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The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is a yearly event that attracts 5,500 paddlers and over 70,000 spectators in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Since its inception in 1993, thousands of participants have gathered at Mooney's Bay Park on Riverside Drive in Ottawa to race. Admission to the festival is free to spectators. In 1998 the "Pledge Challenge" was added as a charitable component. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation was founded in 2004 to help efforts with fundraising for local charities. The challenge has raised over $3 million. The 2016 edition of the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival will take place June 23-25, 2016. The event is held in Mooney's Bay, where the Rideau River and Rideau Canal split. Many of the Ottawa-based boats train at Mooney's Bay out of the Rideau Canoe Club. ==Breast cancer survivor teams== The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival offers a breast cancer survivor team category and holds an annual flower ceremony on the water. This has become an integral part of the festival and has encouraged many breast cancer survivor teams to participate. Many accompanying family and friends also make the trip to show their support and honour survivors.〔(Breast Cancer Survivor Teams & Flower Ceremony )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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