OTTAWA: The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway - the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site - may not open this winter for the first time in five decades, due to a lack of ice. Ottawa is in the grips of its third-warmest winter ever recorded, according to Environment Cana
OTTAWA: The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway - the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site - may not open this winter for the first time in five decades, due to a lack of ice.
For the canal to freeze up, temperatures must hold steady at -10 to -20 degrees Celsius for almost two weeks.Although he remains optimistic for what would be the latest opening on record, others worry the skateway might not open at all this year. "I've heard so much about the canal and it would have been nice to go skating on it," said Lani Simmons, 46, visiting from Bermuda.
The skateway normally opens at the end of December for 30 to 60 days of skating. But its opening has shifted later and later over the years, and for shorter periods. "I don't think anyone has seen it this bad," said Davey Wright, who operates shacks on the canal selling flat fried dough dusted with sugar or cinnamon.
"Skating on the canal is our blockbuster and what people talk about, why they come back," he explained.
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