Peterborough

What Indigenous Place Names Are In Peterborough Ontario?

Local Indigenous partners remind us that Peterborough’s traditional name is Nogojiwanong, (“place at the foot of the rapids” in Anishinaabemowin). There are two First Nations communities, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation located within the geographic public health unit boundaries. What Indigenous land is Peterborough on? Peterborough is the native territory of the …

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When Was The Peterborough Chronicle Written?

The Chronicon Petroburgense, or Peterborough Chronicle, is a 13th-century chronicle written in Medieval Latin at Peterborough Abbey, England, covering events from 1122 to 1294. Why is the Peterborough Chronicle important? It contains unique information about the history of England and of the English language after the Norman Conquest; according to philologist J. A. W. Bennett, …

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