Town of Cobalt (Single Tier Timiskaming)

Phone : (705) 679-8120
Your Host(s) : Cobalt Public Library

Cobalt, ON (Nearby: North Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Latchford, Belle Vallee)

30 Lang St.,
Cobalt, Ontario
P0J 1C0


Ontario Tourism Region : Northeastern Ontario

Description From Owner:
  • Pop. 1,248. In Coleman T., Timiskaming Dist., on Hwy lIB, 140 km. N of North Bay.
  • Fred LaRose, who discovered the vein of silver that set off one of the greatest mining stampedes of all time, did not accidentally fmd it by throwing his pick at a curious fox!
  • But LaRose did find the vein in 1903 and stake it and sell it to the Timmins brothers and their lawyer/fmancier partner Dave Dunlap for $30,000.
  • News of the silver discovery brought Ontario's first provincial geologist, Dr. Willet G. Miller, to the site.
  • He called the place Cobalt, an element of the iron group associated with native silver. In the fIrst 10 years, Cobalt mines produced $300 million worth of metal, and the population reached 30,000.
  • Dr. William Henry Drummond, author of the beloved book of dialect verse, The Habitant, and four similar works, joined his brothers in a mining venture and died in Cobalt in 1907.
  • The Cobalt Mining Museum has an amazing collection of minerals and artifacts. The Highway Book Shop here is a national treasure that has become a tourist attraction in its own right.


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Off the beaten track:
  • O'Brien, New Liskeard area, 2km
  • Coleman, Cobalt area, 2km
  • Kerr Lake, 3km
  • Gillies, 6km
  • Gillies Depot, 6km
  • Lorrain, 8km
  • Dymond, 15km
  • Button's Corners, 12km
  • Johnson, Temagami area, 16km
  • Paradis Bay, 13km
  • Hillview, New Liskeard area, 17km
  • Freeman, Temagami area, 19km
  • Sutton Bay, 20km
  • Uno Park, 21km
  • Bigelow, 17km
  • Hanbury, 22km
  • Lorrain Valley, 19km
  • Rib Lake, 24km
  • Highland, 24km
  • Milberta, 25km
  • Judge, 26km
  • Silver Centre, 26km
  • Couttsville, 30km
  • Pearson, 29km
  • Owaissa, 30km
  • Thwaites, 30km
  • Maidens, 27km
  • Mowat Landing, 24km
  • Temagami North, 33km
  • McCool, 31km
  • Whitewood Grove, 35km
  • Brethour, 37km
  • Temagami, 38km
  • Tomstown, 45km
  • Heaslip, 45km
  • Doherty, 47km
  • Marshall's Corners, 48km
  • Cane, 38km
  • Brentha, 46km
  • Camp Wanapitei, 39km
  • Osseo, 40km
  • Errettsville, 50km
  • Wendigo Lake, 54km
  • Hill's Lake, 46km
  • Buffalo Rock, 49km
  • Marter, 55km
  • Redwater, 56km
  • Chamberlain, 54km
  • Charlton, 52km
  • Wawbewawa, 56km
Nearby Lakes:
  • Cobalt Lake, 0km
  • Peterson Lake, 2km
  • Graham Lake, 2km
  • Sasaginaga Lake, 1km
  • Cart Lake, 2km
  • Le Heup Lake, 2km
  • Short Lake, 2km
  • Brief Lake, 3km
  • Glen Lake, 3km
  • Wilgar Lake, 3km
  • Cyril Lake, 2km
  • Clear Lake, 2km
  • Pretty Lake, 2km
  • Kerr Lake, 3km
  • Constance Lake, 4km
  • Giroux Lake, 4km
  • Green Lake, 3km
  • Fraleck's Pond, 3km
  • North Beaver Lake, 4km
  • Crosswise Lake, 3km
  • South Beaver Lake, 4km
  • Moffat Lake, 4km
  • North Pickerel Lake, 4km
  • Hermann Pond, 4km
  • Professor Pond, 5km
  • South Pickerel Lake, 5km
  • Warner Pond, 4km
  • Brady Lake, 5km
  • Starr's Pond, 4km
  • Sharp Lake, 4km
  • Ibsen Pond, 6km
  • Bass Lake, 5km
  • Columbus Lake, 6km
  • New Lake, 6km
  • Mayfair Pond, 6km
  • Barth Lake, 7km
  • Kirk Lake, 5km
  • Silver Lake, 7km
  • Frog Lake, 8km
  • Schumann Lake, 9km
  • Mary Ann Lake, 8km
  • Darwin Lake, 9km
  • Kelvin Lake, 8km
  • Chown Lake, 8km
  • Loon Lake, 7km
  • Ice Chisel Lake, 10km
  • Chopin Lake, 10km
  • Little Grassy Lake, 8km
  • Stewart Lake, 10km
  • Nicol Lake, 9km