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Coboconk’s VicPly Factory
As Coboconk was situated on the Gull River, a large proportion of the timber floated down the Trent Watershed in the late nineteenth century passed through the village—some would float as far as Trenton. In 1913, the Gull River Lumber Company built a large sawmill, on the shore of the Gull River, opposite the railway station
Queen’s Hotel - Coboconk
Nineteenth century travel was often slow and laborious, so it might take several days to make a journey that today would be accomplished in a few hours.