Peterborough

 Modern Toronto is a  typical metropolis and it is difficult to know Canada through it. There are certainly some unique features that distinguish Toronto from other large cities in the world, but the spirit of Canada located in small towns.

Peterborough

Peterborough is one of those places. Cute and charming town situated on the banks of Otonabee River. There are two of the most distinctive and remarkable places it the town –
 Lift Lock and Del Crary Park.

Otonabee River is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway, providing a link from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron. Also, Trent Canal runs through the very eastern portion of the city and is home to the Peterborough Lift Lock the largest and highest hydraulic boat lift in the world (65 feet or 19.8 meters).

Del Crary Park is a large urban greenspace on Little Lake, located in close proximity to downtown Peterborough.

Peterborough parks, canal, alleys picturesque covered with autumn colour.

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