The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough is our next destination and despite the poor quality of our map, we manage to arrive in the early afternoon on Sunday. The museum is somewhat hard to find as there are no directional markers in town directing you to the museum. However, take the time to get directions to this place and stop in. It was amazing to see all the different variations on the same theme. Kudos to the organizers and developers of this bit of truly Canadian culture. The museum is home of the world’s largest collection of canoes and kayaks. Dramatic exhibits tell the story of Aboriginal, French and British cultures, taking you on a journey through a Mi’kmaq encampment, an original 1876 trading post, the voyageur era, mapping expeditions, summer camps, canoe factories, cottaging and regattas. As quoted from Bill Mason; ‘God first created the canoe, then the Canada in which to use it’.
Our final destination for the night is Pre’squile Provincial Park, where we enjoy the surrounding countryside, lighthouse and town of Brighton, and a not so great campsite! A bit of a swamp and of course the accompanying thousands of mosquitoes. The beach is great here, one of the best in Ontario and on a hot day it would be just swarming with people. Good thing it is early in the morning when we visit.
It’s time to do some laundry before we head north to Bon Echo Provincial Park. Hopefully we can get away from all the people and cars of the densely populated and industrial south of Ontario.
Mr. Raymond and his family have been a family friends for a very long time. My mother and uncles grew up with him. He is a wonderful man and a committed Wet.roptersAn honor like this is long overdue. My parents, my uncles and my grandparents would share my feelings.