Celebrate your #PaddlingPals on June 26, National Canoe Day! 🛶

Three dogs smile at the camera and rest their head on the thwart of a canoe. Text overlaid reads “Celebrate National Canoe Day, June 26, 2023 #NCD2023 #PaddlingPals”. Photo by James Raffan, Director of External Relations. Every June 26th, The Canadian Canoe Museums celebrates our favourite holiday of the year – National Canoe Day! 🎉 … Read more

Celebrate National Canoe Day on June 26th by sharing a #PortagePic and enjoying free admission to The Canadian Canoe Museum!

Every June 26th, The Canadian Canoe Museums celebrates our favourite holiday of the year – National Canoe Day! What is National Canoe Day? June 26th was coined National Canoe Day by The Canadian Canoe Museum following a CBC campaign that, in 2007, declared the canoe one of the Seven Wonders of Canada. Ever since, and … Read more

Every canoe tells a story – and on National Canoe Day, June 26th, the museum encourages Canadians to share theirs

Since its inception in 2008, National Canoe Day has encouraged individuals and communities across Canada to connect – by canoe. National Canoe Day was coined by The Canadian Canoe Museum following a CBC campaign that in 2007, declared the canoe one of the Seven Wonders of Canada. Ever since, and in many ways – from … Read more

On the Water for National Canoe Day!

National Canoe Day falls on June 26th every year, and for 2016 we celebrated on-the-water! The museum collaborated with Parks Canada and The Land Canadian Adventures on a great event called Lock n’ Paddle. The Trent Severn Waterway waived the lockage fees from Lock 20 to lock 24 for all paddlers. There was also a … Read more

Where will you be for National Canoe Day 2013?

National Canoe Day?! Perhaps you are in the know about this national holiday and are wondering when it will become an official statutory holiday.  Perhaps you have never heard of this ‘Day’ and are wondering why I am taking up valuable space in your inbox for such silliness as a national day for canoeing. Well, … Read more

Paddle Away, it’s National Canoe Day!

After much anticipation, National Canoe Day is here! Though today is officially “NCD,” we held our Peterborough festivities this past weekend on June 23rd. Our celebratory day was greeted with sunshine and blue skies; an added touch that lasted all day long. We truly could not have asked for a better day to enjoy a … Read more