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Captain John Armstrong: An Unusual Peter Robinson Settler

Many of the 1825 Peter Robinson emigration settlers to present-day Peterborough County were poor tenant farmers looking for a better

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Early Peterborough Tourists: Captain Basil & Margaret Hall

A definition of “tourism” is: “the activity of touring, especially for pleasure”. Today, people visit Peterborough and the Kawarthas from

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What’s in Our Archives?

When visitors attend the Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA), usually it is to experience the gallery exhibits. Exhibits tend to

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Putting Your Foot First For The New Year

Today, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, most revellers sing the song Auld Lang Syne and join

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“Wonderful Things…”

November 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of what may be considered the world’s greatest archaeological discovery. On 26 November 1922,

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What I Did on my Summer Vacation – In 1967

Do you recall what you did on your summer vacation fifty-five years ago? Maybe not, until I mention that 1967

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Past & Present

Peterborough Museum & Archives The Peterborough Museum & Archives (PMA) has been located in Ashburnham Memorial Park, off Hunter Street

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Welcome to the Spring into Summer Issue

Spring is in full swing here in Cottage Country. We have (hopefully) finished with the rainy season and we are

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William & Walter Blackwell, PETERBOROUGH ARCHITECTS

Renowned Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler, who died in January, usually is thought of as a “Toronto Architect” but actually began

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Peterborough Canoes, Sure – But Peterborough Toboggans?

The Peterborough Canoe Company (PCC) was formed in 1892 and operated until 1961. It produced thousands of wide-board, cedar strip,

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