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ROLLING HILLS OF NORTHUMDERLAND
Rolling Hills of Northumberland

Northumberland County, a swatch of rolling land sprawled along the north shore of Lake Ontario, was home to some of the earliest settlers in Upper Canada. Loyalists fleeing persecution after the American Revolution and homesteaders attracted by the offer of free land poured into the new county in the early part of the 19th century.

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ROLLING HILLS OF NORTHUMBERLAND: A COUNTY HISTORY

Rolling HIlls PhotoMassey-Harris tractors demonstrated their power at Cobourg, Ontario in 1918. Another 30 years would pass before tractors put the work horses of Ontario's farms out to pasture. Credit: National Archives of Canada See larger photo sample

Rolling Hills PhotoThe Cobourg Post Office was decorated for the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, July 1, 1927. Credit: National Archives of Canada See larger photo sample

Rolling Hills PhotoJames Crossen built fine railway cars and streetcars at his plant in Cobourg. This is a streetcar as operated by the Toronto Transit Commission on its Harbord Street line. Credit: Cobourg Archives See larger photo sample
Rolling HIlls PhotoThe harvesting of wild rice included a process called "dancing" to separate the rice from the hull. This dancing is taking place on Sugar Island in Rice Lake, Ontario. Credit: Cobourg Archives See larger photo sample
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