Steady progress has been made, but industry-wide construction challenges have delayed the Museum’s opening to late summer or early fall. A photo of the new Canadian Canoe Museum on 2077 Ashburnham Drive under construction, taken January 20, 2023. 2023 will begin a new...
Shelagh and Jon Grant riding the rapids together on one of their many canoe trips. (Photo by David Goslin). The Canadian Canoe Museum’s (CCM) new museum capital campaign has received a significant boost with a $250,000 gift from a local family. The gift...
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...
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 the fall of 2023!
