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...
For the second year, National Canoe Day celebrations (June 26, 2021) have gone virtual! With people taking to the water in record numbers in response to the pandemic, we hope to top last year’s numbers, which saw upwards of 35,000 people reached through our...
Back in March, just as the World Health Organization was declaring a global pandemic, we made the decision to postpone Campfires & Cocktails, scheduled for April 18th, due to the scale and nature of the event. Since then, we have been working closely with the...
UPDATE (June 12, 2020): After much consideration, our Campfires & Cocktails fundraising event has been postponed until 2021 The Canadian Canoe Museum is closely monitoring news and recommendations regarding COVID-19, also known as novel coronavirus. As a public...
Back by popular demand, The Canadian Canoe Museum’s camp-inspired fundraising event will encourage guests to channel their flannel in the museum galleries on April 18, 2020. Campfires & Cocktails will see guests weave their ways through the museum’s galleries for...
We are pleased to welcome social historian and writer Jessica Dunkin to discuss her newest book, Canoe and Canvas: Life at the Encampments of the American Canoe Association, 1880-1910, at the 2020 Wipper Lecture on February 2 from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m.Dunkin will be in...
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!
