The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, has stewarded, for the last 20 years, the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft. More than 600 in number, the watercraft and their stories have a pivotal role to play in understanding our past and, our collective future. As part of our responsibility for this one-of-a-kind collection, we are building it a new home that aspires to be as innovative as the canoe itself. The construction of this new museum at the water’s edge will be supported by a $65M campaign.
In 2013, the Senate declared The Canadian Canoe Museum and its collection a cultural asset of national significance.
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Canadian Canoe Museum identifies Johnson Park as preferred new build site
The Canadian Canoe Museum announced that it has identified Johnson Park, the City-owned property at 2077 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough, ON, as the preferred site for the building of its new canoe museum.
Canadian Canoe Museum terminates lease with Parks Canada
The Canadian Canoe Museum announced that it has terminated its lease agreement with Parks Canada for the land located alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway at 353 Hunter Street East, owned by Parks Canada. This is where the new canoe museum was to be built.
Future Canadian Canoe Museum Build Impacted by Environmental Contamination
Industrial solvent found in groundwater The Canadian Canoe Museum (CCM) announced today that the results of its own independent investigations confirm that the designated site for the future building of the new Canadian Canoe Museum has been found to contain an...
A Canoe Community: Kitigan Zibi (Collaborative Relations Field Notes)
By Jeremy Ward, Curator and Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, Director of Indigenous Peoples Collaborative RelationsOur Curator, Jeremy Ward, and our Director of Indigenous Peoples' Collaborative Relations, Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, have embarked on a cross-country tour...
A New Museum Progress Update | Fall 2019
2019 has been a busy year at The Canadian Canoe Museum. Our Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and our new museum project partners have been working hard to ensure that we are in the best possible position to share our one-of-a-kind...
BMO Financial Group Announces $650,000 gift to support The Canadian Canoe Museum’s move to the water’s edge
New museum’s Research & Knowledge Centre to be named in recognition of this generous giftBMO Financial Group today announced a $650,000 investment in The Canadian Canoe Museum’s new 85,000 square-foot-facility at the water’s edge.This generous gift is...
Reflections On Our Journey To The East Coast
Robin Cavanagh, Jeremy Ward, and Fred Metallic in Listuguj First Nation viewing where we were in relation to the Seven Traditional Districts of the Mi’gmaq By Robin Binèsi Cavanagh, Director of Indigenous Peoples Collaborative Relations A large part of my...
Capital campaign receives a $500,000 gift from Toronto-based philanthropists George and Kathy Dembroski
The museum’s outdoor terrace, a gathering space that connects interior and exterior, to be named in recognition of the gift The Canadian Canoe Museum is pleased to announce that George and Kathy Dembroski have made a $500,000 commitment to its capital...
Government of Canada invests $10 million in the new museum project
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, announced today that the Government of Canada is investing $10 million to support the construction of the new museum. “It is an historic day, and on behalf of the entire canoe museum...
*Please note that the images of the new museum throughout the website are conceptual drawings.
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