Guided and Self-Guided Tours

Our galleries are easy to follow and take you through a series of multi-sensory exhibits.  Let your curiosity guide you as you explore how the canoe evolved from a survival craft to a favourite recreational pastime.  Discover the people who connect us to Canada's powerful canoeing legacy, including Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Bill Mason and Victoria Jason.  Along the way, you'll often meet artisans who are keeping traditional skills such as paddle carving, snowshoe making and finger weaving alive.

Visitors should allow themselves one to two hours to complete a self-guided tour.

Guided Group Tours

Our knowledgeable guides bring history to life through stories and hands-on activities as they lead your group through the exhibits. The Museum welcomes groups of any size and can customize tours to suit your needs.  Group rates apply to a group of 10 people or more and the cost is $6.50 for each adult and $5.50 for students and seniors.  Guided tours (with a guide fee of $25) must be arranged in advance by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Don't forget to allow enough time for your group to visit the museum's Gift Shop for unique, one of a kind souvenirs.  The following services and amenities are available during your tour of the museum:

• Free and ample parking for coaches and cars
• Group leaders and bus drivers receive complimentary admission
• The museum is fully wheelchair accessible
• The Education Centre is available to rent for catered meals (must be arranged in advance)

Guided tours can take 60 to 90 minutes - if your group has any special requirements please let us know in advance.

Please Touch!

Children will love the many touch stations and interactive environments of the museum's exhibits.  Children are encouraged to complete a scavenger hunt, cut out and construct their own paper canoe and step off of a dock into canoes that are made to rock and sway as though you're in the water.  The museum invites visitors to explore a recreated voyageur encampment, hear stories inside a traditional Mi'kmaq wigwam, and walk through an original 1876 Hudson's Bay Trading Post.