
Only in Peterborough and the Kawarthas
Five completely unique, bucket-list experiences you’ll only find here. Just a short drive from Toronto, when you get to Peterborough and the Kawarthas, you’ll…
Five completely unique, bucket-list experiences you’ll only find here. Just a short drive from Toronto, when you get to Peterborough and the Kawarthas, you’ll…
Get in your car and trace two-lane country roads, winding through a series of the province’s most charming—and surprising—small communities. Road trips provide some…
From dining at sophisticated sidewalk cafes in the heart of town, to finding the sky after skimming along the surface of a big lake,…
A diverse city packed with green spaces and good eats, surrounded by hundreds of lakes and rivers and creeks and canals (and villages and…
Are you looking for a new outdoor adventure to try this winter? If you like to exercise, sun and fresh air then ice fishing…
No bugs, no water-skiers, no pleasure-boats and a pristine lake all to yourself; it is no surprise that fishing insiders know spring is a…
It was a few weeks before Christmas (just last December) and I was hunkered over the buffet table at my friend Rick’s house party…
After over 30 years of living in the city of Peterborough, I moved a few minutes north to the small hamlet of Bridgenorth. I…
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park has an incredible selection of paddle routes available for the beginner – or just someone who just doesn’t like portages. Here…
6:25AM There’s a glimpse of pink through the gray clouds hovering over the dimly lit cornfield. Heavy dew and mist blankets the farm as…
Looking for ways to stretch your family vacation dollar just a little further? Here’s the scoop on four area day trips that are big…
“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before dawn.” I wonder if George Washington Carver, the botanist who’s credited with that…
Google Search has no word for people like me – someone who is the opposite of a ‘Snow Bird.’ I don’t flee winter in…
The sun blazed down late on a Saturday afternoon in July as a friend and I ambled along Queen Street in Lakefield, Ontario (population:…
In ice we trust, in snow we must, go camp in frozen country. With axe and saw for timber is law, to make our homes…
Ever wonder what it would be like to spend a couple of weeks living in a motel? My family and I had the opportunity to…
There is a bass tournament on a Kawarthan lake every weekend throughout the summer. Some are friendly 6-12 boat local bass club get-togethers, others…
Have you ever noticed what happens to the landscape about a half-hour’s drive north of Peterborough, as you pass Buckhorn or Burleigh? The stratified…
Fishing for me is about a peaceful time on the water trying to figure out the species of the day. I’d say 95% of…
With warm weather, our thoughts tend to drift to cold beer and barbecued food. Instead of travelling south, head to the Kawarthas where our…
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park is the largest provincial park south of Algonquin. If you enjoy canoe trekking or back country camping you may have…
“I’ve got really great relationships with the people that I work with, and with the people that are coming into the community,” says Sean…
A man named David, a ship in Glasgow, a dropped hat and an ox – what can they all possibly have to do with…
People often ask me, “When is the best time to go fishing?” and my usual reply is, “Anytime you can!” And I mean it.…