Former CFL wide receiver Stu Lang made the donation to the Peterborough-based museum to support a new water-front location along Otonabee River
The new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ont., having already lucked into an unexpected change of venue that turned out vastly superior to the original plans, has just received a $1.775-million gift from the family of former Canadian Football League wide receiver Stu Lang.
Why Peterborough and why canoes? In their youth, the Langs attended the famous Taylor Statten Camps on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, where they developed a life-long passion for paddling, exploring rivers and Canadian history. “As the largest watercraft collection in the world, it’s only right that it be on the water,” said museum curator Jeremy Ward.
The museum’s Inspiring Canada by Canoe campaign has now raised 95 per cent of the $40-million cost for a new 65,000-square-foot facility to house its collection of 650 canoes and kayaks. Founded in 1997 in a land-locked, former outboard-motor factory, the museum planned to move to a new building for its 25th anniversary, which passed last year.
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