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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available --> <!-- See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Coboconk |other_name = |nicknames = The friendly village, The limestone village (retired) |settlement_type = Village |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- Images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Coboconk ON.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- name of a location map as per Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Canada|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Single-tier municipality|Municipality]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Kawartha Lakes]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_party = |leader_title = |leader_name = <!--add (no-break space) to leader names to disable automatic links--> |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = Settled |established_date = 1851 |established_title1 = Post office established |established_date1 = 1859 |founder = |named_for = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 2 |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <ref name="topatlas">{{cite map | title = Topographic map of Coboconk and area | author = Toporama | date = October 23, 2009 | publisher = Ministry of Natural Resources | url = http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=1150+1350&scale=10000.000000&mapxy=1295544.1790663109+-321033.0869845053 | access-date = January 19, 2010}}</ref> |elevation_max_footnotes= |elevation_min_footnotes= |elevation_m = 258 |elevation_max_m = 270 |elevation_min_m = 256.3 <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 1996 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | title = 1996 Canadian Census (Last census with available date for Victoria county) | url = http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil/Details/details1pop1.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&PSGC=35&SGC=3516034&A=&LANG=E&Province=35&PlaceName=coboconk&CSDNAME=Bexley&CMA=0&SEARCH=BEGINS&DataType=1&TypeNameE=Township&ID=7128 | access-date = 2009-07-13}}</ref> |population_note = For many years prior to 2001, a sign in Coboconk read ''Pop. 800'', and has since been removed. |population_total = 800 |population_density_km2 = <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = <!-- General information ---------------> |coordinates = {{coord|44|39|32|N|78|47|52|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] |postal_code = K |area_code = [[Area code 705|705]] |twin1 = |twin1_country = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Coboconk''', often shortened to '''Coby''', is a community in the city of [[Kawartha Lakes]], in the south-central portion of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]]. The village lies at the junction of [[Ontario Highway 35|Highway 35]] and former [[Ontario Highway 48|Highway 48]], on the northern tip of [[Balsam Lake (Ontario)|Balsam Lake]], the highest point on the [[Trent–Severn Waterway]]. Coboconk has a prominent role in the logging, limestone, and tourism industries of the Kawartha Lakes region over the past 150 years.
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