Canadian Canoe Museum

The Canadian Canoe Museum is North America's only canoe museum. With more than 600 canoes and kayaks and 1,000 related artifacts, The Canadian Canoe Museum's collection is the largest of its kind.

Peterborough, Ontario is the ideal home for The Canadian Canoe Museum. As the world's foremost canoe-building centre from 1850 until 1960, Peterborough's canoe-building heritage is still prevalent and visible. The area is home to many canoe collectors, builders, paddlers, water festivals and canoeing events. Where else would you see hundreds of paddlers crammed into the world's tallest hydraulic liftlock on the Trent-Severn Waterway?

The Collection Centre houses the Museum's entire collection of 600 craft. The collection features canoes and kayaks from across Canada, as well as watercraft from around the world. Craft not on special exhibit in the Weston National Heritage Centre will be on open display when renovations are completed.

• The Museum's collection features canoes and kayaks from across Canada, as well as watercraft from around the world.
  
  
• It is estimated that over 2.4 million Canadians enjoy paddling.
  
  
• The Museum's collection includes a Haida dugout canoe from the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia.
  
  
• The Museum's collection contains a large number of scale models, paddles, snowshoes, moccasins, and an assortment of canoe-related artifacts.
  
  
• The Museum's collection includes a large 27-foot canot du nord built by Cesar Newashish.
  
  
• The Museum's archives are located at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
  
  
• The magnificent 40-ft Nu-chah-nulth dugout featured in the Museum's Origins Gallery is a fine example of an ocean-going craft commonly used along the northwest coast. In these canoes, the Nu-chah-nulth people hunted grey and finback whales. They relied on their extraordinary seamanship and skill for success in the hunt.
  
  

Driving directions to Peterborough

From the west:
drive east on Highway 401 until you reach Exit 436 (turnoff to Highway 115 north). Take Exit 436 and follow Highway 115 north to the Peterborough Downtown Exit (The Parkway).
From the east:
drive west on Highway 401 until you reach Exit 464 (turnoff to Highway 28/Port Hope). Take Exit 464 and follow Highway 28 north until you reach the exit to Highway 115 north. Driving time from Highway 401 from either direction is approximately 40 minutes.

Driving directions to The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

From Highway 115, take the exit to downtown Peterborough via The Parkway. Continue on The Parkway north until you reach the first major intersection (Lansdowne Street). Turn right (east) on Lansdowne and follow it until you reach Monaghan Road. Turn left (north) on to Monaghan Road. Continue north on Monaghan road for approximately 1/2 a block. The Canadian Canoe Museum is on the right (opposite the Evinrude Centre).

The Canadian Canoe Museum
910 Monaghan Road
Peterborough, Ontario Canada K9J 5K4
Toll-free: 1-866-34-CANOE (22663)
Telephone: (705) 748-9153 Fax: (705) 748-0616
Web http://www.canoemuseum.net