The Red Cross Hospital in Bancroft (later known as Bancroft Hospital ) opened in 1949 and was one of the first custom designed and built Red Cross hospitals in Ontario. It took over responsibilities from the previous Red Cross health post in Bancroft.
47-870: Red Cross Hospital may refer to: Red Cross Hospital, Bancroft , Ontario, Canada Huashan Hospital, known as Chinese Red Cross General Hospital from 1907 to 1956, in Shanghai, China Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross (est. 1890), in Frankfurt, Germany Kaunas Red Cross Hospital , in Lithuania Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital , in Cape Town, South Africa Red Cross Hospital, in Stockholm, Sweden, now part of
94-416: A glacial spillway created when glacial meltwaters from ancient Lake Algonquin (now Lake Huron ) travelled south to ancient Lake Iroquois (now Lake Ontario ). This area of relatively low and flat relief (approximately 191–200 m (627–656 ft) above sea level) is prone to flooding, exemplified in the major flood that occurred on July 15, 2004. The ground elevation rises to the west, north, and east where
141-467: A growing portion of service industries will become export-oriented". In 2018, mayor Daryl Bennett said there has been a shift toward employment in smaller manufacturing plants and service industries, leading to a moderate level of unemployment, and that the shift away from manufacturing had started before the NAFTA free trade agreements. In 2018, the city had plans for a $ 24-million Canadian Canoe Museum,
188-563: A large upland area (the Peterborough Drumlin field) defines the landscape. Much of the land in the north and west ends of the city rises to 230–274 m (755–899 ft) above sea level, with Tower Hill, at 286 m (938 ft) above sea level, being the highest point. Armour Hill, another prominent drumlin located in east city, forms the physical obstacle that the Trent-Severn Waterway ascends by way of
235-670: A municipal cenotaph, the Peterborough Memorial (1929), Valour Defeating Barbarism. The Trent–Severn Waterway passes through Peterborough and includes the Peterborough Lift Lock , the world's largest hydraulic lift lock , which opened in 1904. It was for many years the world's highest hydraulic lift lock with a rise of 20 m (65 ft). Del Crary Park is a large urban greenspace on Little Lake, located in close proximity to downtown Peterborough. Free outdoor events and concerts are held here during
282-668: A new casino, a new library, the VentureNorth building in downtown, and development of lands at Trent University. Peterborough is a shopping destination for the region, with three shopping centres: Peterborough Square, Portage Place, and Lansdowne Place . Walmart, Costco, Sobey's and Real Canadian Superstore have large operations in Peterborough, drawing customers from the surrounding area. Sears, in Landsdowne Place, closed in 2018 due to bankruptcy. Peterborough and
329-578: A nineteenth century writer, wrote that all 2,024 passengers boarded nine ships in June 1825, with everything they owned, from Cork across the Atlantic Ocean to Quebec City. The journey took 30 days to cross the Atlantic and on board the ship they were provided with bunks and food rations. Hard tack or ship biscuits were one of the many foods that were made to provide energy for the passengers. Hard tack
376-619: Is 5b. Peterborough's climate can be quite unpredictable and vary greatly from one part of the city to another due to the effects of the Oak Ridges Moraine and changes in elevation. In the south end and areas south of the city, the Moraine acts as a barrier for weather patterns moving off Lake Ontario, reducing precipitation. In the north and west ends of Peterborough the effects of the Moraine are not as prominent, at times creating slightly cooler temperatures and more precipitation than
423-709: Is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario , Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto . According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651. The population of the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes the surrounding Townships of Selwyn , Cavan Monaghan , Otonabee-South Monaghan , and Douro-Dummer , was 128,624 in 2021. In 2021, Peterborough ranked 32nd among
470-488: Is a national heritage centre that explores the canoe 's enduring significance to the peoples of North America. Jackson Park contains old-growth forest with trees up to 250 years old. The 4.5 ha old-growth forest can be visited from the parking area at the north end of Monaghan Rd. The Riverview Park & Zoo is a 22.5 ha (55.5-acre) zoo operated by the Peterborough Utilities Group at
517-565: Is considered a local and tourist attraction. Peterborough offers a sightseeing option called Liftlock and River Boat Cruise. This cruise boat takes passengers through the Peterborough Liftlock while broadcasting various facts about the city's sights and history. The cruise operates daily from mid-May to mid-October every year. Showplace Performance Centre is a 647-seat performance facility located downtown that opened in 1996. The Canadian Canoe Museum , located on Monaghan Road,
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#1732772624526564-528: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red Cross Hospital, Bancroft Belleville General Hospital took over the hospital in 1983 and the hospital was closed in 2002 when a new one was built on Manor Lane, Bancroft. Around 1919, in the aftermath of World War I , the Red Cross was pivoting away from only international health work in conflict zones and started providing health care in Canada. In 1922,
