{"id":329,"date":"2023-11-30T07:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=329"},"modified":"2024-02-12T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:57:22","slug":"3-things-about-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/3-things-about-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things We Didn’t Know About Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This installment of THREE THINGS is courtesy of Jantine Van Kregten – Director of Communications,Ottawa Tourism<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Question 1: What are some of the \u201cthings\u201d or activities that people in Ottawa do for fun?<\/h3>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In summer, we love our music festivals (jazz, blues, folk, country, chamber music, etc., etc.) and riding our bikes along an excellent network of interconnected pathways, many of which meander along the Ottawa River, Rideau River or Rideau Canal. In winter, Ottawans skate to school and to work along the Rideau Canal Skateway, a 4.8-mile (7.8km) long frozen \u201chighway\u201d of ice. Most Ottawans have their own skates but there are rental huts at either end of the route and warm-up huts and places to buy hot chocolate and BeaverTails along the way. What\u2019s a BeaverTail? Not what you think! It\u2019s a hot wholewheat pastry treat, born in Ottawa, that is usually topped with cinnamon and sugar.<\/p>\n

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Question 2: What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Ottawa?<\/h3>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cold War started in Ottawa! In September 1945, a Soviet cipher clerk named Igor Gouzenko who worked at the embassy in Ottawa defected with proof that the Soviets were spying on their supposed allies in the West! You can learn more about the repercussions of the revelation at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Question 3: Share some aspect of Ottawa as regards to what it has contributed to the world.<\/h3>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ottawa is:<\/span><\/p>\n