Beaver Club Gala
Friday, October 17, 2008
(Great Hall, Champlain College at Trent University)
The original Beaver Club was founded in 1785 by Montréal-based members of the North West Company who had spent at least one winter in the Pays d’en haut (in the north country). In the early days, the club provided a venue (or an excuse) for old fur traders to gather and reminisce over fine food and generous libations. What ever happened later, the meetings always began with five toasts: To the Mother of all Saints; To the King; To the Fur Trade and all its Branches; to the Voyageurs, Wives and children; and to Absent Members.
For 21 years in the 1960s and 70s, the Nor’Wester and Loyalist Museum in Williamstown, Ontario hosted a Beaver Club Dinner and it is in the spirit of that tradition that The Canadian Canoe Museum is initiating this new fundraising project. The Canoe Museum has at its core the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks and self-propelled watercraft. But we are a not-for-profit institution, compelled to seek creative ways to raise money. We hope that enthusiastic support of The Beaver Club Gala will make this an annual Event.
We have more details about the original Beaver Club, and more suggestions on what kind of outfits men and women might assemble for this event. And we have tickets available (only 200 places, so get yours early) at the museum. You can get more information about the Beaver Club Gala by visiting http://www.nationalcanoeday.net/bcg or by calling 1-866-34-CANOE.
Canoe Museum Anxious to Join Conversation
about MP’s Plan for Little Lake
September 3, 2008
Over the past eighteen months, the board and staff of the Canadian Canoe Museum (CCM) have undergone a strategic planning process that has identified the desirability of one day moving to the water in Peterborough.
The core vision of that internal Canoe Museum document reads as follows: “With a collection of national—indeed, international significance, the CCM aspires to be a Category A museum (i.e. with facilities and personnel core-funded through broadly-based, secure federal and other government support) the ten-year goal is to create a main exhibit/archive/education space on the water in Peterborough, with associated state of the art storage and conservation facilities nearby.”
“Looking after the collection of craft and associated artifacts is what we must do,” said Executive Director, Dr. James Raffan. “We know that we will require new and much improved facilities in order to create the storage and exhibit conditions to meet the stringent environmental tests of a Category A collecting institution. Everyone here agrees that when we build new one day we should do so on or very near the water, which is such a central element in the story of this collection. But that is the long term plan.”
Said Raffan, “We have been sharing our dream quietly and informally with people in various levels of government, including MP Del Mastro, but we are testing the waters, formulating concepts, and gathering ideas about what we might do, how we might proceed in the fullness of time.
The concept plan presented this week came as a bit of a surprise. While there would definitely be marked benefits, including economies of scale, to be had by creating a multi-purpose cultural or museum precinct somewhere near the centre of town, as Mr. Del Mastro suggests, how that might be done and who the partners might be can only be determined through intensive study of needs and synergies and careful assessment of the practicalities and feasibilities.
“But we are delighted that our MP has kick-started this discussion with his presentation about the Little Lake resort idea to the city’s planning committee on Tuesday night,” said John Summers, CCM General Manager. “It would be great to hear more about what he has in mind and what some of the other proposed stakeholders and partners think about the proposed project.”
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Job Posting for Education Animator
Friday, September 19, 2008 Deadline.
The Canadian Canoe Museum is seeking charismatic individuals to participate as integral members
of the CCM Education team in the delivery and on-going development of its education programs at the museum,
and to serve as needed as part of the CCM staff in the delivery of its mandated public and private programs.
Successful candidates will possess:
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in teaching and/or historic interpretation
- Education/interpretation planning experience
- Ability to communicate bilingually (desired)
- Ability to work in a team-driven environment
- Able to commit to part-time employment on an ‘as needed’ basis
- Canoeing, first aid, and swimming qualifications (desired)
- A keen interest in teaching/learning
- Current Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Checks
| Location: | Peterborough |
| Terms: | Part-Time September to June |
| Salary: | starts at $12/hour |
| Start Date: | October 1, 2008 |
Qualified applicants should apply in writing no later than Friday, September 19, 2008.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Carolyn Hyslop & Jen Burnard, Education Coordinators
education@canoemuseum.net or
The Canadian Canoe Museum 910 Monaghan Rd.,
Peterborough, ON K9J 5K4
Phone (705) 748-9153 X 203 Fax (705) 748-0616
All job offers are contingent on applicant’s adherence to the
Canadian Canoe Museum Human Rights Policy.
