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    The Rideau Skating Rink was an indoor skating and curling facility located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Consisting of a curling rink and a skating rink, it...
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  • known that games were also played at the Rideau Skating Rink in the 1890s and the Aberdeen Pavilion in 1904. The rink and arenas were built by two generations...
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    "Keep canal rink open longer, say skaters, business owner". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved March 6, 2019. "Skating season closes on the Rideau Canal". Ottawa...
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    ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are...
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  • the Rideau Skating Club. Skating was first held at the Governor-General's residence, Rideau Hall and soon moved to the Rideau Skating Rink. Skating was...
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    championships were first held in 1905 at the Rideau Skating Rink in Ottawa, hosted by the Minto Skating Club. The first official competition took place...
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    mentioned in one of the first games of women's hockey, played at Rideau Skating Rink in 1899. Her role as a women's hockey pioneer is recognized in women's...
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    member of the Rideau Club in Ottawa and captained their ice hockey team that opened the new Rideau Skating Rink in 1889. It was at the Rideau Club where...
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    Rideau Hall (officially Government House) is the official residence of the governor general of Canada, the representative of the monarch of Canada. Located...
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  • club's fifth season of play. Although the club was based at the Rideau Skating Rink, it played only two games against outside teams and did not participate...
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      Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing...
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  • rink was known as "College Yard", which was an outdoor rink in front of Tabaret Hall. The second venue for the Gee-Gees was the indoor Rideau Skating...
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  • operation in November, 1888 as the Rideau Skating and Curling Club. The first facility of the club was the Rideau Skating Rink located on Waller Street, which...
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    facilities were at a shortage. This changed with the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink in February 1889. One of the principal organizers in the restarting...
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  • Club. The Ottawa Hockey Club re-organized after the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink, after playing no competitive games in the 1888 winter season. P...
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    point of Winterlude is the Rideau Canal Skateway which at 7.8 kilometres (approximately 5 miles) is the largest skating rink in the world. Another primary...
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    she was in Canada, playing on the outdoor rink at Rideau Hall. After the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink, she organized one of the first games of women's...
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    the nearby Dow's Lake, itself also the western terminus of the Rideau Canal skating rink during winters, as well as a key site during the Canadian Tulip...
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    Tour skating is recreational long distance ice skating on natural ice. It is particularly popular in the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. It is becoming...
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  • terms with the Dey brothers over the Dey Rink, the Ottawas returned to their first home, the Rideau Skating Rink for the season. Ottawa lost several players...
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  • 1886. The team went into hiatus from 1887 until 1889, when the new Rideau Skating Rink opened, and P. D. Ross helped to rebuild the hockey club. They would...
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    world's largest skating rink, thereby providing both a recreational venue and a 7.8 km (4.8 mi) transportation path to downtown for ice skaters (from Carleton...
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    the original skating rink, on the opposite bank of the Rideau Canal, and was known as The Arena, opening in 1907. The second skating rink was eventually...
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    Patterson Creek (Ottawa) (category Tributaries of the Rideau River)
    Elizabeth Driveway. During the winter the creek is cleared and used as a skating rink, along with the rest of the canal. It is generally used by young children...
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    a game played between two women's teams of four per side at the Rideau Skating Rink in Ottawa. From 1915 to 1918 Albertine Lapensée played for the Cornwall...
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    was dormant in 1888, restarting in 1889 after the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink. Jenkins would again be the captain. The club would help found the...
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  • National Championship on the Rideau Canal Skateway Weather conditions forced the closure of the Rideau Canal to public skating during the weekend. The trophy...
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    Ottawa and was interred at Beechwood Cemetery. Ottawa Hockey Club Rideau Skating Rink "Organized Hockey in Capital Had Beginning Early Eighties". Ottawa...
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    Arena', as it was called, was built on leased land at Laurier Avenue at the Rideau Canal, on the location of today's Confederation Park, near the current Ottawa...
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    lighting mounted in the boards for night skating. It also features outdoor speakers, picnic tables, a changing hut, skate rental concession and a BeaverTails...
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