The 2026 Backcountry Canoe Symposium will be Saturday, April 11th, 2026 at the Canadian Canoe Museum again. More details coming shortly. We hope to see you there!

We wanted to give back to the canoeing community and so we invite you to the 2026 Traversing x Canadian Canoe Museum Backcountry Canoe Symposium. Join us this April 11th to hear from some amazing guest speakers about their adventures in the outdoors. We hope you join us either in-person or virtually for an amazing day.

Guest Speakers

To be announced shortly

Location

When we were trying to find a place to host the event, we couldn’t think of a better location than the Canadian Canoe Museum and they thought so too! Located in Peterborough, Ontario the museum offers an incredible facility (fully accessible) with an exhibit hall open to all ticket holders.

There is ample free parking available a tiny walk just across the street
Bring your reusable bottle to fill up at the water refill station and don’t forget your coffee mug as the Silver Bean Cafe is available on the main floor to purchase hot drinks, baked goods or sandwiches. Feel free to bring your mugs/bottles/snacks into the symposium room, however not the exhibit hall.

Tickets

No matter where you live, we hope you can attend. There will be 150 in-person tickets available. The price of the in-person ticket covers both entry into the museum AND the symposium itself.

If you aren’t able to nab a ticket, or live too far away to see the symposium in-person we still want you to be a part of the day! We are offering an online-only ticket where you will have access to the livestream and still be able to post questions for the guest speakers or chat with fellow viewers. We hope you can join us.

Stay tuned, tickets will be available shortly…

Time Table

10:00 - Doors open

10:30 - Symposium starts

10:45 - 1st guest speaker -

11:15 - Q&A

11:30 - 2nd guest speaker -

12:00 - Q&A

12:15 - Lunch

1:30 - 3rd Guest speaker -

2:00 - Q&A

2:15 - 4th Guest speaker -

2:45 - Q&A

3:00 - All four guest speakers: Canoeist Tall Tales

3:30 - Symposium ends

5:00 - Museum closes

Lodging

Peterborough offers many local hotels a very short drive from the museum if you’re travelling from far away.

Special Thanks

We really want to thank everyone who has donated prizes for the event, your support means a lot! In 2025 we had over $1430 in prizes to give away as door prizes for in-person attendees!! Some of the prizes come from the following fantastic companies, please consider supporting them in turn…