The Canadian Canoe Museum
Announces New General Manager
August 13, 2008
PETERBOROUGH – The Canadian Canoe Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of John Summers as
General Manager. Mr. Summers was most recently Chief Curator of the Antique Boat Museum (ABM) in
Clayton, New York. John is a dual citizen of the US and Canada and a seasoned museum professional
who began his career at Historic Fort York in Toronto following a Master of Museum Studies degree
from the University of Toronto. He also worked at Toronto’s Marine Museum of Upper Canada and the
International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, before starting as Executive
Director at the ABM in 2001.
Asked about his appointment, Summers said "This job is a rare opportunity to become involved with
an institution that has accomplished so much in little more than a decade since its founding. The
Canadian Canoe Museum has an unparalleled collection of canoes, a highly professional staff and a
dedicated group of volunteers and trustees. It is a privilege to be asked to lead them forward to
their next successes."
"We are excited to have John as part of our team here at the museum and look forward to utilizing
the skills and experience he brings with him”, said James Raffan, Executive Director. “The Museum
would also like to thank Pat Hooper for her contributions over the past few months as our acting
General Manager. Pat has been working with staff and volunteers to keep all aspects of museum
operations running smoothly. Pat also assisted with the recruitment and selection of a new GM for
the CCM".
Summer 2008 Newsletter
Featuring: Executive Director's Report, National Canoe Day a Great Success, The Boundary Waters exhibit and more.
Click here for the Summer 2008 edition of Canoes, the newsletter of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
( 504 KB)
Fur Trade Re-enactment
at Lang Pioneer Village
Saturday & Sunday, August 2 & 3, 2008.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Lang Pioneer Village
104 Lang Road,
Keene, Ontario
Step back in time and witness the daily activities of voyageurs in a fur trade encampment from centuries ago. See an authentically reproduced 36' Montreal Birch Bark Canoe from the Canadian Canoe Museum complete with voyageur crew and supplies. Visitors with a sense of adventure can climb aboard a replica canoe and experience it for themselves. Musical Guests: Hardtack & Harmony. Special Event Admission: Adults $9, Student/Senior $8, Youth (5-14) $5, Under 5 free, Family $25 (includes 2 adults & 4 youth). All taxes included.
http://www.langpioneervillage.ca/
The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association Annual Assembly
The Canadian Canoe Museum is proud to announce the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) annual assembly
that will be held July 16-20, 2008 at Gzowski College (Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario)
in association with Bear Mountain Boat Shop's 'Small Craft Builder's Rendezvous' and 'Fiddles on The Trent'.
This WCHA event represents the first return to Canada in 15 years. This year's event will feature 'Lakefield area canoes'.
For More information please visit
www.wcha.org/assembly.php
and for more information about the Bear Mountain Boat Shop please visit
www.bearmountainboats.com/rendezvous.htm.
Spring 2008 Newsletter
Featuring: General Managers Report, Third Time Soggy,
Education What's Up and more.
Click here for the Spring 2008 edition of Canoes, the newsletter of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
( 388 KB)
National Canoe Day -- Celebrating the Wonder of the Canoe
Celebrate National Canoe Day on June 26.
In May, 2007, in a national poll conducted by CBC Radio and TV, the canoe was voted one of the seven wonders of Canada (along with The Igloo, Niagara Falls, Old Quebec City, Pier 21, Prairie Skies and the Rocky Mountains ).
Last year, The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, hosted a party at the historic Peterborough Lift Lock to celebrate. Paddlers of all kinds came to share a canoe ride through the Lift Lock and cheer as Peterborough Mayor, Paul Ayotte, declared The Canoe a Wonder of Canada. There was music from the Curve Lake Drummers, cake, ice cream and participants were given a “My Canoe is a Wonder” sticker to mark the occasion.
