--- description: Find out why The Canadian Canoe Museum is on TIME’s list of the World’s Greatest Places 2025. title: The Canadian Canoe Museum: World's Greatest Places 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68700d884684a14/6998c4c5d32e93624bcd6cfd/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2025-TheCanadianCanoe-Museum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 13, 2025 # The Canadian Canoe Museum Peterborough, Ontario by [Aaron Shaffer](/author/aaron-shaffer/) ## Aaron Shaffer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy The Canadian Canoe Museum Newly reopened in a 65,000-square-foot building that is now, aptly, located lakeside, [The Canadian Canoe Museum](https://canoemuseum.ca/ "undefined")’s design evokes the hull of a canoe and is undoubtedly an aesthetic upgrade from its previous home in a former outboard motor factory. The 5.3-acre waterfront property features 1,200 feet of shoreline with docks and boardwalks that serve as a launching point to explore Little Lake and the Otonabee River, both part of the 240-mile [Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site](https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern "undefined") that winds through Ontario. From May through October, the museum’s Canoe House offers ways for paddlers of all ages and levels to get on the water, including a guided tour in a 36-foot canoe. Inside the museum is a storied collection of more than 600 canoes, kayaks, and paddled watercraft, among other artifacts, plus half a dozen exhibits that marvel at the engineering and craftsmanship of these complex boats and tell the culturally intricate story of a vessel that once afforded Indigenous Peoples the ability to travel and trade throughout the country’s interconnected waterways. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/"},"headline":"The Canadian Canoe Museum","datePublished":"2025-03-13T12:32:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:44:23.726Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","list","franchise","Magazine","sponsorshipblock","WGP2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68700d884684a14/6998c4c5d32e93624bcd6cfd/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2025-TheCanadianCanoe-Museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aaron Shaffer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aaron-shaffer/"}],"creator":"Aaron Shaffer","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68700d884684a14/6998c4c5d32e93624bcd6cfd/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2025-TheCanadianCanoe-Museum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/worlds-greatest-places/","name":"World's Greatest Places"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/","name":"The Canadian Canoe Museum"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The World's Greatest Places of 2025","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kxT663me/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-03-13T10:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kxT663me.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/","duration":"PT3M29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2025/7263185/canadian-canoe-museum/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```