Rideau Canal Festival
Location : ByTown Museum, Confederation Park, Commissioners Park, Dows Lake

Date(s) and time(s): August 1 – 4, 2008

Admission fee: Open to the public (some activities have a participation fee)

Description: Join us in Ottawa, Canada's capital city, for the first-ever Rideau Canal Festival — a fun-filled 4-day celebration of this important landmark waterway and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Heritage, boating and cycling experiences will be central to this active outdoor event. And the Festival is committed to being the first 'zerofootprint' festival ever staged in Canada — with special initiatives designed to help reduce and offset greenhouse gas emissions produced during the four days to zero.

Further information:

Organization responsible: Rideau Canal Festival

Address: 100-130 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6E2

Contact person: Krystine Fortin

E-mail address: marketing@rideaucanalfestival.ca

Telephone: 613-288-0970

Fax: 613-234-7365

Website link: www.rideaucanalfestival.ca (English) or www.festivalducanalrideau.ca (Francais)