611-590: Is operated by Grey Bruce Health Services . Also in 1949, it started building three identical hospitals, replicating Wiarton hospital's design in Bancroft , Burk's Falls and Nipigon , as well as a larger 27-bed hospital in Huntsville . Prior to the hospital, Bancroft only had a health post, which was dealing with many serious injuries from the nearby uranium mines . Injuries from the mines included crushed chests, broken limbs and abdominal penetrations. While
658-622: Is the largest employer, with about 2,500 employees and 500 volunteers in 2023. School boards, local government, Trent University and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources are other large employers. General Electric operated in Peterborough from 1892 to 2018, and employed about 6,000 people at its peak. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of the early 1990s led to shifts in trading patterns for many Canadian companies. Other innovations like just-in-time delivery and pressure to produce ever cheaper goods impacted some of
705-409: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Peterborough had a population of 83,651 living in 35,977 of its 38,006 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 81,032 . With a land area of 64.76 km (25.00 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,291.7/km (3,345.5/sq mi) in 2021. At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in
752-534: The Peterborough Lift Lock . The Oak Ridges Moraine is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the city. Peterborough has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ) with four distinct seasons. It lies in a transitional zone between areas to the south, which have a milder winter climate, and areas to the north (within the Canadian Shield), where the winters are snowier and sharply colder. Peterborough's Hardiness zone
799-821: The Peterborough Regional Health Centre opened. 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. The city is sited on a series of rapids in the Otonabee River , approximately halfway between the river's source ( Katchewanooka Lake ) and its mouth ( Rice Lake ). The city completely surrounds
846-841: The Red Cross University College of Nursing Netley Red Cross Hospital , a wartime hospital on the grounds of the Netley Hospital (1856-1958), in Hampshire, United Kingdom Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital (1914-1985), in Taplow, United Kingdom Red Cross Hospital, in New York City, United States, now part of New York University Hospital at the New York University School of Medicine [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
893-733: The 1970s, the Government of Ontario helped sponsor the building of Peterborough Square with the aid of the Ontario Downtown Renewal Programme (ODRP). The mall was anchored by an Eaton's store until the collapse of the Eaton's chain of stores in the late 1990s; it now houses offices, stores and a food court. The provincial government relocated the central office of the Ministry of Natural Resources to 300 Water Street, kitty-corner from Peterborough Square. In 2008,
940-631: The 2021 census, the Peterborough CMA had a population of 128,624 living in 53,370 of its 57,761 total private dwellings, a change of 5.7% from its 2016 population of 121,721 . With a land area of 1,508.44 km (582.41 sq mi), it had a population density of 85.3/km (220.8/sq mi) in 2021. 50.9% of Peterborough residents were Christian , down from 67.3% in 2011. 20.6% were Catholic , 19.2% were Protestant , and 6.4% were Christian n.o.s. All other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions accounted for 4.7% of
987-480: The 5.9 million litres (1.30 × 10 ^ imp gal) average. The city recorded 12,500 t (12,300 long tons; 13,800 short tons) of debris added to landfills due to the amount of damage caused by excessive rain and wind. In May 2022, the City of Peterborough was involved in the May 2022 Canadian derecho . This left citizens without power for several days and an estimated cost of cleanup of $ 3.3 million. In
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#17327726245261034-521: The Irish emigrants were chosen from Fermoy, North Cork. Robinson was urged by landlords to remove the "pauper and undesirables". He resisted and stated that he had "no wish" to hold out a bounty to persons of bad character. But as Robinson travelled through the countryside they became flesh and blood 'people of a good sort' he called them, 'bred to farming. I found them much more intelligent than I expected. Most of them could read and write'". Thomas Poole,
1081-502: The Kawarthas offer several attractions. The region is host to an array of museums, cultural exhibitions, indoor and outdoor galleries and theatres, Aboriginal heritage attractions and historical sites, as well as an arts community. While many buildings in Peterborough that would have served as examples of the city's heritage and architectural style have been lost over the years due to renovations and modernization, some examples such as
1128-733: The Ontario division of the Canadian Red Cross opened their first health post Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost . Following 1922, more healthcare facilities were created, always in pre-existing structures. The first health post was opened in Bancroft in 1927 when the population of the town was 911 people. In the 1947, the Canadian Red Cross changed towards building its own hospitals and started constructing Wiarton Hospital which opened in 1949. As of 2022, Wiarton hospital
