NOTE: THE FEBRUARY SPEAKER EVENT WILL BE VIRTUAL ON ZOOM. The speaker schedule remains on the third Tuesday of the month; January, February, March and May at 7:30 p.m. A question and answer period will follow the speaker’s presentation. Attendees will be provided with the Zoom link to join meetings when they register by email...

NOTE: OUR MAY MEETING WILL BE HELD IN-PERSON. The date is Tuesday, 16 May 2023 and the location will be Bagnani Hall at Traill College. “Heritage Conservation and Urban Regeneration”: A Panel Discussion and Round Table on Development and Adaptive Reuse Challenges facing urban development are much in the news, among which affordable housing, densification,...

At age 18, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, undertook the first Royal Tour to Canada. Among his stops in Canada West were Cobourg, Hiawatha First Nation, Peterborough and Port Hope. The community of Cobourg provided elaborate entertainment for the Prince at the official opening of the architecturally stunning Victoria Hall. George Parker, an expert in...

A city’s waterworks is largely out of sight and normally attracts little attention. However, the history of waterworks is central to understanding the history of urban growth and planning. In the late nineteenth century, Peterborough faced a crisis. Lack of a water works system placed the town at risk of destruction from fire while the...

The Peterborough and County Military Museum is a recent addition to Peterborough’s several history museums. Having opened in October 2022 in the Peterborough Armoury, the PCMM is currently a satellite branch of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Museum in the Belleville Armoury but is in the process of becoming a stand-alone entity. Peterborough has...