Peterborough, Ontario
| City nickname: "The Electric City" | |
| Area¹ - Total - Water | 58.61 kmē ? km² ?% |
| Population
- Total (2001)¹ - Density¹ |
71,446 1218.9/kmē |
| *% Change (1996 – 2001): | 2.4 |
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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.
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Media and Journalism
Television station
The transmitter tower for Peterborough is on Towerhill in the north.
Radio Station
Newspaper
Education
College and Universities
Sports Teams
Communities
| North: Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield | |||||
| West: Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan | Peterborough | East: Douro-Dummer | |||
| South: Otonabee-South Monaghan |