Skate the Lake cancelled on Big Rideau Lake as would-be skaters eye the canal — and the forecast

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Organizers have cancelled Skate the Lake 2023 in Portland, Ont. southwest of Ottawa saying that ice conditions on Big Rideau Lake are not good enough for the…

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It was to be the 18th edition of the event previously known as the International Big Rideau Lake Speed Skating Marathon and organized by the not-for-profit Portland Outdoors. On Thursday, the National Capital Commission tweeted that it had officially passed its record for the latest opening date of the Rideau Canal Skateway, which was Feb. 2 in 2002.

 

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