Canadian Canoe Museum to Unveil Plans For New Building

The Canadian Canoe Museum will host a virtual meeting to reveal details of its new building on Wednesday.

Photo Courtesy of Canadian Canoe Museum.

The meeting is through Zoom on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. It will reveal the architectural renderings of the proposed new building to be built at the Johnson property located at 2077 Ashburnham Drive near Beavermead Park in Peterborough.

The meeting is part of the necessary rezoning process for the new location. It will feature a short presentation followed by a question and answer session.

Participants are asked to register their attendance at their official website.

“We are thrilled to have advanced our project to this key milestone so early in the year,” said Carolyn Hyslop, Canoe Museum executive director in the press release. “Our new museum design and stewardship approach takes full advantage of its on-water location and nestles seamlessly into the natural surrounding area of the Johnson Property.”

A progress update and design was something the project team was eager to share added Hyslop.

City Council approved the direction to proceed with the sale of the land in January subject to a number of conditions including rezoning as stated in the press release.

Project validation and confirmation of site appropriateness are among the additional conditions that must be met to close the deal.

CCM will pay over $1.5 million for the five acres of land expected to be done this summer.

The project is moving forward at advanced speed to achieve its goal of being shovel-ready come fall of this year confirmed Hyslop.

She reinforced CCM’s gratitude for new donors, in addition to the strong continued support of its existing donors, funders and the local community. Their fundraising campaign seeks to raise up to $10 million to fund the full project.

“CCM is motivated by our expedited project plan and our achievements to date,” said Hyslop.

A replay of the public meeting will be available starting May 3.

Written commentaries can be submitted to the CCM by email.

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