The third Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival brought 125 teams onto the ice at Dow’s Lake as part of the middle weekend of Winterlude activities.
Entries for the first 100 teams sold out in less than 10 minutes on Oct. 1, with another block of 25 additional spaces added in November.
It was also announced at that time that the Ottawa event would constitute the first IIDBF World Club Crew Dragon Boat Championships, with entries from Canada, China, New Zealand, Ukraine and the United States.
The first Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival, in 2017, attracted 60 teams, and that number grew to 100 …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen