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In 2019, BC started a $200 million program to acquire four hybrid/electric ferries (800 kWh each) to service three routes. [26] As for the remaining seven vessels within the 12-year capital plan, they will all be large ships, which will replace six aging ships and provide one additional vessel to support growth and improve resiliency.
The Vancouver Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility. [1] It replaces the Crystal Pool at Sunset Beach that was opened in 1928 and was demolished in 1974. [2] A contract to renew the facility was let in 2023 and the project is expected to take seven years to complete. [3]
Vortex Aquatic Structures International was founded in 1995 in Montreal, Canada by Stephen Hamelin. [10] [11] In 2005, Virginie Guilbeault joined Vortex and later became Executive Vice-president in 2017. [12] Vortex entered the waterslide market in 2015 with the acquisition of North Carolina-based AquaBlue, a designer and manufacturer of ...
MV Nicola is an N-class ferry, owned, but not operated by BC Ferries.It is also known as Spirit of Lax Kw ' Alaams, a British Columbia First Nations name. [2] Spirit of Lax Kw ' Alaams currently runs between Prince Rupert and Port Simpson, (also known as Lax Kw'alaams) a British Columbia First Nations community on British Columbia's North Coast.
The Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre (GHAC) is an indoor Olympic-sized aquatic centre in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is located in the Grandview Heights neighbourhood of South Surrey, and was designed by HCMA Architecture + Design, [4] built at a cost of $55 million and opened in June 2016. The facility features a 10-lane 50-meter ...
In the 1960s, the Pan-Am Pool was built for the 1967 Pan-Am Games, which was to take place in Winnipeg as the first Pan-Am Games held in Canada. In March that year, Winnipeg Mayor Stephen Juba applied to the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association for the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada to be housed at the Pool.
With Canada having the world's longest coastline, as well as the world's largest freshwater system and tidal range, [4] aquaculture is an obvious choice for Canada. The vast range of aquatic organisms farmed in Canadian aquaculture production is beneficial to the industry's attempt to implement ecologically sustainable methods within the major ...
The Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre is an indoor aquatic centre in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. [1] The building was designed by Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects Inc., [2] built at a cost of $12 million and opened in January 2019. [3] The facility features a six-lane 25-meter lap pool, 1,500 sq ft leisure pool and 35 person hot tub. [4]