition of the marriage of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. On July 1st, 1837 Cobourg was officially incorporated as a town. From 1907 to 1952 there was a a ferry service connected Cobourg and Rochester, New York. The Cobourg and Peterborough Railway ran northward over Rice Lake to Peterborough, but the lines collapsed into Rice Lake in the late 1800s. The Town of Cobourg is now part of Northumberland County. Town of Cobourg Other sites you may be interested in USA Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills: USA, CA, Worldwide Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers The History of the Christian Fish Symbol   Home Ontario - C Index