1175-536: The Red Cross national leadership to pressure their Ontario division to divest from running hospitals. Bellville General Hospital took over Bancroft hospital in 1983 and the hospital was closed in 2002 when a new hospital was opened on Manor Lane in Bancroft, operated by Quinte Health Care . The former hospital was initially used by Ontario Provincial Police before being turned into Riverstone retirement home. Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough ( / ˈ p iː t ər b ʌr oʊ / PEE -tər-burr-oh )
1222-708: The YMCA building do still stand today as designated architectural landmarks. The Peterborough Museum & Archives is home to a diverse collection of artifacts. It was established in 1897 and moved to its present site on Armour Hill in 1967. The Archives collection includes items from Catharine Parr Traill , the original Peter Robinson papers, the Park Studio Fonds and the Balsillie collection of Roy Studio Images, over 300,000 film and glass plate negatives dating back to 1896. Walter Seymour Allward designed
1269-426: The area as Scott's Plains. The mill was located at the foot of present-day King Street and was powered by water from Jackson Creek. This location, adjacent to the Ontario government Ministry of Natural Resources building, and Peterborough's Millennium Park may have been the site of landfall for a portage which connects in a direct line with Bridgenorth. The site has an Ojibway name "Nogojiwanong" which means "the place at
1316-400: The area, coming down from Lake Chemong and portaging down a trail, which is approximated by present-day Chemong Road, to the Otonabee River and stayed for a brief time near the present-day site of Bridgenorth , just north of Peterborough. In 1818, Adam Scott settled on the west shore of the Otonabee River . The following year he began construction of a sawmill and gristmill, establishing
1363-640: The city to live with Dr. John Hutchison and his family, staying until 1847. Dr. Hutchison was one of Peterborough's first resident doctors. By 1846, the community was flourishing, with a population of about 2000. A stone jail and court house had been built and there were seven churches and various government offices. There was a fire company, two newspapers and a post office that received mail daily. Industry included two grist mills, two saw mills, one brewery, one ashery, two distilleries, three foundries, three tanneries and tradesmen of various types worked here. One school and one bank agency were operating. Peterborough
1410-559: The country's 41 census metropolitan areas according to the CMA in Canada . The current mayor of Peterborough is Jeff Leal . Peterborough is known as the gateway to the Kawarthas , "cottage country", a large recreational region of the province. It is named in honour of Peter Robinson , an early Canadian politician who oversaw the first major immigration to the area. The city is the seat of Peterborough County . Peterborough's nickname in
1457-442: The distant past was "The Electric City" as it was the first town in Canada to use electric streetlights. It also underscores the historical and present-day importance of technology and manufacturing as an economic base of the city, which has operations from large multi-national companies such as Siemens , Rolls-Royce Limited , General Electric , and more local businesses such as Merit Precision Ltd., Dynacast and Bryston. Electricity
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1504-476: The emigration plan of 1825. Scott's Plains was renamed Peterborough in his honour. Robinson interviewed families and individual males to make the long voyage. These families had to meet specific criteria in order to be eligible for the voyage. The specifics required for Robinson's settlers were that they had to be Catholic, poor and with a knowledge of farming. Males had to be less than forty-five years of age, in good health, and families were unrelated. The majority of
1551-554: The end of the rapids". The year 1825 marked the arrival of Irish immigrants from the City of Cork to Scott's Plains. In 1822, the British Parliament had approved an experimental emigration plan to transport poor Irish Catholic families to Upper Canada . Peter Robinson , a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and a prominent businessman from York, Upper Canada was the man who took on
1598-442: The first places in the country to begin generating hydro-electrical power (even before the plants at Niagara Falls ). Companies like Edison General Electric Company (later Canadian General Electric) and America Cereal Company (later to become Quaker Oats , and in 2001 PepsiCo, Inc.), opened to take advantage of this new cheap resource. The first major events of the 20th century in Peterborough occurred in 1904. The first occurrence
1645-506: The health post was able to stabilise and send patients to Peterborough for treatment, there was a perceived need for a full hospital in Bancroft. The hospital's construction was two-thirds funded by the provincial and federal governments. Consistently through the 1950s', 60's, and 70's, the Red Cross was finding it difficult to employ nurses in rural hospitals, as the rural Canadian workforce relocated to Toronto. The cost of running hospitals also increased, both factors combined prompted
