Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa, Ontario
In today's earlier entry on skating rinks, Alex B. and Charlie comment, rightly, that DC tends to not sustain temperatures cold enough to freeze and maintain ice rinks without refrigeration.
Charlie mentioned the C&O Canal as a possible option. In Ottawa, it being much colder, they do use their frozen canals as winter open spaces.
-- Rideau Canal Skateway, National Capital Commission
Labels: canals, parks and recreation, rivers & waterfronts, winter
posted by Richard Layman @ 10:14 AM&Permanent Link
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Ottawa got rid of their once nice train station which is a loss- as far as transit goes they suck except for BRT & everybody drives
yes, that is exactly what i was thinking.
Clearly a huge expense, but it would b a great wintertime attraction for Georgetown, and cheaper than a gondola.
the new rink in Georgetown is nice as well.
at the waterfront park? or at the Harbour?
It doesn't stay cold enough in NYC either but that doesn't stop us from having many rinks. Including several new ones and pop-up rinks like the one at South Street Seaport ... that area is still undergoing Sandy repairs but there have been a series of pop-up uses for the streets around those buildings.
Here's a partial list of NYC rinks both in parks and within developments:
http://mommypoppins.com/ny-kids/5-best-ice-skating-rinks-for-nyc-kids
It's not that cold in Ottawa anymore, either. I grew up on the banks of the St. Lawrence about 45 min. south on the American side and the climate change was starting back in the late '60s-early '70s.
The Rideau is pretty cool. My brother boated the length of it and continued on the Ottawa to Montreal a few times back in the day.
http://thewashingtonharbour.com/skating/
The CUA Lower Georgetown/Foggy Bottom Project had a whole section on reactivating the C&O Canal with wintertime skating. The ice would be similar to the Washington Harbour technique--in a container that is set up over the fountain. My guess is that the BID is very happy with the skating rink--seems pretty successful. Don't know how the residents or offices feel about it.
Also, in that Georgetown 2028 BID plan, there's a whole section on "partnering" with NPS to upgrade/restore the C&O Canal.
-EE
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The Rideau Canal, likewise referred to informally as the Rideau Waterway, associates Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario. It is 202 kilometers long.
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