Portland Outdoors

Welcome to the archives of three years of skating on Big Rideau Lake in Portand Ontario and two years of Skate the Lake FUN!! Please look below for links, results, picture and more fun stuff from the years gone by.

2007 RESULTS CLICK HERE
2006 RESULTS CLICK HERE
2005 RESULTS CLICK HERE
2004 RESULTS CLICK HERE

Celebrity skaters Catriona LeMay Doan (two-time Olympic Gold) and Shani Davis (Current World Champion All-Round) support 2006 Big Rideau Lake Marathon. Read More..

RECAP 2007
Portland, Ontario - Adrian Loewen of Ottawa won the fourth International Big Rideau Lake Speed Skting Marathon, held in Portland on Saturday. Loewen has skated all previous editions of the 50 kilometre race and finished in the top 10 several times before, but this was his first win. Martine Charbonneau, one of CanadaÕs leading inline skating talents, won the race with the women ahead of two time champions Suzanne Dionne. The races on Big Rideau Lake were held under tough conditions, with a strong wind and snow during the 100 lap race. In total, more than 250 skated in all four races. The 5K event, held early in the morning attracted close to 80 skaters, many from the surrounding area. Over the day, skaters from Canada, the US, Australia, the Netherlands and Germany took part.
*** Peter Doucet posted a great YouTube video here...
*** Alicia Weiss always has great shots. These are no different...
*** The Review-Mirror posted their front page article online...

RECAP 2006
Portland, Ontario - Organizers estimated an attendance of 2,000 people over the course of two days. On Sunday, after the volunteer ice crew worked through the night to prepare the 1k oval on the shallow Portland Bay, the 5K race was delayed to 2 p.m. and the official 50K championship started at 11 a.m. Due to the efforts of the crew, the ice was in such good conditions that Rob Kramer, from Boston, Mass. broke the track record by approximately three minutes and improved it to 1:36:36.With the women, Suzanne Dionne from Chelsea, Que won for the second year in a row.

2005 international Big Rideau Lake Speed Skating Marathon HUGE success.
In front of record crowds (between 1,200 and 1,300 over the day) Barry Publow (Men/Overall from Aylmer, Que) and Suzanne Dionne (Women, Ottawa, Ont) became the winners of the second International Big Rideau Lake Speed Skating Marathon on Saturday. Publow broke the course record by clocking 1 hr 39 min on the 50K.