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Spring 2008 Newsletter
Featuring: General Managers Report, Third Time Soggy,
Education What's Up and more.
Click here for the Spring 2008 edition of Canoes, the newsletter of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
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National Canoe Day -- Celebrating the Wonder of the Canoe
Celebrate National Canoe Day on June 26.
In May, 2007, in a national poll conducted by CBC Radio and TV, the canoe was voted one of the seven wonders of Canada (along with The Igloo, Niagara Falls, Old Quebec City, Pier 21, Prairie Skies and the Rocky Mountains ).
Last year, The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, hosted a party at the historic Peterborough Lift Lock to celebrate. Paddlers of all kinds came to share a canoe ride through the Lift Lock and cheer as Peterborough Mayor, Paul Ayotte, declared The Canoe a Wonder of Canada. There was music from the Curve Lake Drummers, cake, ice cream and participants were given a “My Canoe is a Wonder” sticker to mark the occasion.
Other people across Canada who caught wind of this celebration, from as far away as Inuvik, emailed the Canoe Museum to say that they’d be joining in with spontaneous events of their own to celebrate the canoe as a wonder of Canada. This outpouring of genuine affection for the canoe was heart warming and brought the Canadians who participated just a little bit closer together.
Since then, the staff and volunteers at The Canadian Canoe Museum have been thinking that this was far too much fun not to make this an annual event and invite Canadians across the country to join in on the celebration. And so was born the idea to create National Canoe Day.
Last year’s party in Peterborough was held on the evening of the Thursday before Canada Day. It turned out to be great timing. Summer was just around the corner. It was during Celebrate Canada!, the eleven-day national party leading up to Canada Day, which includes National Aboriginal Day on June 21st, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24th, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27th and, of course, Canada Day on July 1st. We’re thinking that National Canoe Day on June 26th would fit right into those celebrations.
So, if you’re anywhere near Peterborough on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 please join the National Canoe Day celebration at the Lift Lock. We’ll be trying to jam the Lift Lock with as many canoes as we can. There will be a declaration or two by local dignitaries and, of course, music, fellowship, cake and lots of other paddling Canadians with whom to celebrate the canoe as a wonder of Canada.
But, this year we’re hoping the idea will expand even more. If you’re anywhere else in Canada, take your canoe to lunch, paddle with a friend, paddle with lots of friends, sing canoe songs, read canoe stories, fill your canoe with ice and cold drinks and have a party, make a canoe video, have a paddle picnic or a canoe-be-que, portage up main street, save gas and paddle to work, have a canoeathon to raise money for a worthy cause (like The Canadian Canoe Museum), paddle to parliament or your provincial or territorial legislature, whatever ... just do it in a canoe on National Canoe day, Thursday, June 26th (or at least somewhere during the 11 days of Celebrate Canada!).
Then email us with details, plans, stories, pictures and we’ll collect it all and share it our our website. Send us your details and we’ll send you back this year’s My Canoe is a Wonder sticker. Write to wonder@nationalcanoeday.net with your plans. Spread the word. For more information call 1-888-34-CANOE or check out our website www.canoemuseum.net.
Help create National Canoe Day, an annual citizen-driven celebration of the wondrous canoe.
Third Time Soggy
The Canadian Canoe Museum will host its third annual
Cardboard Canoe Race on May 31.
The museum has staged the race annually for the past two years as part of the Kawartha Family Fun Day, and this year promises to be bigger than ever.
If you’re not familiar with the concept of a cardboard canoe race, allow me to elucidate. In the event, teams of four or more members are given a limited amount of time to build a canoe out of nothing but cardboard, plastic, and duct tape. They then paddle these creations in an open-water race against those of the other teams. Traditionally, three prizes are awarded each year: The team with the fastest canoe wins Best Time, the best built canoe wins Most Original Design, and the paddler that capsizes in the most amusing manner is award Most Spectacular Sinking (there are so many dumpings, that this is always the hardest category to judge).
This year, due to the fact that there won’t be a Family Fun Day, the canoe race will run as a standalone event. To celebrate this, we’re branching out to include adults (previous teams were exclusively high school aged), and are currently soliciting corporate teams. It will be interesting to see whether the adults can match the awesome creativity shown by the teenagers of years past, and how their larger body sizes will fare in the flimsy cardboard vessels.
The race has been generously sponsored in the past with award prizes donated by local businesses, but special mention should be made of Coyle Packaging Group (for donating all of the cardboard both years) and 3M (for providing all of the duct tape).
If you’re interested in entering a team, please contact Dwayne James (dwaynerjames@cogeco.ca) at 876-3387.
So join us on May 31 at 1 PM at the Johnson’s Property on Little Lake (it’s right beside the bridge that is directly north of Beavermeade Park). Bring your support, your enthusiasm, and perhaps an extra towel for the paddlers.
Changing of the Guard
at The Canadian Canoe Museum
General Manager, Janice Griffith announces retirement.
Pat Hooper becomes Interim Manager. James Raffan becomes Executive Director.
