Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre (Cobourg Museum Foundation)
Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre (Cobourg Museum Foundation)
The Cobourg Museum Foundation has restored the town's oldest limestone building together with a 19th century workman's cottage and converted them into the Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre, named after two of the Foundation's early members.
A 250 ft. 1/20 scale operating model railway (the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway, 1850s-1880s) running the length of our property, includes a layout of Cobourg's Harbour. A train runs over the ill-fated Rice Lake Bridge carrying loads of lumber from the backwoods.
Website: http://www.cobourgmuseum.ca
Type: Community Museum | Historic Building
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