Cobourg, Upper Canada

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Cobourg, Upper Canada was a 19th-century town in what is now Ontario, Canada, known as an early educational and administrative center in the province.

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Cobourg, Upper Canada canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
settlement
adjacentTo Hamilton Township, Upper Canada
country Upper Canada
governedBy local town council
hasAlternativeName Cobourg
Cobourg, Ontario
linked to: Cobourg
hasBuiltEnvironment 19th-century civic buildings
harbour facilities
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasColonialPower United Kingdom
hasEconomicActivity lake shipping
local commerce
hasEducationalInstitution Victoria College
hasFoundingCentury early 19th century
hasFunction market town for surrounding rural area
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th century
hasLanguage English
hasLegalSystem British colonial law
hasMunicipalStatus town
hasNameOrigin named after Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
hasPostalService 19th-century colonial postal system
hasPredecessor settlement of Hamilton, Upper Canada
hasRegion Northumberland County (historical region)
hasReligiousAffiliation Methodist Church in Canada
hasReligiousInstitution Anglican churches
Methodist churches
hasSuccessor Cobourg, Ontario
linked to: Cobourg
hasTransportConnection Lake Ontario steamer routes
knownFor Methodist educational institutions
early higher education in Upper Canada
port on Lake Ontario
regional administrative functions in the 19th century
locatedBetween Kingston, Upper Canada
linked to: Kingston, Ontario

Toronto
locatedIn Canada
Ontario
Province of Canada
locatedOn north shore of Lake Ontario
partOf Canada West
Newcastle District
role administrative centre in Upper Canada
educational centre in Upper Canada
transitionedTo Cobourg, Ontario after Confederation in 1867

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Upper Canada Academy locatedIn Cobourg, Upper Canada