The National Capital Commission opened a four-kilometer stretch of the Rideau Canal for skating on Saturday. People enjoyed the calm weather and mild temperatures, with many stopping for hot chocolate and BeaverTails. The NCC plans to open more sections of the 7.8-kilometer skateway in the coming days, weather permitting.
Skaters flocked to a four-kilometre stretch of the canal Saturday to take advantage of a day with calm winds and mild temperatures.People flocked to the frozen Rideau Canal on Saturday after the National Capital Commission opened a four-kilometre stretch for skating. A mother helps her daughter put on her boots after a long skate. She told CBC that it was also her four-year-old son's first time on the ice, but he didn't last as long as his sister.
'The Rideau Canal and BeaverTails are synonymous here in the city of Ottawa,' one BeaverTails employee told Radio-Canada. 'People don't go skating without getting a hot chocolate and BeaverTails, usually.' But if you don't want to pay for your warm treats, you can always bring a thermos of something to keep you going. Last winter, the NCC was able to get a portion of the skateway opened, but had to close it repeatedlyFive-year-old Abigail T. gets a push in the jogging stroller from her three-year-old brother Harrison. Gabrielle Huston
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