Parks and Trails

children playing on splashpad

 

The City of Peterborough has plentiful parkland and trails with more than 100 parks and sports fields. Whether you're looking for a place to walk or cycle, get together with friends or family, relax next to a lake or a playground for children, we likely have just the park or trail for you.

Beavermead park facing Little Lake on a sunny summer day, with two large trees framing the lake

Parks and Trails trivia

In the City of Peterborough, we have:

  • 362 hectares of parkland and over 100 parks
  • 36 km of multi-use trails
  • 57 parks with playground equipment
  • 51 softball/baseball diamonds
  • 31 soccer fields
  • 42 tennis and basketball courts
  • 3 wading pools
  • 6 splash pads
  • 2 supervised beaches
  • beach volleyball
  • a campground
  • Trent-Severn Waterway canal and Little Lake for water sports

Centennial fountain on a sunny day, blue sky in background

Centennial Fountain

The Centennial Fountain is located in Little Lake on the Trent Severn Waterway just upstream from Lock 19.

The Centennial Fountain will be turned on at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 19 and will run from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until Thanksgiving Monday, October 10, 2022.

The fountain was installed for Canada Day 1967 to celebrate Canada's centennial birthday. The project was the result of the financial generosity of General Electric and a group of local business owners; engineering services were also provided for free by many local engineers.

Fun fountain facts
  • The fountain is composed of more than 30 tonnes of floating concrete
  • The main jet shoots water 76m in the air, making it the highest in Canada
  • The original main jet weighed 3200 pounds and was over 122 feet long
  • The fountain is anchored by three, 1.5 tonne concrete anchors
  • At night the fountain is illuminated with over 500 LED lights

Hours of operation

The fountain operates from 11 a.m. to 11p.m. between May and October. The fountain lights turn on at 8 p.m.

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