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 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.
‘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)
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.
Numerous younger children had been out on the ice Saturday, with many getting assist from trusted adults. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)
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)
Some children, in the meantime, had been content material to take a seat and watch the motion. (Gabrielle Huston/CBC)
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 gabrielle.huston@cbc.ca.
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