Photo: Our team has begun transferring canoes and kayaks to the new Collection Hall. On the left, empty racks line one of the five aisles, while canoes and kayaks fill the right side from floor to ceiling. Once complete, the Collection Hall will be home to more than...
Background The Canadian Canoe Museum, located on the Traditional Territory of the Williams Treaties First Nations, in Peterborough, Ontario, stewards the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks, and paddled watercraft. More than 600 in number and with a...
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...
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...
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...
A close-up of the red mazinaawbikinigin (rock painting) that is featured in The Canadian Canoe Museum’s logo illustrating eight people in a canoe with long paddles at the bow and stern. Snow covers the ground. The Canadian Canoe Museum respectfully acknowledges the...
