Outdoor Pools

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Filled with tall, graceful trees, Maple Grove is a wonderfully tranquil place for a stroll or picnic. Massive tree stumps scattered throughout the park remind visitors of the temperate rainforest that once covered much of Vancouver. The outdoor pool is a popular summertime destination, with people of all ages enjoying
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Balaclava Park is an expansive park, noted for its beautiful Hedge Maple trees, located in a quiet neighbourhood and is a pleasant place for walking or jogging. Balaclava Park offers a playground, wading pool, running track, rugby field, softball and an off leash dog area. This recreational greenspace is also perfect
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Located near Queen Elizabeth Park, the Hillcrest Recreation Centre is Vancouver’s largest indoor aquatic centre, complete with a slide, water play, and a steam room. An outdoor pool is open during summer. The Recreation Centre also has a fitness centre and classes for all ages. Hillcrest Recreation Centre: Address: 4575
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  Blue Mountain Park is an urban forest setting with the shade of hundreds of trees: tall Douglas Fir, Red Cedar, North Red Oak, and several Redwoods. Blue Mountain Park offers opportunities for casual play and organized sport, with sports fields, a ball diamond and tennis courts. The popular playground,
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Rocky Point Park is Port Moody’s best-known park. The park has a large variety of amenities, including: recreational pier, outdoor pool, skateboard park, bike trials park, playground, spray park beach, boat launch, Old Mill Boat House, artists in the park, hiking and biking trails, and wildlife viewing. And yes, there
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New Brighton Park is an unusual combination of outdoor recreation space and industrial facilities, with stunning views of the North Shore, Burrard Inlet, and the grain elevators of Cascadia Terminals from the walking trails, outdoor pool, and beach areas. The outdoor pool is popular for both busy toddlers and avid swimmers
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I love outdoor pools. There is just something about being in the cool blue water on a hot summer day; the blazing sunshine, the scent of sunscreen, the delighted squeals of kids young and old…. Ahhh…. But it’s been years since I’ve had a chance to go to an outdoor
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A sure sign of summer, Vancouver’s outdoor swimming pools, including the massive Kitsilano Pool and the pool at Second Beach, are now open to the public. Kitsilano Pool – Kitsilano Pool is a large outdoor swimming pool in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver that is open during the summer months. It
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Second Beach is on the Stanley Park Seawall. It’s here, just west of Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon, where you’ll find a small sandy beach, a large children’s playground, picnic shelter and BBQ facilities, a concession, oceanside heated outdoor pool, is lifeguarded Victoria Day (late May) to Labour Day (early September),
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