Events

While learning how to use traditional hand tools with the help of a supportive, expert instructors, create your own beautiful carved and sanded black cherry paddle.

Kevin Callan comes to The Canadian Canoe Museum to bring you his Winter Camping workshop! Also known as the Happy Camper, Kevin is a legendary Canadian camping icon and the author of many excellent books and resources on camping including, The Complete Guide to Winter Camping. This one-day workshop will make you better equipped for your ... Keep Reading

Create your own beautiful carved and sanded black cherry paddle and go home with all the varnishing supplies to see it complete. Learn to use traditional hand tools and complete your paddle with the help of a supportive, expert instructors.This workshop makes a terrific gift and there is no experience necessary! Dates: March 20 & ... Keep Reading

Have you always wanted a wanigan?  In this disciplinary workshop you'll start the day with a hammer and nails assembling the wooden pieces of your wanigan. After lunch you try your hand at the basics of leather working - sewing together the leather pieces of your tumpline. By the end of the day your finished ... Keep Reading

Kevin Callan (a.k.a. The Happy Camper) instructor and author of The Happy Camper: The Essential Guide to Life Outdoors will be hosting a canoe tripping workshop touching on everything from first-time outings, more moderate excursions, and advanced multiple-day trips,He’ll be covering topics such as: fire lighting, making good meals, portaging, navigation, and basically how to still ... Keep Reading

Spend an evening cooking a rustic and delicious feast over fire with Chef Amanda and her husband, Adam.  Learn different cooking techniques over coals and open flame while enjoying a three course meal. Start with kneading and baking a Crusty Dutch Oven Bread over the coals.  Next, over the different zones of the fire we’ll cook ... Keep Reading

Create your own beautiful carved and sanded black cherry paddle and go home with all the varnishing supplies to see it complete. Learn to use traditional hand tools and complete your paddle with the help of a supportive, expert instructors.This workshop makes a terrific gift and there is no experience necessary! Dates: September 18 & ... Keep Reading

Do you have a wood-and-canvas canoe at home that needs a little love? Participants in the canoe restoration clinic will learn how to re-canvas a wood-and-canvas canoe and perform basic structural repairs (for example; replacing a rib, or repairing damaged planking) while being immersed in the world's largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft.Interested participants ... Keep Reading

This rugged, attractive leather-covered journal is based on a 14th century ledger structure. You will appreciate how this beautiful book’s construction allows the pages to open flat, making it perfect for sketching while sitting on the shore, or writing in at a desk. Once filled with memories, the cover can be detached and a new ... Keep Reading

Create your own beautiful carved and sanded black cherry paddle and go home with all the varnishing supplies to see it complete. Learn to use traditional hand tools and complete your paddle with the help of a supportive, expert instructors.This workshop makes a terrific gift and there is no experience necessary! Dates: December 11 & ... Keep Reading