Having spent the night on the wall, but using the generator to cool the cabins down for that night, we got up and geared for a day of locking further up the Trent River to Peterborough, ON. We passed through Hastings Lock No. 18 (up 9 feet) and closely thereafter entered Rice Lake, named for the wild rice that was cultivated on its shores by the aboriginal First Nations tribes. Rice Lake is the second largest lake in the Trent-Severn Waterway.

About two thirds of the way across Rice Lake, we entered the Otonabee River - a winding waterway that flows alternately past marshes, forests and then small cottages all huddled on the banks of the river. The only lock on the Otanabee before Peterborough was the Scotts Mills Lock No. 19 (up 8 feet) and then entered the Little Lake on which sits the city of Peterborough.

In the middle of the Little Lake is a 250-foot geyser of a fountain, the Centennial Fountain, looking remarkably like the Jet d'Eau in Lake Geneva, Switzerland in front of Del Crary Park. The Peterborough Marina is attached to the Park in which biweekly open air concerts take place. We opted to stay two nights in Peterborough so that we could take some time to see the Trent-Severn Museum and Visitor Center and investigate the famous hydraulic Peterborough Lock.