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Our Mission

  • To preserve and share the culture and history of the canoe

Our Objectives

  • To preserve and interpret one of Canada's most important heritage collections.

  • To honour the craft that defines most of the cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada

  • To celebrate the craft that first brought the country together

  • To promote a symbol of Canadian unity and one that joins Aboriginal cultures to the two founding cultures of Canada - French and English

  • To link Canadians to their land

  • To develop satellite exhibits for every region of the country

  • To develop a curriculum-linked education program for teachers and students, for use in the Museum, in satellite exhibits and in schools across the country

  • To promote multi-culturalism by collecting craft that represent all the cultures of Canada that use the canoe

  • To develop a national research institute

  • To promote canoeing as a sport and as a way to see Canada

  • To preserve the art of canoe and kayak building

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