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Thanks for sharing the information David. I have posted a link to the story
on www.CanoeBC.ca I have also posted the Honourable Sheila Copps, Minister of Culture, email address, It would be a good thing for the Canadian Government to get involved on a continuing basis in preserving and promoting this unique museum. Perhaps other members of the international paddling community will lend their voices. Sincerely, Carey Robson Master Instructor - Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia Administrator - www.CanoeBC.ca "akasharkbow" wrote in message s.com... It is a really, really sad day for the paddling community. David H. Johnston |
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![]() The museum also maintained a wonderful web site with much information about canoeing. That site seems to be shut down as well. Tommy T. |
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That is really sad - a great place to visit. Having said that I couldn't
work out why it was located in Peterborough - bit out of the way really, esp. for foreign visitors like me. Carol Haynes "Tommy T." wrote in message ... The museum also maintained a wonderful web site with much information about canoeing. That site seems to be shut down as well. Tommy T. |
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It could have been worse. It could have been in Sudbury, ON or Brandon,
Manitoba or St. Anthony, NL.... Canada is a big country. Mike in really out of the way Lunenburg, NS "Carol Haynes" wrote in message ... That is really sad - a great place to visit. Having said that I couldn't work out why it was located in Peterborough - bit out of the way really, esp. for foreign visitors like me. Carol Haynes "Tommy T." wrote in message ... The museum also maintained a wonderful web site with much information about canoeing. That site seems to be shut down as well. Tommy T. |
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It's unfortunate that they closed but.......they DID NOTHING for the canoe
public and were VERY uncooperative in giving up information for research. Everything was top secrect and "too busy" or "won't help" Looks` good on them. The board had to clean house !!!!!!! "Carey Robson" wrote in message news:uuWjb.34928$S_.28842@clgrps13... Thanks for sharing the information David. I have posted a link to the story on www.CanoeBC.ca I have also posted the Honourable Sheila Copps, Minister of Culture, email address, It would be a good thing for the Canadian Government to get involved on a continuing basis in preserving and promoting this unique museum. Perhaps other members of the international paddling community will lend their voices. Sincerely, Carey Robson Master Instructor - Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia Administrator - www.CanoeBC.ca "akasharkbow" wrote in message s.com... It is a really, really sad day for the paddling community. David H. Johnston |
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Long thread in CCR forum about the closu
http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/viewtopic.php?t=6764 It's a shame, but the semi-gritty urban location (I know, I know, Peterborugh was the *center* of Canadian Canoe making and all) wasn't exactly along a general tourist route or one frequented by paddlers. If you visited the Canadian Canoe Museum you probably sought it out specifically and didn't just happen upon it on a day when you had time to visit, or go there on the spur of the moment to fritter away a rainy day. The difference was apparent on mid-summer (July) visits to the Canadian Canoe Museum and the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The Adirondack Museum was so crowded we decided to skip even going in - at the Canadian Canoe Museum the number of visitors more than doubled when I went in with my wife and two sons. While I certainly enjoyed the Canadian Canoe Museum for the laid back and uncrowded nature of our visitI could imagine how it could stay open with so few paying customers. The museum need to go (relocate) to where the visitors are (can you say "somewhere near Algonquin Park?) |
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I visited this area of Canada in the summer, but never got around to seeing
the museum. If the museum were in Huntsville (near Algonquin) it would go down a storm with visitors. It would also go down well if it were at Upper Canada Village which is an open air museum not that far away from Peterborough. Mark (in London, UK) "Mike McCrea" wrote in message om... Long thread in CCR forum about the closu http://www.myccr.com/SectionForums/viewtopic.php?t=6764 It's a shame, but the semi-gritty urban location (I know, I know, Peterborugh was the *center* of Canadian Canoe making and all) wasn't exactly along a general tourist route or one frequented by paddlers. If you visited the Canadian Canoe Museum you probably sought it out specifically and didn't just happen upon it on a day when you had time to visit, or go there on the spur of the moment to fritter away a rainy day. The difference was apparent on mid-summer (July) visits to the Canadian Canoe Museum and the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The Adirondack Museum was so crowded we decided to skip even going in - at the Canadian Canoe Museum the number of visitors more than doubled when I went in with my wife and two sons. While I certainly enjoyed the Canadian Canoe Museum for the laid back and uncrowded nature of our visitI could imagine how it could stay open with so few paying customers. The museum need to go (relocate) to where the visitors are (can you say "somewhere near Algonquin Park?) |
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If there is no canoe museum in Canada anymore, where in the world would be
one? It's a bloody shame? Can you imagine Belgium without a beer museum, Romania without a vampire museum and France without a defeat museum? "ted blake" a écrit dans le message de .. . It's unfortunate that they closed but.......they DID NOTHING for the canoe public and were VERY uncooperative in giving up information for research. Everything was top secrect and "too busy" or "won't help" Looks` good on them. The board had to clean house !!!!!!! "Carey Robson" wrote in message news:uuWjb.34928$S_.28842@clgrps13... Thanks for sharing the information David. I have posted a link to the story on www.CanoeBC.ca I have also posted the Honourable Sheila Copps, Minister of Culture, email address, It would be a good thing for the Canadian Government to get involved on a continuing basis in preserving and promoting this unique museum. Perhaps other members of the international paddling community will lend their voices. Sincerely, Carey Robson Master Instructor - Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia Administrator - www.CanoeBC.ca "akasharkbow" wrote in message s.com... It is a really, really sad day for the paddling community. David H. Johnston |
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