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The 20-year-long dream to build a shining tribute to the majesty of the canoe, one of the most Canadian of all symbols, has now come a giant leap forward, thanks to a $7.5 million donation from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. To be located alongside the scenic, Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway, both of these being National Historic Sites, the Canadian Canoe Museum will include a brand new, 83,400 square-foot museum and cultural space, in addition to an active Waterway component that would allow visitors to paddle various canoes and other watercraft up and down the adjacent canal.
With a permanent collection of 600 historic canoes, kayaks, and other watercraft, the Canadian Canoe Museum plans to allow visitors to experience the joy of paddle-powered pleasure boating first-hand, the new facility to line the west bank of the Trent-Severn Waterway. Designed by the Toronto-based, Kearns Mancini Architects, in partnership with the Dublin-based heneghan peng architects, the new Canadian Canoe Museum structure will be highly integrated into its natural surroundings thanks in large part to its massive green roof. Over and above the recent donation, the $65 million project will be funded primarily through fund raising, the project to be overseen in part by Parks Canada.
SkyriseCities will be sure to return to this project as progress continues. For more information, check out the associated Database File and Forum thread, and as always, feel free to join the conversation in the comments section below.
