The CN Tower looms in the distance as a pair of kayakers paddle on Lake Ontario in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
By The Canadian Press
Jun 19, 2026 | 1:37 PM
TORONTO — Outdoorsy World Cup fans are ready to kayak on Lake Ontario and scale a mountain in British Columbia to make it to prime watch parties.
On Saturday afternoon, fans in Toronto will canoe or hitch a ferry to Toronto Islands to watch Germany take on Ivory Coast as part of a sold-out Destination Canada event.
From there, attendees will kayak along the Olympic Island shoreline to watch the match on a screen from their vessels as it unfolds several kilometres away at Toronto Stadium.
The following weekend, another “natural watch” party will have people taking one of Vancouver’s most popular hiking trails on Grouse Mountain to get to a big screen showing the Panama-England matchup — or opt for the gondola ride included in their ticket.