Farmer’s Market: Peterborough 13

All year. Saturdays, 7am–1pm
May to Oct: Memorial Centre parking lot
Nov. to April: Morrow Building, Exhibition grounds

Farmer’s Market: Port Hope 20

May to Oct: Saturdays 8am–12, behind Town Hall

Lock #18, Hastings 9

Hastings is where Rice Lake flows into the Trent River. When walleye season opens in May, fishermen have to arrive early to get a place on the Hastings bridge. Hastings was originally called Crook’s Rapids and is the location of the first dam constructed in 1838 for the Trent Canal System. Click here for more information.

Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives 14

Preserving and celebrating the collective memories of our communit—stories, images and traces of the people and the land. We are 100 years old and still growing!  The Victoria Museum, Peterborough’s first museum opened in 1896. The Peterborough Centennial Museum Archives (PCMA) opened its doors in 1967, incorporating much of the Victoria Museum’s collection. The PCMA’s collection is the second oldest in Ontario.www.pcma.ca

Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights 16

The Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights is one of this ararea’s shining stars. With entertainment for the whole family, an illuminated boat show at dusk, and fireworks to top the summer evening off, the Festival has become a symbol of summer in the Kawarthas. Crowds gather at Crary Park on Little Lake in downtown Peterborough to enjoy the entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday evening from late June to August.  Admission is free.   www.festivaloflights.ca/

Peterborough Lift Locks 15

This is the highest hydraulic liftlock in the world, simultaneously raising and lowering boats a distance of 65 feet. Explore the Visitor Centre and Nautical Nook Gift Shop. Located Hunter Street and Ashburnham, Peterborough. (705) 750-4950. Click here for more information.

Roseneath Antique Carousel 8

Enjoy a ride on our 1906 C.W. Parker 40 horse and two boat wooden carousel restored to museum quality. Listen to the 125 Wurlitzer Band Organ complete with paper rolls built in 1934. Open Sundays 2-4 pm. Roseneath Fairgrounds, County Rd. 45.
Visit on the web at www.eagle.ca/~carousel

Rice Lake Spirit Walks 6

Take a journey of discovery with some of Canada’s most vibrant Native Culture—past, present and future. The Kawartha Lakes Spirit Walks is a unique series of opportunities to learn about native people and their land in this area.  (905) 342-3261Email: victoriainn@eagle.ca

Rice Lake Tallgrass Prairie 2

Did you know that the Rice Lake area is home to some of the most beautiful and endangered plants in North America? While many people are aware of prairies in the Canadian and U.S. mid-west, few people realize that prairies extended as far northeast as the Rice Lake area. You can visit a restored prairie project with a demonstration garden at Rainbow Cottages resort near Bailieboro. (705) 939-6995

Scriven Burial Grounds 3

Located southeast of Bailieboro on Scriven Rd. off Lakeview Rd. (Cty. Rd.2). The Pengelley Cemetary is marked by an Ontario Historic Sites BoardPlaque commemorating the burial place of Joseph Scriven, composer of the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. The funeral was held at the home of James Sackville, who lived outside Bewdley on the now Cavan Road, and as Scriven had requested he was buried so that his feet were opposite those of his lost love, Eliza Catherine Roche, that upon their glorious resurrection they might arise facing one another.

Scriven Monument, Bewdley 4

Located in Bewdely at the corner of Rice Lake Dr. and Cty. Rd. 9, the monument was erected in 1919 to the memory of Joseph Scriven writer of the hymn“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. Also, a memorial stone inscribed with the words of the hymn is located in Port Hope Memorial Park. Scriven's actual burial plot in located southeast of Bailieboro.