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In the Media (CBC): World’s largest museum collection of canoes on the move
We were thrilled to take CBC News behind the scenes to share why this collection of national significance needs a new home and the exciting moment Kokomis Tchiman, a birchbark canoe built by Métis elder Marcel Labelle, is lifted into the new museum along the water’s edge, where it will be on display in the Exhibition Hall.
11 Indigenous Authors We’re Celebrating for Indigenous History Month
Photo: Graphic that reads "11 Indigenous Authors We're Celebrating for Indigenous History Month" next to a person in green pants reading an orange book. Blue, red, green, and grey shapes surround.Connected to the many watercraft cared for at The Canadian Canoe Museum...
Celebrate your #PaddlingPals on June 26, National Canoe Day! 🛶
Three dogs smile at the camera and rest their head on the thwart of a canoe. Text overlaid reads "Celebrate National Canoe Day, June 26, 2023 #NCD2023 #PaddlingPals". Photo by James Raffan, Director of External Relations. Every June 26th, The Canadian Canoe Museums...
Interning with a One-of-a-Kind Collection
Kimberley Wilson cleans an artifact with a brush and a vacuum.Hello, my name is Kimberley. In January of 2023, I began an internship at The Canadian Canoe Museum as an Algonquin College Applied Museum Studies student on the last term of my three years of study for an...
Canadian Canoe Museum Announces $1.775M Transformative Gift for New Waterfront Campus
The campus will feature a Gathering Circle, a Canoe House, an accessible boardwalk, two seasonal canoe docks, and an adaptive canoe and kayak launch. Photo: Jeremy Ward (Curator), Rodger Wright (Fundraising Cabinet volunteer), Carolyn Hyslop (Executive Director), Stu...
Remembering Don Duncan, longterm volunteer of The Canadian Canoe Museum
It is with a heavy heart that we at the Museum mourn the loss of a member of our community, Don Duncan, who passed away on March 18, 2023. Don was a dedicated and passionate volunteer who selflessly devoted countless hours to the Museum’s woodshop, education programs, and special events over the past 19 years.