Everyone in the pool, come mid September ... By Appointment and with proper COVID protocols

The City of Prince Rupert has announced plans to reopen the
Earl Mah Aquatic Centre on September 14

A much anticipated announcement was delivered by the City of Prince Rupert today, with Prince Rupert Recreation announcing the date for the reopening of the Earl Mah Aquatic Centre.

In the advisory the City notes that the anticipated date for the resumption of services at the Aquatic Centre will be Monday, September 14th, though there will be some changes in place for those who use the Centre.

Pre-registration will be required so the city can control physical distancing measures, with the registration period to open on Tuesday, September 8th.

As well, poor users will have to take note of the following:

There will be no access to change rooms on the way into the pool. 

Patrons should come ready to swim. 

Lifejackets will be provided upon request only. 

All other equipment must be supplied by patrons and cannot be shared. Permitted equipment – kickboards, flippers, puddle jumpers, goggles, small personal toys, water wings. 

Not permitted in the pool  – snorkels, balls, large floats.

In addition to the new pool rules, the city advises that the water fountain will remain closed and the sauna and steam room will not be reopening in Mid-September, with no indication as to when those options will resume.

They also have noted through Social Media that No Swim lessons have been planned for the relaunch period.

Included in today's announcement is the new schedule for the facility, which features a range of times for selected days of the week.

Today's full announcement can be reviewed here. 

For more information on the Earl Mah Aquatic Centre reopening call the City Recreation Department at 250-624-6707.

While users of the Aquatic Centre will be happy to hear of their opportunity to resume their activities, those who use the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre and Arena Complex are still a bit in the dark as to the future plans for those facilities.

There was no mention of the rest of the Civic Centre facility as part of today's announcement.

Answers to a range of questions related to the reopening of the Aquatic Centre as well as Updates on Recreation Centre themes can be found through City's Recreation Department Facebook page.

On Monday, we relayed the string of planned openings for civic recreation facilities along the Highway 16 corridor, you can review those notes here.

For more items of interest from the City of Prince Rupert see our Council Discussion page here.