Peterborough Canoe Museum

• Canadian Canoe Museum celebrates new lakeside location in Peterborough, Ont.

  The Canadian Canoe Museum is now open on Ashburnham Drive on the shore of Little Lake, showcasing hundreds of watercraft and other artifacts. The museum first opened in 1997.

  Canada

  May 13, 2024
  
• 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
  
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• $1.7M gift supports Canadian Canoe Museum’s waterfront campus, Gathering Circle in Peterborough

  The museum's Lakefront Campus will be a 5.3-acre, multi-purpose outdoor classroom with 1,200 feet of shoreline, canoe and kayak launches and canoe dock and house and more.

  Education

  Mar 30, 2023
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• Opening of new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough delayed until late summer or early fall

  Industry-wide construction challenges have delayed the opening of the new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ont., but they aim to be oars-up in time for paddling season.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2023
• Canadian Canoe Museum selects Silver Bean Café as the new museum’s café operator

  The Silver Bean Café will begin the new partnership next summer with a café at the museum that can accommodate 30 people seated inside and 32 seated outside on the terrace.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
• Family of Peterborough historian, canoeist donates $250,000 to new Canadian Canoe Museum

  Shelagh Grant, who died in 2020, was longtime supporter of the Canadian Canoe Museum and was an avid canoeist with many adventures on northern rivers in Canada.

  Education

  Aug 18, 2022
• Construction on new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough to begin in October

  Construction on the new Canadian Canoe Museum on the shore of Little Lake in Peterborough will begin in October, officials announced Wednesday.

  Canada

  Sep 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
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• 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
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• Ground contaminated at site for new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

  An independent investigation discovered an industrial solvent in the ground along Hunter Street and Ashburnham Drive.

  Canada

  May 28, 2020