Peterborough & The Kawarthas Tourism

“Year after year, the Trent-Severn Waterway, meandering 386 km along central Ontario, continues to create unique experiences. After each spring thaw, the Waterway’s historic locks and canals open, linking a passageway so magnificent it has been named “one of the finest interconnected systems of navigation in the world”. Those who visit, reminisce long after leaving. [...]

If you wait for summer to get on the road…life just might be passing you by! You can ride a bike almost anywhere, right? On the most basic level, sure. But, there’s more to bike-riding than training-wheels and popping-wheelies in the neighborhood cul-de-sac. What a lot of people don’t realize is how much of the appeal of cycling [...]

Reader’s Digest recently published their Top 10 Greatest Canadian Road Trips, and The Kawarthas made this list! Boasted as “Ontario’s other cottage country” author Tim Johnson notes that “the Kawartha Lakes are less crowded and a mite bit cheaper—but certainly no less beautiful—than the Muskokas.” To read the full story click here

SPARK Photo Festival April 1st – 30th Not only does April flaunt the long awaited signs of spring, this year it also brings the first annual SPARK Photo Festival,  a celebration of photography, and the artists, dreamers, innovators, storytellers, professionals and enthusiasts behind the camera lens. SPARK features 28 individual exhibitors, 13 group exhibits and [...]

Congratulations to Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism partner the “Peterborough & Area Garden Route” on being named Promotion of the Year at the Canadian Garden Tourism Awards held in March in Toronto, Ontario. The Garden Route offers locals, cottagers and visitors, the opportunity to shop for specialized flowers and garden accessories; tour fabulous display gardens, [...]

It’s no secret to those of us that live, work or vacation here, that Peterborough & the Kawarthas is a hot bed for cottagers – a weekend on one of the 134 lakes in our region mid-summer is enough to prove that true. It seems as though word is getting out in a big way. [...]

Maple is symbolic for many Canadians. A symbol of national pride as we globe trot. A symbol of our vibrancy when the countryside is ablaze with fall colours. Perhaps, the sweetest symbolism that we have with maple, is that it serves as a sign that our long Canadian winter is winding down, and that warmer [...]

Congratulations to the Buckhorn Fine Art Festival on being named one of Festivals & Events Ontario’s Top 100 Festivals. If you’ve had the pleasure of joining in the fun at any of the great festivals and events that take place in Peterborough & the Kawarthas, you will see immediately that ours is a region that has [...]

“World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources”. – www.UNwater.org Not only is water an important resource to protect. It says a lot about our region. In many ways, the culture of a region [...]

Peterborough & the Kawarthas is a playground all year long. Even in the winter! Winter air is some of the freshest, cleanest, most invigorating air to breathe. In Peterborough & the Kawarthas it’s amazing how many breath-taking experiences can only be found at this time of year. The hours of conversations, food and drinks shared [...]