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Celebrate National Canoe Day on June 26th by sharing a #PortagePic and enjoying free admission to The Canadian Canoe Museum!
Every June 26th, The Canadian Canoe Museums celebrates our favourite holiday of the year – National Canoe Day! What is National Canoe Day? June 26th was coined National Canoe Day by The Canadian Canoe Museum following a CBC campaign that, in 2007, declared the...
Temporary closure extended as The Canadian Canoe Museum continues emergency repairs following storm damage
This week saw a flurry of activity at The Canadian Canoe Museum as restoration and repair crews worked to address the serious damage caused by the storm (a derecho) on May 21st. The storm’s violent winds tore signage off the building, blew out windows in the...
An update regarding the damage sustained by The Canadian Canoe Museum following last Saturday’s severe storm
If you’ve driven or wandered by the Museum these past few days, you may have witnessed some of the damage we sustained during the severe thunderstorm that affected Peterborough and the surrounding areas last Saturday, May 21st – the large spruce trees on our front...
Local Love: The trades, suppliers, & consultants bringing to life the new Canadian Canoe Museum and Inspiring Canada – by Canoe!
The Canadian Canoe Museum (CCM) is building an extraordinary new home for our one-of-a-kind collection and unique programming on the water’s edge in Peterborough, Ontario. A purpose-built facility on the water, with an array of indoor and outdoor spaces, will allow us...
The Canadian Canoe Museum weathers pandemic and increases digital programming thanks to $400,000 from Ontario Trillium Foundation
Local MPP Dave Smith visited The Canadian Canoe Museum on Friday to celebrate how the Museum has weathered the pandemic and enhanced its virtual programming capabilities, thanks to a $150,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant and a $250,000 Community Building Fund...
Including Indigenous Languages in the new Canadian Canoe Museum
Voices, languages and perspectives from Indigenous communities will be an integral part of the Canadian Canoe Museum’s new building and exhibitions. Recently we invited Waaseya-Kwe [Bright Light Woman, Turtle Clan] Kim Muskratt, a citizen of Hiawatha First Nation, one...