Lions Pool Opened, 1948

Seventy five years ago, in May 1948, the Lions Pool at 16 Street and 4 Avenue North was opened.

The pool was constructed jointly by the City of Lethbridge and the Lethbridge Lions Club at a cost of approximately $64,000.

In 1944, the Lions Club came up with the dream of providing a swimming pool for north Lethbridge and worked for four years on the campaign to raise the money and build the pool. A campaign was launched to rais e funds through a model home project (raffling tickets for a house) and other projects.

The pool was 105 feet by 35 feet and had a deck space of 5,200 square feet.