New Canadian Canoe Museum Building To Be Completed In 2023
The Canadian Canoe Museum announced today that it has completed the purchase of Johnson Property (2077 Ashburnham Drive), from the City of Peterborough. In addition to finalizing the deal they announced that the goal is to have the new building completed in 2023.
“Canadian Canoe Museum is thrilled to have completed these critical milestones so that we may commence with construction as planned in October. Our project team is working at lightning speed to stay on schedule so that we may be ready to open the new museum in 2023.”
The Canoe Museum paid $1.575M for the five acres of land which was subject to a number of conditions including rezoning, project validation and confirmation of site appropriateness, all of which have been met to the satisfaction of both museum and the city. The Canoe Museum intends to sell its current property at 910 Monaghan Road to help fund the project in addition to a fundraising campaign that has raised just over 82 per cent of the $40M needed to complete the overall project.
The new museum will enable CCM to house 100 per cent of its collection in a building 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 Peterborough waterfront.
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