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Rideau Canal Skateway welcomes its 1st visitors of the winter

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Rideau Canal Skateway welcomes its 1st visitors of the winter
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Skaters flocked to a four-kilometre stretch of the canal Saturday to make the most of a day with calm winds and gentle temperatures.

A 4-kilometre stretch opened Saturday, to nice enthusiasm

Gabrielle Huston · CBC Information ·

Rideau Canal’s opening day attracts a crowd

A four-kilometre stretch of the Rideau Canal Skateway between Financial institution Avenue and Laurier Avenue opened to skaters on Saturday morning.

The Rideau Canal Skateway kicked off its 2025 season Saturday, with skaters flocking to the ice to make the most of a day with gentle temperatures and calm winds.

A child gets help with their boot on an outdoor skating rink.
A mom helps her daughter placed on her boots after a protracted skate. She informed CBC that it was additionally her four-year-old son’s first time on the ice, however he did not final so long as his sister. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)

A four-kilometre stretch opened Saturday between Financial institution Avenue and Laurier Avenue. 

If climate situations enable, the Nationwide Capital Fee (NCC) is anticipated to open extra sections of the 7.8-kilometre skateway over the approaching days.

People in line on the Rideau Canal at a BeaverTails kiosk.
‘The Rideau Canal and BeaverTails are synonymous right here within the metropolis of Ottawa,’ one BeaverTails worker informed Radio-Canada. ‘Folks do not go skating with out getting a sizzling chocolate and BeaverTails, often.’ (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Three people share a hot beverage on an outdoor skating rink.
However should you do not wish to pay in your heat treats, you possibly can at all times deliver a thermos of one thing to maintain you going. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)

That is the earliest the skateway has opened since December 2018.

Final winter, the NCC was in a position to get a portion of the skateway opened, however needed to shut it repeatedly earlier than completely shutting issues down on Feb. 25.

In 2022-23 the skateway did not open in any respect for the primary time for the reason that NCC began clearing the ice within the early Nineteen Seventies.

An adult smiles at a child skating on an outdoor ice rink.
Numerous younger children had been out on the ice Saturday, with many getting assist from trusted adults. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)
A small child pushes a baby in a stroller on the Rideau Canal skateway.
5-year-old Abigail T. will get a push within the jogging stroller from her three-year-old brother Harrison. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
A child sits on the ice of an outdoor skating rink, holding the hands of two adults.
Some children, in the meantime, had been content material to take a seat and watch the motion. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)
Dozens of people are seen from above skating on a frozen canal.
If the chilly climate holds, the NCC says additional stretches may very well be opened within the days forward. (Nicole Williams/CBC)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gabrielle is an Ottawa-based journalist with eclectic pursuits. She’s spoken to online game builders, metropolis councillors, neuroscientists and small enterprise homeowners alike. Attain out to her for any purpose at [email protected].

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