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Coal Carrier Unloading

a dark black and white picture showing the stern view of a coal freighter on the left with a ramp carrying coal from the vessel and pouring it onto a huge coal pile to the right

Unloading Coal at Cobourg Harbour c. 1960

Credit:  Cobourg Yacht Club

Coal from the United States was chiefly used to power the railroads running east and west across Canada.

A few older citizens still have memories of coal being retrieved for their homes after it fell off the train going through downtown Cobourg.