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North Cobalt is a former mining camp established right between the towns of Cobalt and Haileybury during the silver rush in the early 1900s. It was a stop along the Nippissing Electric Railway that ran from Dymond to Cobalt. Along with Haileybury, North Cobalt was destroyed by the fires of 1922. The North Cobalt Flea Market isn’t a true flea market in the usual sense of the word - it’s more like a liquidation place like the Bargain Shop or a going-out-of-business BiWay that sells everything it can get its hands on. On my first trip, however, they had a whole whole wall full of St-Hubert sauces and mixes. Now, it's only a rackfull. I’ve bought some each time I've driven through town. I love St-Hubert.
North Cobalt does, however, have Devil’s Rock, which provides hiking and a nice view of Lake Temiskaming. Haileybury tries to claim it, but I have the good word of a Tri-Towns resident that the devil lives in north Cobalt. North Cobalt became part of Haileybury in 1971 and has been part of the town ever since. I don’t know if a separatist movement exists but considering its northern Ontario, there probably does.
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