Peterborough 's ambience is filled with natural beauty and culture, nestled along the banks of the Otonabee River and featuring the vast natural beauty and attractions of the Severn Waterway. Renowned as the recreational area located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes region, and just a short hour and a half northeast of Toronto. Nicknamed as the 'Electric City' for it was the first town to use electric streetlights.

The Kawarthas have always been a trendy destination for year-round vacationers, popular for weekend or week day getaways. Whether your recreational activity requires one or two nights, or a stroll with a picturesque setting, there is a venture that will welcome and facilitate your desires. With a natural wealth of clean, sparkling lakes and rivers and varied landscapes, it's easy to see why the First Nations people called this area Kawartha (Land of Shining Waters). Fascinated nature-lovers, inspired artists and a habitat for countless species of wildlife are all interwoven with this natural beauty were enjoyable adventures are still waiting to be discovered. Offering many scenes for arts, culture and recreational activities, Peterborough has all the convenience of urban life tenderly located in an amazing rural beauty.

Surrounding Peterborough are picturesque towns and villages welcoming you with their own blend of hospitality. Whether you're looking for adventure, entertainment or just a place to sit back and relax, Peterborough has plenty of opportunities and experiences that are available for each selected season.

Why cottagers go cottaging in Ontario.

In Ontario "cottage country" is an accurate geographical term, "to cottage". The province has a pleasing proportion of 220,000 lakes to 200,000 with private cottages beside them; about one of every 20 families owns one. And most of the other 19 families manage to receive an invite. The scenery of the cottage regions changes from one to the next, and the cottages range from breathtaking to rustic.

The uninitiated can't see the appeal of suffering through Friday gridlock out of Toronto then returning to the same place time after time. "You have to do it to understand it”. The reasons come clear each time you arrive and unpack your fun for the weekend. iscoveries await you as the loon's nest on the edge of an islet; the heron stalking its supper; evening light striking the long fingers of granite that reach into the water. Any cottager will tell you a cottage is a place filled with memories of what you can't wait to do again, skinny-dipping on a starry night.

Consume the season's first fresh-picked peaches-and-cream corn slathered in butter, enjoying family and friend get-togethers over an open fire pit as the background sounds of the water splashing against the rocks, or gazing into the sky with shimmering stars. The Kawartha Lakes region has been attracting visitors for over one hundred years. The area includes some of Canada's most important navigable water routes of streams, rivers and lakes. The Trent Severn Waterway, stretching from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario, has become a popular holiday playground. Known as the Jewel of the Kawarthas. The friendly and laid back atmosphere draws people in for a relaxing holiday away from the hustle and bustle of home.