Canadian Transportation Museum; it's never too late for a road trip! - Auto123.com
There are literally thousands of small and large museums in Canada, hundreds in each province, and (thankfully) many involve the almighty and passion-inducing automobile. I’ve been to a fair number of car museums in North America, as well as a few in Europe, and each time I walk away with a sense of awe, and am reminded how truly important and far reaching the impact of the automobile is on the fabric of our modern... A short while back, I was invited to visit the Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village (CTMHV) where I was submerged in a house dedicated to preserving the history of the automobile. From the moment we enter the main building of the car museum, some very famous cars from the first decades of the 20th Century greet us. A Ford Model A and T stand at attention, but the actual displays are only a few metres away and here we’re... From there, we come face-to-face with some of the first self-propelled vehicles to travel what was a very limited network of roads in Canada. Layer upon layer of cars from the late 19th Century to the early 20th Century and so on clearly demonstrate the evolution of design, power, and amenities. Body styles, such as vans, pickups and wagons become more mainstream and then we land on what might be the jewel of the current collection: a 1946 Chrysler Town & Country convertible. Source: www.auto123.com
