Sturgeon River House Museum

Muséum Sturgeon River House Museum
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Established1967 (1967)
LocationSturgeon Falls, Ontario
Coordinates46°20′17″N 79°58′34″W / 46.338°N 79.976°W / 46.338; -79.976
TypeCommunity museum
Collection sizeabt. 1 000
Visitorsabt. 10 000
OwnerMunicipality of West Nipissing
Websitewww.westnipissing.ca/culture-recreation/sturgeon-river-house-museum/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Sturgeon River House Museum (SRH, French: Musée Sturgeon River House) is a community museum of Canadiana and natural history based in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada. It promotes and preserves the cultural and natural heritage of the population of the municipality of West Nipissing.[1] They have the mandate of presenting the fur trade era from 1623 to 1879 and pioneer life in West Nipissing between 1878 and 1939, and also the cultural contributions of the three pioneer groups of the West Nipissing region (First Nations, French, English).[1] The museum also owns 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of low-impact nature trails in its Theodore Fouriezos Wetlands Park.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sturgeon River House Museum". the Municipality of West Nipissing. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Theodore Fouriezos Wetlands Park". Retrieved 2014-11-06.