Peterborough is known for its lakes and waterways. The major river that goes through Peterborough is the Otonabee. This is the native territory of the Anishinaabeg, a group of Indigenous people comprised of the Ojibwa, Odawa, Potawatami, Chippewa, Mississauga, Algonquin, and Delaware communities who controlled the Great Lakes Basin since the late 1600s. [1]