Peterborough, Ontario

Peterborough
City nickname: "The Electric City"
Area¹
 - Total
 - Water

58.61 kmē
? km² ?%
Population
 - Total (2001
 - Density¹

71,446
1218.9/kmē
*% Change (19962001): 2.4
Latitude
Longitude
 
44° N
79° W1.
Dwellings:30,804¹
Postal Code:K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L
Area Code:705
Altitude:? m
External link: http://www.city.peterborough.on.ca/
¹ According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census

Peterborough (2001 population 71,446) is a city on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada. Distance from Toronto is exactly 125 km NE. It is also the seat of Peterborough County.

Peterborough was incorporated as a town in 1850 and as a city in 1905.

Manufacturing is the biggest local industry, with General Electric and Quaker Oats maintaining large operations in Peterborough.

The Trent-Severn Waterway passes through Peterborough, and there utilizes one of the first lift-lockss ever implemented, which is still the world's largest hydraulic lift-lock.

Table of contents
1 Media and Journalism
2 Education
3 Sports Teams
4 Communities
5 External link

Media and Journalism

Television station

The transmitter tower for Peterborough is on Towerhill in the north.
  • CHEX-TV

Radio Station

Newspaper

  • Peterborough Examiner
  • Peterborough This Week

Education

College and Universities

Sports Teams

Communities

  • Cold Springs
  • Peterborough

North: Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
West: Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan Peterborough East: Douro-Dummer
South: Otonabee-South Monaghan

External link

City of Peterborough homepage






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