Hundreds of residents took advantage of discounted prices and dozens of activities at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough.
“There isn’t a whole lot to do on Family Day, a lot of places are closed, so this is a really nice local attraction with a lot of hands-on activities that a lot of age groups can do,” said museum staff member Hayley Nabuurs.
A family with two adults and four children could get into the museum for $25. The museum also reduced its annual membership rate from $50 to $45 for the year.
Get daily National news
To keep children busy and entertained, the museum had everything from colouring activities and paper puzzles to creating tiny voyageurs out of pegs.
- 8 charged after $2.8M in illicit cannabis seized on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
- No injuries reported after small plane’s emergency landing east of Edmonton: RCMP
- Mississauga, Ont. council set to vote on temporary data centre moratorium
- EU wants Canada as its first ‘associate member,’ von der Leyen says
-
![]()
Business Matters: Select Canadian goods hit by new U.S. tariffs -
![]()
Carney makes several economic announcements during keynote address at Toronto investment summit -
![]()
Data centre biggest Sask. investment in history -
![]()
‘If it doesn’t save money, why do it?’: Poilievre on Carney seeking private investments at airports
“I’d say the best part of my day is building a cabin and fishing down there,” said eight-year-old Grayson Carswell-Gomez, pointing to a small fishing game. “It’s pretty fun.”
But despite all the arts and crafts, there’s one element 10-year-old Bailey Smeenk insisted everyone should see: “Look at all the amazing canoes and how they’re made,” Smeenk said.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.