Canadian Canoe Museum

The Canadian Canoe Museum ( Canadian Canoe Museum ) in Peterborough is the only specialized canoe museum in North America. Thus, it fills a void in so far as the canoe until well into the 19th century, the primary means of transportation in Canada and in many areas of the United States was.

Focus

In addition to the widespread in North America experience museum, where it comes to the most authentic grow aware of stages in the history, such as the use in the Mi'kmaq or when trying to edit even a canoe, the museum also offers a scientific collection. According to the main theme, the museum focuses on the canoe propelled indigenous peoples of Canada, so the Algonkin of the Great Lakes, the Nuu- chah- nulth, and Coast Salish on the Pacific coast, the Haida on Haida Gwaii, in the north, the Inuit, and on the Atlantic coast Mi'kmaq, Abenaki and Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot.

Since 2002, the museum strives to document the commercial and cultural conditions of canoe building and to provide the related knowledge and skills. These alternating canoe builders of the relevant First Nations and Inuit are invited annually.

History

In 1957 the museum was founded as Kanawa Museum by Professor Kirk W. Wipper at Camp Kandalore, north of Minden, Ontario. It was initially based on a single canoe, which was from about 1890, but soon there was a collection. The early 1990s was finally clear that the building had become too small for the collection, and Wipper transferred the responsibility for the now Canadian Canoe Museum collection in 1994 called to a charitable organization. The collection now includes over 600 canoes and kayaks, plus other more than a thousand artifacts from the vicinity of the vessels.

The museum opened at its new location in Peterborough (910 Monaghan Road) took place on 1 July 1997. 2006 Prince Andrew royal patron of the museum, which he attended to celebrate the 10th year of its existence.