Lumsden and Area Aquatic Facility Proposal

● Diving: certainly not found in all aquatic centres, including springboards and/or dive platforms can
offer a training element or – depending on the height – a leisure element.
● Leisure pool components: while there is significant use in an aquatics centre from sport and exercise
groups, mainstream use is driven by leisure components. These are not limited to children’s use.
They include river elements, water slides, spray decks and features, hot tubs, and others.
● Novelty items: while not common, some facilities include such items as flow riders or wave pools.
Portable equipment can also provide leisure opportunities, including inflatables, slides and other
toys.
Complementary Services
It is becoming more commonplace to “bundle” the amenities in aquatic centres so that the facility offers
more than simply the pool. These can include spaces that directly support the in-water activities such as
classroom space to facilitate training elements for water-based activities. Other services can be dryland
training space (e.g. somewhere the swim club can do some warm-up and cool down exercises). Other
complementary spaces include fitness areas and storage for activities and groups who make significant
use of the aquatic facility.
A pool could be part of a well-rounded recreational community in Lumsden, such as parks, baseball
diamonds, hiking trails, camping, disc golf, Nordic skiing, pickleball, etc.
Lumsden Aquatic Facility Proposal Report | 21