Canal Days Photo Challenge
Five clues. Five local prizes. One grand prize.
Beginning Saturday, August 1 at 11:00 a.m., follow our Facebook and Instagram Stories as we share clues leading to familiar Port Colborne locations!
Solve each riddle, visit the destination, complete the photo challenge and send your photo to Ruzycki Real Estate by direct message on Facebook or Instagram.
The first qualifying photo received for each of the five main clues on Saturday will win a $25 gift card from a local business along the canal. Each of the 5 photo challenges remain open after the winner is announced.
Any correct photo submissions earn an entry for the Grand Prize Draw for two tickets aboard the Empire Sandy Fireworks Cruise (approximately $175 value) on Sunday evening. One entry per household per clue.
Main challenge: Saturday, August 1 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Grand-prize entries remain open until Sunday, August 2 at 1:00 p.m. The draw will take place Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
The grand-prize recipient must be available Sunday evening for in-person ticket pick up and to attend the cruise.
Complete rules and details will be posted before the challenge begins.

Full Contest Rules
No purchase is necessary.
To enter, participants must complete a photo challenge and send the photo by direct message to the official Ruzycki Real Estate Facebook or Instagram account.
- The message must include the clue number and entrant’s full name.
- The official submission time is the time the direct message is received.
- The first qualifying photo received for each of the five main clues during Saturday’s challenge wins that clue’s local prize.
One local prize is available per main clue, per household.
Winners of the single photo contests must be:
- Able to pick up their prize in-person,
- at the Ruzycki Real Estate Office at 188 West Street, Port Colborne,
- prior to 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 1.
Local-prize winners may continue completing challenges for grand-prize entries.
Each qualifying photo earns one grand-prize entry, to a maximum of five entries per person.
All main clues remain open for grand-prize entries until Sunday, August 2 at 1:00 p.m.
The Grand Prize Draw will take place Sunday, August 2 at 3:00 p.m.
The selected Grand Prize entrant must be:
- Available to attend the cruise Sunday evening
and - must respond within 30 minutes of being contacted
If the selected entrant cannot attend or does not respond within 30 minutes, another entrant may be selected.
Winners will be contacted only through the official Ruzycki Real Estate Facebook or Instagram account. Ruzycki Real Estate will never request payment or banking information.
Local prizes must be picked up at the RE/MAX Ruzycki Real Estate office, 188 West Street, by the stated pickup deadline.
By submitting a photo, entrants confirm they have permission from every identifiable person in the image and grant Ruzycki Real Estate permission to share the photo on its website and social media accounts.
Participants must remain in public areas and follow all festival, traffic and safety instructions.
Do not climb structures, enter restricted areas or take photos from unsafe locations.
This promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook or Instagram.
This is a promotion by Ruzycki Real Estate and is not an official City of Port Colborne, Canal Days or Empire Sandy contest.

