Canadian Canoe Museum
 The Canadian Canoe Museum |
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Peterborough , Ontario 
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Canoe Museum
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| opening | 1957 (1997 at the current location) |
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The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough , Ontario is the only museum in North America that specializes in canoes. In doing so, it fills a void in that the canoe was the most important means of transport in Canada and in many areas of the USA well into the 19th century .
Focus
In addition to the adventure museum, which is widespread in North America and which aims to recreate stages in history as authentically as possible, such as use by the Mi'kmaq or when trying to work a canoe, the museum also offers a scientific collection. According to the main theme, the museum focuses on the canoeing indigenous peoples of Canada, i.e. the Algonquin on the Great Lakes , the Nuu-chah-nulth and Coastal Salish on the Pacific coast, then the Haida on Haida Gwaii , the Inuit in the north , and on the Atlantic coast Mi'kmaq, Abenaki and Maliseet , Passamaquoddy and Penobscot .
Since 2002 the museum has endeavored to document the technical and cultural prerequisites for canoe construction and to impart the associated knowledge and skills. For this purpose, canoe builders from the First Nations and Inuit concerned are invited alternately every year .
history
In 1957 the museum was founded as the Kanawa Museum by Professor Kirk W. Wipper at Camp Kandalore, north of Minden , Ontario . It was initially based on a single canoe dating from around 1890, but a collection soon emerged. In the early 1990s it was finally clear that the building had become too small for the collection, and in 1994 Wipper transferred responsibility for the collection, now known as the Canadian Canoe Museum , to a non-profit organization. The collection now includes over 600 canoes and kayaks , plus more than a thousand artifacts from the vicinity of the watercraft.
The opening of the museum at the new location in Peterborough (910 Monaghan Road) took place on July 1, 1997. In 2006, Prince Andrew became royal patron of the museum, which he visited to celebrate the 10th year of its existence.
See also
Web links
- Canadian Canoe Museum (English)