Canadian Canoe Museum Confirms Viability Of Johnson Park
The Canadian Canoe Museum recently announced a possible new location for the museum to move to however it hinged on initial assessments of the property. The property is located at 2077 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough, Ontario and is owned by the City. Thankfully, everything looks to have finally worked out…
“We are thrilled that recently concluded due diligence explorations, environmental assessments,
testing and feasibility studies have substantiated the Johnson Park location as a viable site for
the building of the new world-class canoe museum. The museum will now enter the next phase of feasibility and validation activities. This process will help us fine tune budget and overall costs, design and the project schedule with a view to being shovel-ready by the end of 2021.”
Leading with environmental stewardship in mind, the new museum will be built on a flat portion of the property, away from the floodplain, on the open land along Ashburnham Drive. This will preserve the existing trail, shoreline and natural waterfront.
To assist CCM with the realization of a new creative vision suitable to a fresh waterfront site, the new museum will be designed by local, award-winning Lett Architects Inc.. With experience in completing cultural projects for nationally recognized institutions, Lett will bring a strong collaborative and engaging approach to the project.
The original goals and vision continue to guide the new museum build project. In particular, the desire to establish a home for 100 per cent of the museum’s canoe collection that meets Class A conservation standards, directly on the water, which allows for increased on-water and in-person programming while being a key cultural tourism driver in what will become a vibrant community hub on the waterfront.