General Manager, Janice Griffith, has announced her intention to retire on April 30th, 2008. In a letter thanking staff and volunteers and volunteers for their help and support through these challenging and successful years, Janice wrote: “I have achieved what I set out to do, which was to help this organization reach a level of sustainability and regain its credibility in our community locally, across the country, and beyond, and I take satisfaction in that.”
In a letter to the membership appreciating her work, Board of Directors Chair, Dr. Barry
Diceman, said: “Janice has contributed much to the success of the CCM in the past four years. On behalf of the CCM Board, staff, volunteers and members, I would like to thank
Janice for her strong commitment to the museum and wish her much happiness in her retirement.”
Bridging toward Janice Griffith’s departure, Dr. Diceman has announced that, long time Peterborough community leader, Pat Hooper, has joined the museum staff as
Interim Manager. Pat will be with under contract for four months to work with Janice as she moves to retirement and, as well, to assist with the recruiting, hiring and orienting of a new manager in June or July.
On the occasion of Janice Griffith’s retirement, the Board of Directors invited current Curator, Dr. James Raffan to head up the museum in the capacity of Executive Director.
Effective April 2nd, 2008, James has accepted that position, moving from one-third time to half time schedule, commuting from his home north of Kingston. About the transition, James said: “Janice Griffith did an incredible job under very difficult circumstances to get this museum back on its feet after closure. She has worked tirelessly and above and beyond the call of duty to balance the books and to make things happen. We thank her for a important contribution to the on-going evolution of the museum and wish her all the best in retirement.”
The Annual General Meeting of The Canadian Canoe Museum is slated for Wednesday, May 14th at 7:00 p.m.
Wild Spring at The Canadian Canoe Museum
Spring is springing wild at The Canadian Canoe Museum with two exciting artistic events happening in April and May.
On Saturday, April 19th, the CCM is hosting Music of the Wild, an evening of canoe songs and stories arising from the Canoesongs CD Project. And from Saturday, May 10th to Sunday June 1st, in collaboration with potter and wilderness guide, Allan Pace, the museum is proud to host Legacy Wild, a 30 year journey into the Arctic wilderness.
The Music of the Wild concert grows out of the Canoesongs CD Project, which produced two compilations of Canadian folk music inspired by canoes. Coproducer James Raffan, now Executive Director of The Canadian Canoe Museum, says that this is the third in a series of concerts arising from the Canoesongs project, which has been a steady fundraiser for the museum. “This year may be the best yet,” says Raffan. “We’ve got Ian Tamblyn playing with Dennis Delorme (from Prairie Oyster). David Archibald singing his canoesongs with daughter Renée. We’ve got Lorraine McDonald joining the cast as well, along with her collaborator (and Canoesongs coproducer) Paul Mills. And this time around we’re pleased and proud to introduce The CCM House Band and much much more. It’s going to be a great night.”
Admission is $25 ($20 for members) and tickets are available at the museum front desk or by calling 748-9153.
Legacy Wild involves a display of wonderful wilderness-inspired pottery around the museum produced by Lakefield College alumnus, Allan Pace. But on each of the weekends during the run of the show there will be fabulous related events. Saturday, May 10th the public opening of the show, with opening remarks by fellow Lakefield
College alumnus and Canadian Canoe Museum Patron, His Royal Highness, The Duke of York. Subsequent weekends will feature presentations by prominent canoeists and wilderness photographers including Michael Peake, Lin Ward and Rob Stimpson, all available with payment of general admission to the museum. Details are available at www.legacywild.com
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 pm at the Museum
Nominating Committee Report:
The Nominating Committee submits the names of the following candidates to fill the 2 vacancies on the CCM Board.
By law 7.2 permits the membership to nominate candidates for the CCM Board up to 30 days prior to the AGM.
Nomination forms are available at the museum.
Announcing Music in the Wild III – A rollicking good time featuring songs, stories and a few special surprises brought to you by Portage Productions and some of the musical contributors to Canoe Songs Volume I and II.
Saturday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Among confirmed acts in the line-up are Ian Tamblyn, Paul Mills and David Archibald. The event will be hosted by your ever-affable curator, and musician in his own right, James Raffan.
It will be a fabulous Canoe Songs evening with all net proceeds going to the CCM.
Tickets: $20 CCM Members $25 Non Members
Order by phone with credit card 705-748-9153.
4 dates, book your spot today…
Our two-day paddle making workshop allows participants to work at a comfortable pace, developing skills with traditional hand tools such as the spokeshave and wood plane while shaping a new family heirloom. Click here for more information.
"WIN A CANOE!" 16 foot Evergreen Prospector donated by Mountain Equipment Coop – Raffle tickets on sale now!
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Win this fantastic new 16 foot Evergreen Prospector Canoe, Kevlar and ash construction. Only $10 per ticket. Draw date is June 6. Please call or drop in to the Museum for tickets and to view the canoe.
A special Thank You to our valued new partners, Mountain Equipment Co-op, for donating the canoe in support of Canoe Museum fundraising.
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December 2007 Newsletter
Featuring; Memories of Fall 2007, Events for 2008 including National Canoe Day June 26, 2008
Click here for the winter edition of Canoes, the newsletter of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
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