Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Janine Smith cleans the pool at Central Park in the middle of another shower Thursday morning. All the rain this week has made her lifeguarding duties kinda lonely. "There's no people," she says. "But the algae keeps coming.""
Photographic postcard of Robert Burnaby Park and dozens of children swimming in the outdoor pool. The caption on the reverse of the postcard reads: "One of the three 'Z' shaped outdoor swimming pools serving Burnaby residents. Over 250,000 swims are recorded in these swimming facilities during the…
Photographic postcard of Robert Burnaby Park and dozens of children swimming in the outdoor pool. The caption on the reverse of the postcard reads: "One of the three 'Z' shaped outdoor swimming pools serving Burnaby residents. Over 250,000 swims are recorded in these swimming facilities during the summer swim period."
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and daughter Madelaine and Janet Anderson in the swimming pool behind their home at 3908 Norland Avenue (previously numbered 4437 Norland Avenue).
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and daughter Madelaine and Janet Anderson in the swimming pool behind their home at 3908 Norland Avenue (previously numbered 4437 Norland Avenue).
Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."
Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."
Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Roger Demeda is almost swallowed by a cloud of mist as he blasts away the winter's grime at McPherson outdoor pool. The pool will be getting a new coat of paint, before it opens for the summer, at the end of the month."
Photograph of City of Burnaby worker Bill Klingenberg painting the bottom of the Robert Burnaby Park outdoor swimming pool in preparation for its season opening.
Photograph of City of Burnaby worker Bill Klingenberg painting the bottom of the Robert Burnaby Park outdoor swimming pool in preparation for its season opening.
Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Bill Klingenberg applies some of the 40 gallons of paint it will take to cover the bottom of the pool at Robert Burnaby Park. City of Burnaby workers are busy getting the city's four outdoor pools ready for their official opening on the Victoria Day weekend."
Photograph of Robin Bridge, a Burnaby RCMP officer, sitting on the diving board at the Robert Burnaby Park pool, to promote the Friday night "Dive-In" for youth.
Photograph of Robin Bridge, a Burnaby RCMP officer, sitting on the diving board at the Robert Burnaby Park pool, to promote the Friday night "Dive-In" for youth.
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Robin Bridge, of the Burnaby RCMP, is one of the ornganizers of the Friday night Dive-In for youth at the outdoor pool at Robert Burnaby Park. Bridge says it's hoped the program will give young people a sense of "ownership," of the pool, and cut down on vandalism and break-ins."
City of Burnaby film welcoming the public back to Bonsor Recreation Complex after it was closed following public health restrictions in the spring of 2020. The film provides information to the public regarding the new procedures and protocols that were put in place and how they will be operating at…
City of Burnaby film welcoming the public back to Bonsor Recreation Complex after it was closed following public health restrictions in the spring of 2020. The film provides information to the public regarding the new procedures and protocols that were put in place and how they will be operating at a reduced capacity to allow for physical distancing and enhanced cleaning.
History
Video taken by the City of Burnaby Marketing Department in 2020. The original intent of the clip was to produce communications about the pandemic and changes throughout the City that residents needed to be aware of.
Photograph of Lidia Lucacio Menzies, the swimming coach for the Dynamo Swim Club. She is crouched by the side of the pool at the Bonsor Recreation Centre and holds a stopwatch.
Photograph of Lidia Lucacio Menzies, the swimming coach for the Dynamo Swim Club. She is crouched by the side of the pool at the Bonsor Recreation Centre and holds a stopwatch.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "This is how Lidia Lucacio Menzies' swimmers usually see her. She's the coach of the Dynamo Swim Club, at Bonsor Recreation Centre."
Photograph of 12-year-old swimmer Vanessa Hanbury, of the Gators Swim Club, posing next to the pool at Simon Fraser University before a meet. Other swimmers are visible in the pool in the background.
Photograph of 12-year-old swimmer Vanessa Hanbury, of the Gators Swim Club, posing next to the pool at Simon Fraser University before a meet. Other swimmers are visible in the pool in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Vanessa Hanbury, 12, of the Gators Swim Club, watches swimmers from Simon Fraser University work out before the Clan Cup Swim Meet. She'll be competing against the world record holder in the Women's 200-metre breaststroke, Hui Qi of China."
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Bonsor Park Pool, at 4780 Brief Street (old address), between Fern Avenue and Bonsor Avenue. It was building it 1972 and 1973. The pool complex features an olympic size pool, dressing rooms, staff offices and gymnasium style bleachers that seat 250-500 spectators at pool-side.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
556-411
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Bonsor Park Pool, at 4780 Brief Street (old address), between Fern Avenue and Bonsor Avenue. It was building it 1972 and 1973. The pool complex features an olympic size pool, dressing rooms, staff offices and gymnasium style bleachers that seat 250-500 spectators at pool-side.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Misty McQueen, the aquatic leader at Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool, says she'll increase lifeguard staffing during afternoon public swimming hours in case Burnaby schools are on strike next week."
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Dr. Andrew Blaber, of Simon Fraser University, is studying the physiology of freedivers, some of whom can hold their breath for up to eight minutes."
Collected by editorial for use in an June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Berwin Hong, a lifeguard at MacPherson Pool, tests the water in preperation for the pool's scheduled opening on Saturday. All five of Burnaby's outdoor pools are set to open for the summer on the weekend."