Background The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, stewards the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft. More than 600 in number and with a significant representation of Indigenous canoe cultures from across Canada and around...
The Canadian Canoe Museum receives a steady stream of diverse inquiries from around the world – typically regarding vintage canoes, equipment and related archival materials. Responding to these questions proves a fun challenge, and the process also inadvertently...
Seniors in Peterborough City and County will now be able to visit The Canadian Canoe Museum without leaving the comfort and safety of their residences, thanks to new funding. Intended to reduce social isolation, and provide opportunities for community interaction, The...
A few months before the pandemic circled the globe, a dear friend, collector and appraiser for the museum Roger Young, offered us this charming wooden model from his own collection. What might be described as a recreational kayak, or in many parts of Europe as a kanu,...
“The Stories They Hold” explores the stories of three iconic canoes The Canadian Canoe Museum, which recently reopened, has launched a new three-part video series, allowing the public to get up close and personal with three iconic canoes in the museum’s...
Crack open a new box of crayons or markers, and sharpen those pencil crayons! We are bringing you more #CCMfromhome fun, this time with two new colouring sheets based on canoe-themed postcards in our collection. If you’ve visited us recently, you may have seen...
