(Submitted photo/Elvira Pompu)

By Ben Tompkins

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Pasquia Regional Park celebrates completion of pool projects

Jul 6, 2023 | 5:17 PM

Over the Canada Day weekend, campers, golfers, Big Bert fans, swimmers and other visitors helped thank volunteers, by celebrating the completion of a pair of Pasquia Park pool projects.

During the regional park’s annual Canada Day events, park officials and dignitaries gathered at the pool to deliver remarks and participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the formal completion of upgrades to the pool house and repairs to the pool liner.

“We did a lot of work to the pool house, replaced the electrical, the boiler, the hot water heater, painted everything, installed new partitions, and added a little expansion with more showers,” Pasquia Regional Park Authority General Manager, Elvira Pompu told northeastNOW.

“It hadn’t been touched for quite a few years, so it’s nice to have that all upgraded. We’re still working out a few kinks but it’s a big improvement,” she added.

Thanks to volunteers and fundraising efforts, the Pasquia Regional Park Authority started its $125,000 pool liner project in June 2021 and completed it in May 2022.

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(Submitted photo/Elvira Pompu)

Construction on the separate pool house upgrade project began in October 2021 and was completed last December.

“Pasquia Regional Park has long been a popular place to get some fresh air and cool down during the warmest days of summer. Our government is proud to join the Park Authority in celebrating the completion of renovations to the park’s pool house, enabling everyone to benefit from amenities that better meet their needs. Yet another great reason to spend Canada Day at Pasquia Regional Park,” said the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities.

The Government of Canada invested $52,200 toward the pool house project and the Government of Saskatchewan contributed $43,496, while the Pasquia Regional Park Authority funded the remaining $172,000.

“The Government of Saskatchewan is proud to invest more than $43,000 toward these important pool house improvements at Pasquia Regional Park, which serves residents from in and around the areas of Aylsham, Arborfield, Moose Range and Zenon Park,” said Mr. Fred Bradshaw, MLA for Carrot River Valley, on behalf of the Honourable Don McMorris, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Government Relations.

“I’m so proud of everyone in this great part of the province who works together to continue to ensure this regional park is one of the many fantastic gems in northeast Saskatchewan. Thank you to everyone in the area for making this wonderful place shine even brighter for tourists and visitors who explore this region,” he added.

Located in the Carrot River Valley, Pasquia Regional Park amenities include a nine-hole golf course, mini golf, hiking trails, a restaurant, a pool and an interpretive centre for the skeleton of 92-million-year-old “Big Bert,” who is the world’s most complete Terminonaris robusta crocodilian skeleton.

The Pasquia Regional Park Authority board of directors consists of representatives from the RMs of Arborfield and Moose Range, the Towns of Carrot River and Arborfield, and the Villages of Zenon Park and Aylsham.

“Thanks to funding from the Government of Canada and the Government Saskatchewan along with the dedication of volunteers and fund-raisers, the pool and related facilities have been renewed to continue to serve long-time park users in the area and new visitors for years to come,” said Neal Wasko, chair of the board of directors of the Pasquia Regional Park Authority.

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