I am not completely sure when I first visited Peterborough, but it was likely in 2000 when I went to the city for a conference and to receive an award. At any rate, I wasn't there for long, but in 2003 I spent three days in Peterborough while working for Publications Ontario, and I went back to the city for work a number of times, and also a few times to visit. I seem to recall that Peterboroughians were once considered the most "average" people in Canada, the one pollsters would use as a standin for the rest of the country. On our visit in 2015, however, it seemed sketchier even than many of the other cities we spent time in during the summer.
Photo List (Total 222 Photos)
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Central Peterborough and the Canoe Museum in 2024 (66 photos) - Yvon and I took were in the area for a family reunion, and we took some time to explore the central city and also to visit the Canadian Canoe Museum.
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Central Peterborough in 2015 (93 photos) - Yvon and I took a day trip to Peterborough in 2015 expressly to create a gallery for the city. This gallery starts with major downtown streets, and includes office buildings, commercial buildings, parks and churches. It includes photos from a walk along the Otonabee River, and the over to the lift locks to see them in operation.
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Working in Peterborough in May 2008 (15 photos) I drove with a colleague to Peterborough for meetings with folks at the Ministry of Natural Resources, and we managed to take in a small bit of the city, including a quick trip to the campus of Trent University.
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Trent University (28 photos) - Yvon and I dropped by Trent University on a drive to Ottawa in 2008.
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Quick Visit for AAO in 2000 (3 photos) - Yvon and I went to an awards banquet for the Association of Archivists of Ontario. These three photos show one of each of Yvon and I at the lift-locks, and the awards ceremony.
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Abandoned motel and gas station near Kaladar (17 photos) - Rather unrelated to Peterborough, these photos are from a separate driving trip to Ottawa. On our return, we stopped at two abandoned businesses near Kaladar on Highway 7: a motel and a gas station. The motel proved surprisingly interesting, since it appeared to have been abandoned quickly and the rooms still had beds with sheets on them, TVs, and other furniture, even down to little covers for the toilet seats. And though the place is completely exposed, there was relatively little damage done to the rooms.