1692-524: The large multi-nationals in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2000s, the city faced high unemployment, and its unemployment rate often led the country for census metropolitan areas in Canada. By December 2017, the rate was roughly on par with the national average at under 5%. An analysis in 2017 said: "A moderate but improving growth environment is foreseen for the region and the Peterborough CMA in 2017 and 2018. The region’s shift to service-producing industries will continue as in other regions in Ontario and
1739-489: The more southern parts of the city and county. The highest temperature ever recorded in Peterborough was 38.9 °C (102.0 °F) on July 11, 1936. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −39.4 °C (−38.9 °F) on December 21, 1871. In 2004, Peterborough experienced a flood which caused much damage to the city and surrounding areas. On July 15, 2004, the sewage treatment plant recorded 32 million litres (7 × 10 ^ imp gal) of water as opposed to
1786-551: The ocean was enough to weaken the emigrants but having to camp out in tents in the mid-summer heat brought on several other complications. Nearly all of the settlers experienced fever and ague, and several perished from it. Even faced with these hardships they forged ahead and put their trust in Peter Robinson, the man leading them to their settlement in Peterborough. In 1845, Sandford Fleming , inventor of Standard Time and designer of Canada's first postage stamp, moved to
1833-544: The only lake on the Otonabee, Little Lake, and the Trent Canal runs along the eastern edge of the city, connecting Little Lake to a section of the Otonabee above the rapids. Peterborough's topography is largely defined by land formations created by the receding Wisconsian glaciers 10,000–15,000 years ago. The South End and Downtown portions of the city sit on what was the bottom of the glacial Lake Peterborough—part of
1880-638: The population spoke English as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were French (1.0%), Chinese languages (0.6%), and Arabic (0.5%). Service industries are the primary employers. Other leading industries include manufacturing, food processing, automotive supplies, electronics, aerospace and life sciences/biotechnology. Quaker Oats employs 700. The city is a bedroom community for workers commuting to Oshawa and East Toronto via Hwy 115. In 2017, home prices were more affordable than in Durham Region. The Peterborough Regional Health Centre
1927-550: The population. 43.7% of residents were non-religious or secular, up from 29.9% in 2011. Followers of other religions made up 5.5% of residents, up from 2.7% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (1.5%), Hinduism (1.4%) and Buddhism (0.5%). As of 2021, 85.7% of Peterborough residents were white/European, 9.4% were visible minorities and 5.0% were Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups were South Asian (3.1%), Black (1.4%), and Chinese (1.0%). European n.o.s North American Indigenous , n.o.s. 90.2% of
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2021-504: The summer months, including the international Peterborough Musicfest (formerly Festival of Lights & Little Lake Musicfest), Wednesday and Saturday evenings from June through August. The Art Gallery of Peterborough , opened in 1974, is situated on the shore of Little Lake beside Del Crary Park and features 1,300 pieces from around the world. On Little Lake, there is a fountain called Centennial Fountain that runs from May to October yearly. This fountain has lights that are put on at dusk and
2068-467: Was incorporated as a town in 1850, with a population of 2,191. Beginning in the late 1850s, a substantial canoe building industry grew up in and around Peterborough. The Peterborough Canoe Company was founded in 1893, with the factory being built on the site of the original Adam Scott mill. By 1930, 25% of all employees in the boatbuilding industry in Canada worked in the Peterborough area. Peterborough would also see extensive industrial growth as one of
2115-449: Was one of the reasons Quaker Oats moved to the city, and as part of PepsiCo remains a major fixture in the downtown area. However, over the years the number of major manufacturing plants has declined, and General Electric closed its last remaining facility in 2018. As a result, employment has been shifting toward the service industries and tourism is now the leading industry in the area. In 1615, Samuel de Champlain travelled through
2162-538: Was the completion of the Peterborough Lift Lock on July 9, eight years after construction was initially approved. To this day, many landmarks in Peterborough memorialize Richard Rogers , conceptual father of the Lift Lock, such as Rogers Cove on Little Lake and Rogers Street in the eastern part of the city. On July 1, 1905, Peterborough was incorporated as a city with a population of about 14,300. The city's flag and coat of arms were adopted later, in 1951. In
2209-616: Was very easy to make and could be stored for months without spoiling. After the settlers landed in Quebec City they travelled further down the St-Lawrence River eventually reaching Lachine where they boarded a bateau. Heading west to Kingston and ultimately to Kingston and Cobourg. They camped in tents in Cobourg for several weeks until Peter Robinson joined them to lead them up to their final destination. The long voyage across
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