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Peterborough Lift Lock Visitor Centre

Peterborough Lift Lock Visitor Centre

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353 Hunter St E, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 7B5, Canada
(705) 750-4950
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May 29, 2019
Anabelle showed us around and it was a great experience, she's really good at what she does. overall 10/10

Aug 9, 2018
Small but informative centre. There is a mini movie hall where the staff will play a short video that briefly explains the history of the Trent-Severn waterway - how it was conceived and how it was progressively constructed until completion. You can also learn about how the Peterborough Lift Lock (aka Lock 21 which is one the highest, if not the highest, lift locks in the world) functions. Its massive 2.0m diameter water pistons are pretty impressive. After that, you can take a quick stroll out to the see the lift lock in the flesh. You can climb two flights of stairs up to the upper level if you like. I managed to observe the lift lock in action. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes for the entire procedure.

Sep 20, 2018
We stopped while enroute through the locks in our boat. Excellent small museum explaining the history and operation of the locks. We stocked gift shop that was able to sell us the Ports guise we could obtain no-where else (as well as some nice gifts) Friendly and well-informed staff. Excellent stop

Sep 3, 2018
This was a stop along our bike tour. There are free parking spaces on the road near the locks but it costs to use the ones at the centre.. Public bathrooms were clean and nice. The locks are an amazing feat of human ingenuity and very worth seeing There are paid boat tours available but we didn't do that with our bikes. Instead, we biked the paved trails, starting from here, to Trent University. It was a great trip of about 20K all together with a stop near the end for lunch and drinks at the Ale House which was awesome.

Sep 15, 2018
It's too bad that we got here too late to go in the Visitor's Centre and educate ourselves about the lift lock as well as seeing the lift lock in action. We just admired from afar haha. We took the stairs to the top of the lift lock and found a helpful signboard explaining how the lift lock works as well as several interesting facts. I'd like to see the lift lock in action one day.

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