Dey Skating Rink
Corner of Bay Street and Gladstone Avenue
Written by Bytown Museum
on
03/Dec/2009
By 1884, when the Dey Brothers opened their first ice rink, skating had become a favourite winter pastime in Ottawa. In fact, the Dey rink was not the city's first indoor rink – that honour goes to the Royal, which opened in 1868 on Slater Street. The first Dey rink was located on the east side of Rideau Street near today's Laurier Bridge. Admission cost all of 10 to 15 cents.
In 1895, the city's new rail lines forced the Deys to move. They opened a new rink at the corner of Bay Street and Gladstone Avenue. In 1903, the Ottawa Hockey Club won its first Stanley Cup here, defeating the Montréal Victorias.
The Dey's third and final rink, open from 1907 to 1927, was located just north of Laurier Avenue at the site of today's Confederation Park.
Did you know that the early Ottawa Hockey Club won ten Stanley Cups in the early 1900s?
