Winterlude is an annual ice festival held in Ottawa. One of the destival highlights is being able to skate on the Rideau Canal which is not only a UNESCO World Heritage SITE, but also becomes the world’s largest ice rink when frozen!

Entrance to skating rink on Rideau Canal

Skating on the Rideau Canal

Following personal advice from Ottawa locals, I endulged in a classic (sugar and cinnamon) Beaver Tail. For those of you that don’t know, it is essentially deep fried pastry with sweet topping but they are goooood. I was told that this was the best place to buy them and being on the lake made them taste even better – classified true. If you are more adventurous, try adding a bit of lemon to the traditional cinnamon and sugar – it sounds odd, but tastes good!

Beaver Tails stand ON the lake

Following two hours of “skating”…