This plaque is on the Otonabee River Trail in Downtown Peterborough and highlights how the Peterborough area is generally regarded as the birthplace of the modern day canoe. Building cedar-strip canoes in the Peterborough area began in the 1850s and continued into the 1960s. Peterborough...

Mix in a medium pot: 1 cup warm water, 1 tsp active dry yeast, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt. Add 2 tbsp olive oil. Add 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour. Mix until a shaggy dough forms. Knead dough by hand for 5 min., add flour if sticky....