The Final Five Designs For New Canadian Canoe Museum
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Canadian Canoe Museum Now Running Voyageur Canoe Tours
/Amazing opportunity, as the Canadian Canoe Museum is now running Voyageur Canoe Tours from now until Labour Day!
Their experienced staff guide will lead you on a fun, informative paddling experience on the Trent-Severn Waterway and through the Lift Lock.
Get out and take advantage of these amazing tours right here in your own city. For more info on when these tours run, click here.
Here Are The Final 6 Architectural Firms Chosen For New Canoe Museum Design
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90 architects worldwide pitched designs
Read MoreAn Epic Rainbow Igloo Has Been Constructed In Apsley
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Apsley School Council has coordinated the building of a Rainbow Igloo for the Apsley Winter Carnival on February 21st. Apsley School Council Chair Carolyn Amyotte and fellow parents Ann Johnston, Jen Temple and Jenny Atmore are pledging to spend a night in the igloo if they can raise at least $1,000 towards the purchase of leveled literacy program resources to help their students.
***They believe that being a small school with a limited budget in a small, rural community shouldn't prevent their children from accessing the same programs and resources that other schools with bigger budgets can, and are raising awareness and funds by doing this epic igloo.
The Rainbow Igloo Project-Facts and Stats
• Almost 1200 2L cartons collected
• More than 2500L of water used
• Nearly 2 litres of food colouring used
• Construction started Jan 28th
• Finished and shoveled out Feb 14th
• 12 ft diameter at the base
• 6 ft 5” high at the center
• Hundreds of volunteer hours
• Almost a dump truck load of snow used for the mould
• Lighting ceremony at 6 pm, Saturday, February 21st, at the Apsley Lion's Winter Carnival held at the NKCC in Apsley
Look At The Huge Canadian Flag Painted On The Ice At The Lift Lock
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Pure Canadian Awesome
Read MoreBravo: Taking The Kids For A Ride On The Vintage Ski Boose
/Peterborough musician Melissa Payne posted this amazing pic on social media of taking the girls for a spin on the ski boose on her 1986 Bravo the other day. Melissa herself is dressed in a snowsuit onsie. So yea it's 2015, but the 1970s/80s are being channelled here bigtime. (Send us your "vintage"/retro 2015 Canadian winter pics by emailing us.)
The Trent Canal So Totally Rocks For Skating
/Ever since that green flag went up, people have been rocking the Canal during this beauty winter we're having. (And don't forget to check out the upcoming Under The Lock Hockey Tournament February 6, 7 and 8 on the canal, an epic festival on skates!)
Watch this awesome video...
Keep on tweeting us your Canal pictures, and here are some below from Twitter...
photo via @peterboroughxsp
Ice Boating On Historic Trent-Severn Waterway Anyone?
/Similar to sail boats, some people actually go ice boating. This incredible photo was taken on the historic Trent-Severn Waterway in Kawartha Lakes. What a beauty—we just had to share.
[via Facebook.com/ExploreKawarthaLakes]
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Roy MacGregor Delivering "Canoe Lake CSI" Talk On Tom Thomson At Canadian Canoe Musuem
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Author and Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor is delivering a public lecture on Tom Thomson November 6th at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
It is being presented by Trent University and Peter Gzowski College, where MacGregor is the 2014-2015 Ashley Fellow at the university.
The talk, entitled "Canoe Lake CSI: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson", will be delivered at 7 p.m. on November 6th, and presents the Tom Thomson mystery and the effort of forensic experts to determine where in Algonquin Park the famous landscape painter's body lies.
MacGregor, author of Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson And The Woman Who Loved Him, will share insights into Thomson's career, his mysterious death, and the tragedy of the young woman he left behind. A book signing and refreshments will follow the talk. Pay what you can.
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