The Canadian Canoe Museum announces that it is taking steps for its financial restructuring and is re-opening the Museum Store, during restricted hours, at its location at in .

The City of Peterborough, by unanimous vote in Council, has provided $50,000 to assist the Museum in meeting short-term costs associated with its financial restructuring. The Museum has retained Kroll Company, highly regarded specialists in corporate restructuring, to assist with the development of a viable business plan.

Although the Museum exhibits will remain closed to the public during the restructuring process, the Museum Store will re-open on a reduced schedule, Fridays and Saturdays (10:00 am to 4:00 pm), and Sundays (12:00 noon to 4:00 pm), commencing on Friday, November 21. Trained volunteers of the Canoe Museum operate the Store.

A skeletal staff, assisted by volunteers who are a mainstay of the Museum, is maintaining the collection on a part-time basis.

The Museum's web site, canoemuseum.net, which had been closed for a brief period, has now been reestablished with a page devoted to notices of new developments.

If you have specific inquiries or wish to send us comments and suggestions please use the following e-mail address .  Please note that due to the pressures of our restructuring efforts and the fact that we have no staff at the present time we are not able to guarantee a timely response.