Peterborough's Portal http://www.ptbo.com News and information about Peterborough and the Kawarthas Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:47:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Welcome to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada http://www.ptbo.com/2010/05/04/206/ http://www.ptbo.com/2010/05/04/206/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 17:22:14 +0000 admin http://ptbo.com/?p=206 Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in (Central-Eastern) Southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 in the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 116,570. It presently ranks as the 33rd and smallest CMA in Canada.

Peterborough is known as the gateway to Kawarthas, “cottage country”, a large recreational region of the province. It is named in honour of Peter Robinson, an early Canadian politician who oversaw the first major immigration to the area.

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