(01/19/12) Part of Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway opened for skating this past Sunday, kicking off its 42nd season. Once weather permits, nearly five miles of frozen canal will see heavy use for another month or two. The free skateway is a star attraction for Winterlude, coming up February 3-20. Sunday, just a short section was open, and the ice conditions were listed as poor.
Long time canal enthusiast Hugh Graham keeps a kick sled on hand for bad ice days. The sled looks like a light kitchen chair on long, thin runners. Wearing home-made studded boots, he can ride the runner with one foot, and push along at a good clip with the other. There's even room for some gear or a light passenger on the chair. Graham showed off his kick sled to Lucy Martin for today's Heard Up North. more
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Hugh Graham (left) and a fellow kick sledder, Jan. 2011. Photo: Lucy Martin
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1-1 of 1 Blog posts tagged with "ncc"Rideau Canal Skateway opens todayWell, it's not open as I type this, but by 10 am Sunday a small portion of the famous and much-loved canal...[more] Lace up, Skaters! It opens Saturday morning!I just saw this from the NCC, the agency that runs Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway:
A 2.4 km section of the Rideau...[more] Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks · Wildlife Conservation Society · Adirondack Medical Center Foundation · Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk Foundation · Schumann Foundation · John A. Sellon Charitable Trust · several anonymous individual donors |
