Canoes

• Opening of new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough delayed until winter 2024

  Multiple construction-related issues have again delayed the opening of the new museum. A winter 2024 opening is now expected with a grand opening during the weekend of May 11.

  Education

  Sep 20, 2023
  
• Governor General grants viceregal patronage to Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

  The museum aims to reconnect watercraft to their Indigenous communities and share more stories and perspectives through new exhibits at the new museum site opening in summer 2023.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: Outdoor gear dwindles well before summer starts in Saskatchewan

  Gear like bikes and kayaks is hard to come by as demand spikes and supplies dwindle.

  Consumer

  May 11, 2021
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• Canadian Canoe Museum purchases land in Johnson Park for new building in Peterborough

  The Canadian Canoe Museum will sell its Monaghan Road property to help finance the purchase of the land on Little Lake.

  Jan 29, 2021
• Plans scrapped for new Canadian Canoe Museum next to Peterborough Lift Lock due to cleanup costs

  An industrial solvent was found in the land adjacent to the Peterborough Lift Lock where the new canoe museum would be built.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2020
• Stage 3 Ontario: Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough reopening

  The Canadian Canoe Museum will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

  Education

  Jul 20, 2020
• Edmonton doctor canoes to work: ‘My commute is the best part of my day’

  An Edmonton doctor has found an untapped way to get to work in the city. Dr. Darren Markland takes a canoe down the North Saskatchewan River. 

  Features

  Jun 24, 2020
• River safety buoyed by frequent users of the South Saskatchewan

  Inland Marine Technologies and the Saskatoon Canoe Club have partnered to install signs on the South Saskatchewan River showing the waterways traffic restrictions.

  Canada

  May 24, 2020
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• Philanthropists George and Kathy Dembroski donate $500K to new Canadian Canoe Museum

  The museum’s outdoor terrace will be named in recognition of the Dembroskis.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2019
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• Ottawa investing $10M in new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

  The $65-million, 85,000-square-foot museum will house hundreds of watercraft and thousands of small artifacts.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2019