Peterborough musician Melissa Payne posted this amazing pic on social media of taking the girls for a spin on the ski boose on her 1986 Bravo the other day. Melissa herself is dressed in a snowsuit onsie. So yea it's 2015, but the 1970s/80s are being channelled here bigtime. (Send us your "vintage"/retro 2015 Canadian winter pics by emailing us.)
Ever since that green flag went up, people have been rocking the Canal during this beauty winter we're having. (And don't forget to check out the upcoming Under The Lock Hockey Tournament February 6, 7 and 8 on the canal, an epic festival on skates!)
Watch this awesome video...
Keep on tweeting us your Canal pictures, and here are some below from Twitter...
photo via @peterboroughxsp
Similar to sail boats, some people actually go ice boating. This incredible photo was taken on the historic Trent-Severn Waterway in Kawartha Lakes. What a beauty—we just had to share.
[via Facebook.com/ExploreKawarthaLakes]
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Author and Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor is delivering a public lecture on Tom Thomson November 6th at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
It is being presented by Trent University and Peter Gzowski College, where MacGregor is the 2014-2015 Ashley Fellow at the university.
The talk, entitled "Canoe Lake CSI: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson", will be delivered at 7 p.m. on November 6th, and presents the Tom Thomson mystery and the effort of forensic experts to determine where in Algonquin Park the famous landscape painter's body lies.
MacGregor, author of Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson And The Woman Who Loved Him, will share insights into Thomson's career, his mysterious death, and the tragedy of the young woman he left behind. A book signing and refreshments will follow the talk. Pay what you can.
MacGregor
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Read MoreJay Callaghan captured beautiful shots of Auroras around 1 a.m. this morning (August 28th) over Lancaster Bay just outside Peterborough past Fowlers Corners. "I was in awe over the light show," says Jay about witnessing them. So are we looking at his pictures below...
Jane's Walk is a yearly celebration in memory of urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs, who promoted getting out and learning more about your community.
“No one can find what will work for our cities by looking at … suburban garden cities, manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities. You’ve got to get out and walk.”
—Jane Jacobs, Downtown is for People, 1957
With the proposed bridge over Jackson Park, the Peterborough walk had a timely subject of Old Growth Forests in Jackson Park: Exploring Treasured Trees, Transitions, and Terminology. Walk leaders Chris Gooderham and John Etches guided us through Jackson Park, starting at the playground just off Monaghan and Parkhill.
Rain and chilly temperatures didn't deter people from learning more about our local park, such as the non-living aspects of the woods that play a part on its growth. Rocks, dead leaves, air and water are some of the determining factors that impact how the woods form. Dying trees as non-living aspects of the land also have a trickle-down effect by bringing things such as woodpeckers to the area in search of food.
We looked at everything from the forest canopy above to topography of the land below and how things such as how the trees have grown in response to the slopes of the hills.
John gave us a historical look at how Peterborough is covered in Glacial sediment (rock and mineral) from the glaciers ages ago.
Chris has us look for a tree with signs of animal habitation. An Eastern White Cedar with an oddly red trunk was pointed out, which Chris described as a "home" tree, abraded by the activity of squirrels which has turned the bark red.
Jane's Walks foster conversation during the walk, and interactive elements. Chris, along with two volunteers, measured the circumference of an old tree—which is believed to be about 200 years old.
Adjacent to an old growth tree is a pink marker, indicating the edge of where the proposed bridge will cut through Jackson Park—taking the tree with it. Chris and John agreed that oddly enough, where the bridge is expected to be erected, is also the most biodiverse section of the Jackson Park forest. The whole walk really tied the big picture together of how this area came to be, and what its future might mean.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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The 36th annual YMCA Peterborough Half Marathon took runners on a scenic route through the heart of Peterborough recently. Check out this great video made by Get Out There magazine.
[Get Out There Magazine YouTube channel]
—Sports Guy Scott Arnold
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Harold Town Conservation Area in the east end of Peterborough is known for its mountain bike trails. The site is the former home of a ski hill resort, abandoned since the early 1980s. These guys went bookpacking on it recently. Watch for yourself...
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