Maple Ridge Leisure Centre
Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Opened to the public in October 1981, this facility has provided a model for the building of other centres and in completing renovations to existing facilities both within as well as outside British Columbia. Through careful project design and control, the centre was constructed on time and within budget. The Centre is a public facility comprised of a leisure pool, instructional pool, swirlpool, sauna, solarium, fitness testing and exercise centre, racquetball and squash courts, youth centre, and restaurant.

The Leisure Centre was designed as an integral part of the downtown redevelopment scheme and has provided a focal point for Maple Ridge.

In the summer of 1983 the Municipality hosted the British Columbia Summer Games. Spectators and athletes alike provided many positive comments concerning this complex.

Unique design and operating concepts have contributed to the overall quality of this facility. The use of glass to make the best possible use of natural light and the tropical atmosphere and waterfall, as well as the solarium, are obvious features today but were bold innovations when the complex was designed.

A centre island design for the swirlpool adds wall space thereby maximizing total capacity for use without increasing water volume.

Another innovative design is a removable bridge unit that is used to separate the tots’ pool from the deeper water of the larger leisure pool, allowing only one filtration system.