Other people across Canada who caught wind of this celebration, from as far away as Inuvik, emailed the Canoe Museum to say that they’d be joining in with spontaneous events of their own to celebrate the canoe as a wonder of Canada. This outpouring of genuine affection for the canoe was heart warming and brought the Canadians who participated just a little bit closer together.
Since then, the staff and volunteers at The Canadian Canoe Museum have been thinking that this was far too much fun not to make this an annual event and invite Canadians across the country to join in on the celebration. And so was born the idea to create National Canoe Day.
Last year’s party in Peterborough was held on the evening of the Thursday before Canada Day. It turned out to be great timing. Summer was just around the corner. It was during Celebrate Canada!, the eleven-day national party leading up to Canada Day, which includes National Aboriginal Day on June 21st, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24th, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27th and, of course, Canada Day on July 1st. We’re thinking that National Canoe Day on June 26th would fit right into those celebrations.
So, if you’re anywhere near Peterborough on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 please join the National Canoe Day celebration at the Lift Lock. We’ll be trying to jam the Lift Lock with as many canoes as we can. There will be a declaration or two by local dignitaries and, of course, music, fellowship, cake and lots of other paddling Canadians with whom to celebrate the canoe as a wonder of Canada.
But, this year we’re hoping the idea will expand even more. If you’re anywhere else in Canada, take your canoe to lunch, paddle with a friend, paddle with lots of friends, sing canoe songs, read canoe stories, fill your canoe with ice and cold drinks and have a party, make a canoe video, have a paddle picnic or a canoe-be-que, portage up main street, save gas and paddle to work, have a canoeathon to raise money for a worthy cause (like The Canadian Canoe Museum), paddle to parliament or your provincial or territorial legislature, whatever ... just do it in a canoe on National Canoe day, Thursday, June 26th (or at least somewhere during the 11 days of Celebrate Canada!).
Then email us with details, plans, stories, pictures and we’ll collect it all and share it our our website. Send us your details and we’ll send you back this year’s My Canoe is a Wonder sticker. Write to wonder@nationalcanoeday.net with your plans. Spread the word. For more information call 1-888-34-CANOE or check out our website www.canoemuseum.net.
Help create National Canoe Day, an annual citizen-driven celebration of the wondrous canoe.
Museum curator says, "Canoe IS a wonder, come and see why"
CCM Curator, James Raffan, is ecstatic that the canoe has been voted
in the CBC poll as one of the seven wonders of Canada. "Founder of our collection,
Kirk Wipper, knew this back in the 1950s when he started collecting
canoes from coast to coast to coast in this great country. At The Canadian Canoe Museum
in Peterborough, we say "the story of Canada begins here". Visitors are quick
to see that canoes are our heritage and our present. Canoes are part of almost
every aspect of Canadian life-built by local people to meet local transportation needs in every
province, in every region, in every watershed from Atlantic to
Pacific to Arctic. Anyone who has been to the museum knows that the
canoe is a wonder of Canada. Now that this fact has been confirmed
in this national poll we welcome everyone to come to the museum to come and see
why."
"Is it not wondrous that the same the same vessel built by different
aboriginal groups throughout Canada is still, in many instances, the
best way to access significant parts of this great country. We've
long since replaced the original birchbark, skin and dugout
construction with newer materials but the essential design has
remained the same. It's beautiful. It's functional. And that whole
history, that whole cultural and technological evolution, is
celebrated in exhibits and programs at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
There's something here for everyone, and that's due in large part to
magic of the canoe and the way that it connects the people in this
country to the land that is Canada."
"Maybe being voted one of the seven wonders of Canada will remind
Canadians, who might otherwise have been drawn away from such simple
recreation, that the canoe is the ultimate ecofriendly transportation
and one of the most restorative and relaxing ways to see the country
up close and personal."
Janice Griffith, General Manager's reaction to the news:
"The people who had the vision to create The Canadian Canoe Museum already
knew the Canoe is a Canadian wonder. It's nice to have the affirmation."
More to come on the Seven Wonders
Barry Diceman, Chairman of Board of Directors for The Canadian Canoe Museum:
"Fantastic! The canoe has been a big part of our Canadian culture.
Looking back to early history and the First Nations peoples, the canoe has been important.
It's become a universal craft to all peoples of Canada, an icon of Canada throughout the world."
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