{"id":2181,"date":"2009-03-03T22:17:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T03:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/03\/03\/one-great-city-one-great-river-trail\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:30:00","slug":"one-great-city-one-great-river-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/03\/03\/one-great-city-one-great-river-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"One great city, one great river trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(A dispatch from Winnipeg)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3383\/3326674537_dc2c39a226.jpg\" title=\"the Winnipeg river trail winds down the frozen Assiniboine River.\" alt=\"the Winnipeg river trail winds down the frozen Assiniboine River.\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Winnipeg River Trail winds its way down the frozen Assiniboine<br \/>\n(photo: misha warbanski)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite things about Montreal winters was skating at Parc Lafontaine. There are outdoor rinks all over the city, but the Parc Lafontaine rink had enormous charm (maybe it was just the classical music piped out over the speakers).<\/p>\n<p>Well, a few years ago Winnipeg started getting in on the action. They flooded trails around the Forks National Historic Site and then expanded the skating network down to the river. Move over Rideau Canal, the Guiness records people have recognized the Winnipeg trail as the longest outdoor rink in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The perspective right down on the river is not one you usually get, (unless you canoe to work in the summer). Down below the banks, you skate past people&#8217;s back yards, and the apartment buildings looked just that much taller.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3318\/3326674533_4ef88e5c3a.jpg\" title=\"The speed limit tells boats (and speed skaters?) to slow down at night.\" alt=\"The speed limit tells boats (and speed skaters?) to slow down at night.\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The speed limit tells boats (and speed skaters?) to slow down at night<br \/>\n(photo: misha warbanski)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(A dispatch from Winnipeg) The Winnipeg River Trail winds its way down the frozen Assiniboine (photo: misha warbanski) One of my favourite things about Montreal winters was skating at Parc Lafontaine. 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