Population: 1,023 [2021] Municipality: Whitewater Region
Cobden is a small community in the Township of Whitewater Region. Centrally located halfway between the cities of Renfrew and Pembroke along the Hwy17 corridor [TransCanada Highway] and situated on the south side of Muskrat Lake. This quaint, friendly little town offers restaurants, shopping, and various small businesses including a pull from the agricultural industry. It is also home to a wonderful family park and Logo’s Land Resort & Waterpark.
Cobden is famous for the place where (in 1857) a boy digging recovered the astrolabe lost by Samuel de Champlain on June 6, 1613. Once every decade, the astrolabe is returned to the town by the Museum of Civilization, for the Homecoming celebration.
