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Use for: College V

• Started out being called College V for quite a while; many suggestions for names including “Kawartha” “Norman Bethune” “Lester B. Pearson” “Kidnosh” “Objibway” “Kinomagawin” “Wendakee” etc; request for opinions appeared in Fortnightly, Dec. 4, 1972 and the choice was between Kinomagawin (Algonquin for 'place of thinking') Otonabee and Wendakee ('Huronia'); officially named Otonabee in 1972. The north residence wing opened in 1973 and the south residence wing in 1974. The architect was Macy Dubois of Fairfield and Dubois.
• To be used for records about the building, not the administrative unit.

• Port Hope, located in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, on the shore of Lake Ontario in Hope Township, was informally established in 1819. Previously Port Hope had been known by the name of Smith's Creek, and between 1815 and 1817, the town was also called Toronto. Due to the confusion caused by the use of both names, the name Port Hope, put forth by G.S. Bolton, was settled on in a public meeting in 1819. The name Port Hope was formally confirmed by the Legislature of Upper Canada on March 6, 1834.

• The village of Quebec was settled by explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1608. By 1628 the colony had 76 settlers and by 1640 the settlement had grown to approximately 300. Growth of the colony was slow but by 1666 the population had reached approximately 3500 people. Whenever France and England were at war it was reflected between the French and English colonies in the New World. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 cut Quebec off from Acadia and other French possessions in the New World. In 1759 the war between the French and English cumulated in the New World at Quebec where General Wolfe and his army defeated the French Marquis de Montcalm and his army on the Plains of Abraham just outside of the city. This was the beginning of the end for New France though the territory that the French occupied would become known as Quebec and the city would retain its name. France eventually lost its possessions in the New World.

Use for: 741 George St.

• 741 George St. Named after Dr. George Hume Reade, an early doctor in Peterborough who came to attend the Peter Robinson settlers. Was part of Peter Robinson College.

• Rice Lake was formed by glacial activity. The first people to settle near Rice Lake were the Mississaugas and, later, emigrants from Scotland, Ireland, Germany and America. Samuel de Champlain was the first European to see Rice Lake, which at that point was surrounded by forests. In 1793 a trading post was established by Jacob and Lawrence Herkimer at the mouth of the Otonabee River on Rice Lake. The next person to settle near Rice Lake was Charles Fothergill. In the 1800's the Natives started to harvest rice from the lake for trade. However it was not until 1818 when settlers were allowed to settle in the area of Rice Lake. Most of the business carried on at the Lake was trade and ferrying people across the Lake. Eventually farming took precedence as more and more settlers arrived. Communities such as Gore's Landing sprang up around the Lake with churches, schools, taverns, hotels and other businesses becoming established as well.

• Rubidge Hall was the first location of Trent University. It was named after Captain Charles Rubidge, an early settler in Peterborough. This building was originally built as South Central Public School.

Use for: 751 George St., Peterborough Ontario

• 751 George St.; built for James Kendry, 1845-1918 (Conservative M.P., owner of Auburn Woolen Mills and Mayor) and then owned by James Stratton, Liberal M.P. and M.P.P. Eventually sold to Sheehy family; known firstly as Peter Robinson College House by Trent University but originally named Strathormond by Stratton; later it was named Sadleir House after Richard Sadleir, the first Master of Peter Robinson College; it is now home of the Peter Robinson Community and Student Association.
• To be used for records about the building, not the administrative unit.

• Named for Jeannette Scott, the first non-Indigenous person born in Peterborough. The name was approved at Board of Governors meeting, May, 1965. Part of Traill College.