Pools open to face heat wave
City outdoor pools are opening to help the populace face the heat wave expected to arrive in town Sunday afternoon. Item has a list of pools opening.
Is it possible there’s only one outdoor pool in the whole of Plateau borough? I suppose Baldwin Park pool won’t reopen this summer.
CE 21:59 on 2025-06-21 Permalink
Yes, without Baldwin Pool, the entire borough only has Laurier Pool, which isn’t that big. The Outremont pool isn’t too far away from many people in the Plateau but it isn’t very big either.
Nicholas 09:46 on 2025-06-22 Permalink
I often wonder if they’ll put a pool in La Fontaine, but it appears the Director’s Plan only commits to revitalizing the swimmer’s building, and the water play area, not a pool.
Kate 11:24 on 2025-06-22 Permalink
It was announced last fall that they would close Émile‑Duployé Street and integrate it into Lafontaine park – we discussed it here. The section east of Émile‑Duployé could contain a pool unless the land under it is an old dump (as happened at Baldwin park, where the pool has had to be moved because the park was mostly created over an old dump and it turns out that old garbage is an unstable substrate).
Looking at Streetview, I’m reminded that a slice of the eastern side of Lafontaine park along Sherbrooke is paved for a parking lot. Time for that to go!
CE 13:08 on 2025-06-22 Permalink
The new pool in Baldwin park has been slowed down by a group of NIMBYS who are concerned about noise or something. If the city proposed building a pool across the street from my house, it’s the last thing I’d complain about!
Kate 14:26 on 2025-06-22 Permalink
The pool is one reason I kind of like the square around the Outremont pool, which the map tells me is called John F. Kennedy Park. And I don’t even swim.