It looks increasingly likely that for the first time in more than 50 years, there won’t be skating on Ottawa’s world-famous Rideau Canal.
Officials have not yet made a final call on the skating season. The National Capital Commission, which maintains the ice, signalled Tuesday they are still holding out hope.
But with record-warm temperatures on the way for Wednesday and Winterlude set to end this weekend, the last hopes for the canal’s 53rd season are fading fast. Apart from a brief two-day polar vortex in late January, temperatures this year have been above-average. The NCC says the canal requires at least 10 straight days of temperatures below -10 C to get the ice thick enough for skating.On Wednesday, the forecast high is 10 C, which would make it the warmest Feb. 15 in Ottawa’s history. The previous record for that day is 6.7 C, which happened in 1954.
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