A photo of a bridge with pad locks with a text on top saying : Rethinking the rideau Canal"

Rethinking the Rideau Canal

April 19, 2025 Hansonthebike 3

Reading Time: 7 minutes Over the last two decades, boating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa has dropped considerably. More bike rides are on average counted on a single day than the total number of vessel movements on the canal during the entire season. Is it time to refocus for Parks Canada?

A stone frigate in downtown Ottawa?

April 6, 2025 Hansonthebike 2

Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may have noticed an historic house boarded up across from city hall on the south side on Lisgar. It has an interesting story: it was a a so called ‘stone frigate’.