The Peterborough Museum & Archives – Page 3 – Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine Inc.

Monday, December 8, 2025

Latest:

August 7, 2019August 6, 2019 Cottage Country 1827 Views CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, Cottage Life, Don Willcock, Kawarthas, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, Peterborough, Robert Fulton, steamboats, The Peterborough Museum & Archives, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Steamboats Arrive in the Kawarthas

American engineer Robert Fulton (1765-1815) is credited with creating the first commercially-viable steamboat in 1807. Early steamboats, using either side-

Community Latest

March 28, 2019March 26, 2019 Cottage Country 2257 Views Bobcaygeon, construction, Cottage Country Connection, Don Willcock, Fenelon Falls, Kawarthas, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Peterborough, The Peterborough Museum & Archives, Trent - Severn Waterway, water, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Constructing the Trent – Severn Waterway

The first idea of a navigable waterway through the lower and upper Great Lakes came about in the 1700s for