Tag Archives: Ice Sculpture

Then and Now

Last week I promised to post photos of the ice sculptures on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, part of the annual Winterlude festival. Then I ran into a snag – warm weather. With temperatures as high as eight degrees Celsius, the sculptures remained under wraps when I was downtown. Maybe they took the wrappings off on […]

An Ocean of Ice – II

More ice sculptures from Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, part of the 2023 Winterlude festival. (I’m ignoring the Super Bowl today, though I may watch the game – I bought some good snacks.)

An Ocean of Ice – I

Ottawa’s tourism people are probably cursing the weather these days. We’re halfway through Winterlude, the annual winter carnival, and the Rideau Canal skateway, around which many of the activities take place, has yet to open for the season. And with temperatures above freezing in the forecast for every day next week, it is unlikely to […]

Cast Your Vote

They’ve started to unveil the ice sculptures on Sparks Street, part of Winterlude, Ottawa’s winter carnival, which starts Friday. It’s a competition, with the public getting to choose the winner. You can vote if you like. So far this has been Ottawa’s third-warmest winter on record, but just because the Rideau canal is still closed […]