Visitor Centre
What better way to get to know a place then to experience it first hand? Check out these itineraries or contact us for personalized suggestions!
Your source for everything Peterborough & the Kawarthas has to offer.
Visitor Centre
- Telephone: 705-742-2201
- Toll Free: 1-800-461-6424
- Fax: 705-742-2494
- Email: info@thekawarthas.net
Winter Hours Of Operation
- Sundays & Mondays: CLOSED
- Tuesday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
- Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Please call our office for extended hours during peak season!
The Visitor Centre is located in the City of Peterborough at 1400 Crawford Drive. Open year-round, this state-of-the-art facility was designed to represent the rich cottaging history of the region and provides a wide selection of free information including travel guides, brochures, road maps and trail guides. Trained travel counselors are available to assist in making your visit to Peterborough & the Kawarthas an exceptional experience. The site is fully accessible providing a public telephone, computer services with internet access and washrooms with change stations.
Drop by or contact us today to start planning your visit to Peterborough & the Kawarthas today!
Authentic Souvenirs
Unique giftware handcrafted by local artisans is on display providing the perfect souvenir for guests to our region or local residents traveling abroad. Books highlighting the local history of the area and postcards featuring local iconic scenes are also available. Maps and Canadian made fashions complete the selection providing an ever-changing array of gifts to cherish or share.
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Soap Stone Carving by Nick Leniuk
Lightening? Wind Storm? Missing its’ top half, this pine has continued to grow and now has quite a magnificent wing span. Almost as wide as it might have been tall. Still vibrant and healthy, near Fraserville Ontario. Nature always finds a way….
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Sterling Silver Shield Pendant by Sandy MacFarlane
As a jewellery artist, Sandy focuses on creating distinctive handcrafted pieces that incorporate precious and semi-precious materials.
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Pottery by Kate Hyde & Thomas Atiken
Kate Hyde and Thomas Aitken collaborate on pottery that unites Thomas’s strong forms and Kate’s interest in colour and surface embellishment.
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Pottery by Kate Hyde & Thomas Atiken
Each piece of hand-produced porcelain is intended to delight the eye, to please the touch and to satisfy the owner through time. Thomas makes a full range of tablewares and accessories. Tthe glaze was designed and developed from the highest quality materials to be food safe, not mark with cutlery use and resist the corrosive action of the dishwasher.
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Jewellery by Needle and Nest Design
Melissa Bothwell-Inglis is a self-confessed colour addict and follower in the ideals of William Morris. Her style and creativity bring new “funk”tionality to every day objects including her pottery wrist cuffs and hand-painted wooden pendants.
