{"id":129,"date":"2008-08-19T10:34:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/19\/114-secret-olympic-training-site\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:21:11","slug":"114-secret-olympic-training-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/19\/114-secret-olympic-training-site\/","title":{"rendered":"#114 ‘Secret’ Olympic training site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I mentioned I was working on a magazine assignment highlighting a downtown Ottawa ‘secret’ Olympic training site<\/strong>. It’s a slalom whitewater kayak and canoe<\/em> course within metres of the office towers in the central core.<\/p>\n

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\nDowntown Ottawa’s ‘Pumphouse’ with downtown Hull in the distance.<\/em>
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Ottawa’s downtown water pumping station<\/strong> near Bronson and Wellington has provided necessary waterworks infrastructure for the city of Ottawa for over a century. The Ottawa River Runners <\/a>have been paddling there for years.<\/p>\n

Three years ago a pedestrian slipped on the crumbling banks of the waterway and drowned. The city shut the whole site down and stripped the banks of the waterway.<\/p>\n

\"Pumphouse\"
\nThe Pumphouse at low water – LeBreton Flats development behind.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Central Ottawa is now left with a beautiful green space – don’t dare call it a park – and a world class facility producing Olympic athletes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sarah Boudens<\/a> and James Cartwright<\/a> – athletes training at the site – are representing Canada at he Beijing Olympics!<\/p>\n

The feature will appear in Ottawa Magazine<\/a> in the spring or early summer 2009. James Hale<\/a> will be writing the article around my photos.
\nHarry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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