Ottawa Warnings Or Dangers Tips by jamiesno Top 5 Page for this destination

Cold Winters Review

Don't forget when you are visiting Ottawa you are still in Canada and it can get cold. I visited in January of 2007 and under dressed. It made for some cold walks around downtown.

In January I would bring a hat, some gloves and warm sweater and coast. Good boats and they put salt on the sidewalks so you can ruin a good pair of new shoes if your not comfortable. I know that is important to the ladies to like shoes!

Don't worry about the cold, just be prepared. Without the cold you can't do all the other fun things in Ottawa like skating the Rideau Canal. During a visit up the Peace Tower the elevator attendant was excited it finally cooled down so she could soon start skating.

Tour Warning!

I was warned to stay away from the Amphibian Tours. I beleive the name of the company was Canada Ducks Inc.

You will see in the picture the tour takes place in a vehicle that can tour the street and then ventures into the Rideau Canal for a two in one type of deal.

Problem is a couple of years back one of these vehicles sunk and the canopy on top trapped several passengers and there were reported deaths.

To be safe I went on a double decker city tour and a larger boat tour in the water. They may very well be safer today but worth asking a question about just to make sure, I know they are extremely popular so you can probably relax and enjoy the experience.

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