Life is different now that Michi Saagig Anishinaabeg Elder and teacher Doug Williams has moved on to a higher plane. In conveying condolences to his family, community, and many friends throughout Turtle Island, my colleagues and I celebrate Gitigaa Migizi as a great...
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...
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 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...
On behalf of everyone at The Canadian Canoe Museum, we would like to congratulate our board member, Victoria (Vicki) Grant on being added to the Order of Canada for extraordinary contributions list! Considered one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, the Order...
The Museum is now temporarily CLOSED to the public, as we prepare for our move. We will reopen at our new waterfront location, 2077 Ashburnham Drive, in late summer/early fall 2023!