What area does Peterborough County cover?

3,769.29 square kilometres
Land area: 3,769.29 square kilometres (1,455.33 sq mi)

What is included in Peterborough County?

In the County you can have it all

• Township of Asphodel-Norwood.
• Township of Cavan Monaghan.
• City of Peterborough.
• Township of Douro-Dummer.
• Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen.
• Township of North Kawartha.
• Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan.
• Township of Selwyn.

What region does Peterborough fall under?

Kawartha Lakes
Peterborough is situated in Central Ontario within the Kawartha Lakes region. Peterborough lies in the St. Lawrence Lowlands ecoregion, just south of the Canadian Shield and approximately 35 km (22 mi) north of Lake Ontario.

Is Peterborough a city or county?

Cambridgeshire
Peterborough, city and unitary authority, geographic county of Cambridgeshire, England.

Is Peterborough the worst place to live?

After three years running, Peterborough has lost the top spot as the ‘worst place to live’ in England. In a study by ilivehere.co.uk, 110,172 people voted on which town or city is the ‘worst place to live’ in England.

What towns are in Peterborough?

Towns and Villages Around Peterborough

• Alwalton. Situated five miles south west of the expanding cathedral city of Peterborough, this conservation village is bounded to the west by the A1 (M), to the…
• Barnack.
• Barnwell.
• Castor.
• Chesterton.
• Coates.
• Crowland.
• Deeping St James.

Is Bobcaygeon in Peterborough County?

The first lock in the Trent-Severn Waterway was built in Bobcaygeon in 1833….

Bobcaygeon
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Municipality	Kawartha Lakes
Incorporated	1876

What is Peterborough famous for?

Peterborough is a medieval city with a rich heritage. The splendours of our fine Medieval Cathedral, the Bronze Age settlement of Flag Fen and the Elizabethan grandeur of Burghley House are well known to residents and visitors, but there’s plenty of hidden heritage to unearth at our refurbished museum too.

Is Peterborough Ontario a good place to live?

Peterborough slipped 13 places in the rankings and is now ranked the 212th best place to live in Canada out of 415 communities ranked, according to an annual survey released this week by the Moneysense financial website.

Is Peterborough near London?

The city is 76 mi (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 mi (48 km) to the north-east. The local topography is flat, and in some places the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east of Peterborough.

Is Peterborough rough?

Peterborough is the most dangerous city in Cambridgeshire, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Cambridgeshire’s 265 towns, villages, and cities. The most common crimes in Peterborough are violence and sexual offences, with 7,017 offences during 2020, giving a crime rate of 39.

Is Peterborough expensive?

Summary about cost of living in Peterborough, United Kingdom: Family of four estimated monthly costs are 3,505$ (2,572£) without rent. A single person estimated monthly costs are 985$ (722£) without rent. Peterborough is 21.83% less expensive than New York (without rent).

What is the county of Peterborough?

Peterborough County. centered on Peterborough (city), was founded from the historic Newcastle District in a new Colborne District in 1838. Curiously, census records don’t use Colborne as a district label, instead lumping the townships created under Newcastle.

How do I use the county of Peterborough GIS?

The County of Peterborough’s online Geographic Information System (GIS) is built to get you connected. Explore our collection of map layers and connect places with the information, images, and web links that describe them. Use the search, drawing, measurement, and print tools to create the map you need.

When did Haliburton County become its own county?

In 1874 the provisional county of Haliburton was planned, derived from Peterborough, Victoria, and Nipissing District. Haliburton didn’t become it’s own county until 1973. 1801-1858 – Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858 at FamilySearch — index and images.

How do you locate a grave in Ontario?

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid website has a free, searchable database of over 2 million burials in Ontario. It can be searched by name, cemetery, county and town, but its references do not include dates of death. Although it does not include any gravestone inscriptions, it can be used to locate graves in Ontario.