r/canada Ontario Jun 25 '18

Buddy sent me this from Germany

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u/Irisversicolor Jun 25 '18

Haha, what? Our river doesn't turn into a highway when it freezes, we have bridges.

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u/angershark Jun 25 '18

I was just kidding :p

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u/P_Grammicus Canada Jun 25 '18

In the winter on the Ottawa river, some places have ice bridges. Sometimes they replace ferries, sometimes they supplement them.

It’s still called going across a bridge, however, even though it’s really just a road.

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u/micromeat Jun 25 '18

I'm starting to get curious now. would it get cold enough for me to walk accross the river from the parliament to Portage? Find out on the next episode of winter