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• Named for broadcaster, journalist and author Peter Gzowski (1934-2002); Chancellor of Trent University, 1999-2002; the colours of the building come from the four colours of the medicine wheel: yellow, red, black and white.
• To be used for records about the building, not the administrative unit.

• The pathway between the Library, along the river over to and behind the Athletic facility. A plaque commemorates citizens active in proposing and working towards the realization of Trent University.

• Named for Reginald R. Faryon, “one of the first citizens of Peterborough to suggest the establishment of a university in the city, and an early organizer...”; his letter to the Peterborough Examiner advocating a post-secondary institution for the city appeared in December 1957; the bridge was designed by associates from Ron Thom's office including Paul Merrick and Morden Yolles.

Use for: Enweying

• Together The First Peoples House of Learning and Peter Gzowski College comprise Enweying; the name means “The Way We Speak Together.” (Note: the name Enweying was later changed to Enwayaang)
• The name was first Enweying, and was later changed to Enwayaang.

• Elizabethville is a small village in Hope Township, Ontario which is located between Garden Hill in Hope Township and Kendall in Clark Township.

Use for: 748 George St.

• 748 George St.; was part of Peter Robinson College.

• Roland Denne was a former mayor of Peterborough (1928-1935). The building was part of Peter Robinson College.

• Crawford House, part of Traill College, was named for Isabella Valancy Crawford. Crawford was born in Dublin and settled in Lakefield and then Peterborough. She was a poet, active around 1884. The name was approved at Board of Governors meeting, May, 1965.

• The land which is now Peterborough County was originally part of Newcastle District before 1841, and the Colbourne District until 1850, the year when districts were replaced by counties in Upper Canada. At this time the United Counties of Peterborough and Victoria were created. In 1861, Victoria County was given independence from Peterborough. Peterbourgh County is made up of the following townships: Galway, Cavendish, Anstruther, Chandos, Harvey, Burleigh, Methuen, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Dummer, Belmont, North Monaghan, Otonabee, and Asphodel.

• Cobourg is located in Hamilton Township, in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The area was first settled in 1798 by Elias Nicholson who built his home within the limits of what was to become the town plot. Originally called Amherst, Cobourg has also been known by the names of Hamilton and Hardscrabble. In 1819, the developing town was given the name Cobourg. It was incorporated as a village in 1837 and incorporated as a town in 1850. (taken from