Pre-Games training site: Canada Games Complex
For details on Pan Am/Parapan Am pre-Games availability and costs specific to this venue, please contact the venue using the information below.
Address:
420 Winnipeg Ave, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6B7
Contact:
Donna Sippila
807-684-3321
dsippila@thunderbay.ca
Facility website | Google map
Previous Hosting Experience:
Canada Summer Games(1981), Canadian Age Group Swimming and Diving Championships, annual Regional Swim meet with participants from Minnesota, Manitoba and Northwest Ontario clubs.
Accessibility Features:
This facility has accessible doors and a wheelchair ramp. Please contact the venue for further details
Public Transit Details:
Please contact venue owner for details
| Owner Type: | Public |
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| Year Completed: | 1981 |
| Service in French: | Yes |
| Service in Spanish: | No |
| Proximity to Accommodations: | 1 km |
| Proximity to Athletes' Village: | 1392 km |
| Access to Washrooms/Changerooms: | Yes |
| Internet Access: | Wired |
| Weight room/Fitness Facility: | Yes |
| Scoreboard: | Yes |
| Sound System: | Yes |
| Equipment Storage: | Yes |
| Spectator Seating Capacity: | 900 |
| Parking Capacity: | 1000 |
| Boardroom/Meeting Room: | Yes |
| Boardroom/Meeting Room Capacity: | 40 & 20 |
| Kitchen/Catering Facilities: | Yes |
| Kitchen/Catering Description: | Full-service cafeteria on-site |
Sport 1: Aquatics (Diving)
| Specification of fields of play: | Pool including minimum 1m springboards and minimum 3m springboards Complete tower complex with 3, 5, 7.5, & 10m towers in good working order Water sprayers under all springboards and a bubbler under towers |
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| Meets field specifications: | Yes |
| Configuration of fields of play: | No water sprayers under springboards |
| Other comments: | There are no water sprayers under all springboards which align directly under towers which has a bubbler system. There are two 1-metre and 3-metre springboards, plus the Thunder Bay Diving Club has 1 portable 1-metre and 1 portable 3-metre board |
Sport 2: Aquatics (Swimming)
| Specification of fields of play: | 50m pool Minimum 8 lanes Approved starting blocks at both ends of the pool Minimum depth 1.35m Non-turbulent lanes markers Approved backstroke flags and 15m markers Para swimmer accessibility (change rooms and pool deck) |
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| Meets field specifications: | Yes |
| Configuration of fields of play: | 8 Lanes - 77 metre pool includes 25 metre warmup area |
| Other comments: | Change rooms are on pool deck level and accessible for para-swimmers |
Sport 3: Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming)
| Specification of fields of play: | 50m pool with 2.5m deep end Separate room for warm up/land practicing |
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| Meets field specifications: | Yes |
| Configuration of fields of play: | Warmup room for 30 - just short distance from pool |
| Other comments: |
Sport 4: Aquatics (Water Polo)
| Specification of fields of play: | Width of the field of play shall be greater than 10m and less than 20m FINA regulation nets with no holes in the netting Men: distance between the goal lines must be greater than 20m and less than 30m Women: distance between goal lines must be greater 20m and less than 25m |
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| Meets field specifications: | Yes |
| Configuration of fields of play: | Nets required - anchors in pool for nets |
| Other comments: | Nets would need to be brought in. Water Polo was part of the 1981 Summer Games, but sport has not developed in Thunder Bay |
Sport 5: Swimming (Para)
| Specification of fields of play: | Venue must be accessible (including change rooms and pool deck) 50m pool with minimum 8 lanes Minimum depth 1.35m Starting blocks at both ends of the pool Non-turbulent lanes markers Backstroke flags and 15m markers |
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| Meets field specifications: | Yes |
| Configuration of fields of play: | |
| Other comments: | Accessible change rooms off pool deck |
Updated: September 29, 2022
Published: December 22, 2014