August 8, 2023
News: The Canadian Canoe Museum Is Getting a New Home
The CBC last week reported that hundreds of canoes belo…
November 29, 2022
A Visit to the Sailing Museum in Newport, R.I.
An added bonus to our trip to the Newport Boat Show this September, was a visit to The Sailing Museum on Thames Street which just opened on May 10, 2022.
August 7, 2019
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes has a new home
Since 1976, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston has been dedicated to celebrating our unique position as an integral part of the community and as purveyors of Great Lakes history in Canada.
July 10, 2019
The Maritime Museum of BC summer events
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of human-made debris and ocean plastic in the world.
March 27, 2019
Maritime Museum Nautical Night Event tonight
The Maritime Museum is hosting a Nautical Night Event tonight on the 28th of March with guest speaker, Ron Holland.
February 27, 2019
Kennedy Marine Motor Museum
It all began for Sandy Kennedy in the 196’s growing up in Prince Edward Island. Sandy worked on the family farm that overlooked Charlottetown Harbour and had a non-stop view of boats cruising by.
July 11, 2018
Maritime Museum of BC brings historic vessels to Victoria’s docks
This coming Labour Day Weekend (Friday, August 31 – Sunday, September 2, 2018) sees the return of The Victoria Classic Boat Festival to Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
May 23, 2018
Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre
The 33rd annual Wooden Boat Festival at the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre is on July 7 and 8.
February 6, 2018
MMA: The Frozen Hand
On January 8 the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s boat shop was the location for a light-hearted reception to honour the many volunteers who had helped in the restoration of the schooner Hebridee II.
December 12, 2017
Maritime Museum of BC – Events start tonight
Michael and Anita Hadley, the editors of the Canadian bestseller Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea,will be dipping into Canada’s literary history with an evening of readings that celebrate our maritime heritage.
November 8, 2017
November events from the Maritime Museum of BC
Join us on Remembrance Day as we honour the Canadian men and women who fought for our country. At 1 PM, join us in the galleries to learn more from featured speaker Rebecca Garnham.
February 7, 2017
Maritime Museum of BC Acquires a New Set of Captain Cook’s Published Journals
The Maritime Museum of BC recently received a generous donation of the second edition of the published journals of Captain Cook, published in 1785, from Don Hope. Accompanying this three-volume set is the book of plates and charts, which is a new and exciting addition to the Museum’s collection.
May 25, 2015
Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario
The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario is an engaging, family-friendly place that offers a fascinating look at Canadian history as seen from a canoe. The museum’s mission is to help you Discover the Heart of Canada.
May 25, 2015
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
This summer, make a point of visiting the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston. This interesting facility is the original Kingston drydock and Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. McDonald laid the cornerstone as his last official act, 200 years ago this year. George Cuthbertson, one of the founders of C&C Yachts recently donated his personal collection of drawings and information to the museum. In the 1980s C&C Yachts was the world’s foremost sailboat builder.
May 25, 2015
Pumphouse Steam Museum, Kingston, Ontario
While the Osborne-Killey steam engine is a wonderful thing to see, we especially wanted to let you know that the steam launch Phoebe is on display there too. Built in 1914, the Phoebe is located under a timber frame structure built in 2008 by high school students and their teacher. The Phoebe is a 48-foot historic steam launch built in Kingston in 1914 by the Davis Dry Dock Company for the world renowned astronomer, inventor and instrument maker, Dr. John Brashear. John named the boat after his wife Phoebe Stewart.
May 25, 2015
Boldt Castle Yacht House – Gananoque, Ontario, Thousand Islands
When we stayed at the Gananoque Inn & Spa in Gananoque, Ontario, we could easily walk to the Thousand Islands Cruise Line docks to take the trip through the islands, stopping at Boldt Castle and then taking the side trip to the amazing Boldt Castle Yacht House. The Yacht House is spectacular and in excellent shape too. It was designed to take a large sailboat right inside, mast and sails up!
May 25, 2015
Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, New York
The Antique Boat Museum bills itself as North America’s premier freshwater nautical museum. It enjoys a spectacular location in the Thousand Islands on the St Lawrence River and the museum has a 4.5 acre campus with 1500 feet of shoreline for their enormous collection of boats. More than 100 boats are on display every day of the year and through the summer, you can go out for a speedboat ride on the St. Lawrence, row a wooden St. Lawrence, skiff, take boatbuilding classes or sailing lessons.