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...
Carolyn Hyslop, executive director of The Canadian Canoe Museum and Dan Brandsma, owner of the Silver Bean Cafe, celebrated their new partnership by donning each other’s t-shirts and raising a cup of coffee to their future together. Drinks, light lunches, tasty...
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...
The Canadian Canoe Museum (CCM) is building an extraordinary new home for our one-of-a-kind collection and unique programming on the water’s edge in Peterborough, Ontario. A purpose-built facility on the water, with an array of indoor and outdoor spaces, will allow us...
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!