Lindsay (2001 population: 16,930) is a community on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada, 43 kilometres (27 mi) west of Peterborough. It is the seat of the City of Kawartha Lakes (formerly Victoria County), and the hub for business and commerce in the region.
Lindsay Transit provides bus service to the community and surrounding area.
Lindsay has a sister city, Nayoro, Japan, and a small Japanese culture e...
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Lindsay (2001 population: 16,930) is a community on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada, 43 kilometres (27 mi) west of Peterborough. It is the seat of the City of Kawartha Lakes (formerly Victoria County), and the hub for business and commerce in the region.
Lindsay Transit provides bus service to the community and surrounding area.
Lindsay has a sister city, Nayoro, Japan, and a small Japanese culture exhibit is in the main entrance to the library. The sister city serves as a cultural experience for local students as every two years students are chosen to travel to Japan for free.
The Township of Ops was surveyed in 1825 by Colonel Duncan McDonell, and Lots 20 and 21 in the 5th Concession were reserved for a town site. The same year settlers began to come to the region, and by 1827, the Purdy's, an American family, built a dam on the Scugog River at the site of present-day Lindsay. The following year they built a sawmill, and in 1830, a...
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