Lower Mainland cooling centres, spray parks amid August heat wave

LOWER MAINLAND (NEWS 1130) – The Lower Mainland is in its third heat wave of the year and is expected to peak on Thursday, when temperatures in the Fraser Valley are expected to feel like the low-40s.

There are several cooling centres and public air-conditioned spaces across the region, as well as spray parks for kids. Find a full list below:

Abbotsford 

Spray parks:

• Centennial Outdoor Pool – 2310 Emerson Street
• Mill Lake Park – 2310 Emerson Street
• Shadbolt Park – 36086 Shadbolt Avenue
• Spud Murphy Park – 32285 Hillcrest Avenue

Burnaby

Cooling centres:

• Bonsor Recreation Complex (6550 Bonsor Avenue)
• Cameron Community Centre (9523 Cameron Street)
• Central Boulevard at MacKay Avenue (Pop-up cooling station)
• Edmonds Community Centre (7433 Edmonds Street)
• Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool (240 Willingdon)

 

Spray parks:

• Cameron Park
• Central Park
• Charles Rummel Park
• Confederation Park
• Edmonds Park
• Ernie Winch Park
• Keswick Park
• Rene Park
• Suncrest Park

 

The City of Burnaby has opened 4 cooling locations to help vulnerable people cope with the extreme heat.

Locations include:
➡️ Cameron Community Centre
➡️ Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool
➡️ Bonsor Recreation Complex
➡️ Edmonds Community Centre

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— City of Burnaby (@CityofBurnaby) August 11, 2021

Chilliwack

Cooling centres:

• Evergreen Hall
• Sardis Sports Complex
• Chilliwack Coliseum
• Tourism Chilliwack (Picnic Area) *Outdoor area

 

Coquitlam 

Spaces to cool down:

• Coquitlam Public Library (575 Poirier St. and 1169 Pinetree Way)
• Coquitlam Centre

 

Spray parks:

• Blue Mountain Spray Park
• Burns Park Spray Park
• Cottonwood Spray Park
• Galloway Spray Park
• Mackin Spray Park
• Norm Staff Spray Park
• Panorama Spray Park
• Rochester Spray Park
• Town Centre Spray Park

 

Delta

Cooling centres:

• KinVillage Community Centre
• McKee Seniors Recreation Centre
• Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre
• North Delta Recreation Centre
• Ladner Leisure Centre
• Sungod Recreation Centre
• Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre
• South Delta Recreation Centre

 

Other places to cool down:

• George Mackie Library
• Ladner Pioneer Library
• Tsawwassen Library

Splash parks:

• Annieville Lions Water Park
• Ladner Rotary Splash Park
• North Delta Social Heart Plaza
• Rotary Waterworks

Langley

Spray parks:

• Brookswood Park at 40 Avenue & 200 Street,
• Philip Jackman Park at 32 Avenue & 271 Street
• Willoughby Community Park at 7700 block 202A Street
• Walnut Grove Community Park at 89 Avenue & Walnut Grove Drive
• Murrayville Outdoor Activity Park at 48A Avenue & 221 Street

 

Maple Ridge

Cooling Centre:

Greg Moore Youth Centre (11925 Haney Place)

Spray parks:

• Albion Sports Complex (23778 104 Avenue)
• Maple Ridge Park (23200 132 Avenue)

Parks with water spray features:

• Country Lane Estates North (24299 102A  Avenue)
• Country Lake Estates South (24399 101A Avenue)
• Cedar Park (23735 132 Avenue)
• Deer Fern Park (13393 236 Street)
• Blaney Hamlet Park (13712 230A Street)
• Firefighters Park (11240 238 Street)

 

New Westminster

Cooling centres:

• Century House (620 Eighth Street) *Pets welcome*
• Queensborough Community Centre (920 Ewen Avenue) *Pets welcome*
• New Westminster Public Library (716 Sixth Avenue)
• Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street)

Spray parks:

• Hume Park at 660 E Columbia Street (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Moody Park at 600 Eighth Street (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Old Schoolhouse Park at 500 Ewen Avenue (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Queen’s Park at 3rd Avenue (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Ryall Park at Salter Street (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Sapperton Park at 351 E Columbia Street (9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.)

 

Heat warning in effect Thursday-Saturday w/ highs of 29-35°C. Starting August 11th at noon, cooling centres will open: Century House 24/7; Queensborough Community Centre noon-9pm; Anvil Centre noon-9pm; @NWPLibrary extended hrs to 9pm. Pls share!https://t.co/lxO7ITR1SJ #newwest pic.twitter.com/2OQxuKg5qI

— City of New Westminster (@New_Westminster) August 10, 2021

North Vancouver

Air-conditioned spaces:

• North Vancouver City Library
• Harry Jerome Recreation Centre
• John Braithwaite Recreation Centre

 

Misting stations:

• The Shipyards – look for orange tents under the crane and beside the water park
• Waterfront Park – by the Spirit Trail
• Moodyville Park – near the playground
• Civic Plaza – just south of the library steps
• Victoria Park – West – SW corner of Lonsdale & West Keith Road

 

 

Spray parks:

• Mahon Park at 17th & Jones Avenue 10am-8pm
• Shipyards Splash Park 10am-8pm

Pitt Meadows

Cooling centre:

Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre

Spray park:

The Spray Park at 12474 Lougheed Hwy.

Port Coquitlam

Cooling centres:

• Port Coquitlam Community Centre (PCC)
• Terry Fox Library

 

Spray parks:

• Castle Park at 2252 Castle Crescent
• Lions Park at 2300 Lions Way
• Sun Valley Spray Park at 3700 Hamilton Street

 

Tips to prepare for the upcoming heat:
✔️Reach out to relatives, seniors and those who may be at higher risk.
✔️ Identify a cooler space to use at night (you may need to reconfigure living arrangements)
✔️ Make ice, prepare jugs of cool water
✔️ Check that you have a working fan pic.twitter.com/jShqMBSRAA

— BC Centre for Disease Control (@CDCofBC) August 10, 2021

Port Moody

Cooling centre:

Civic Centre Galleria (100 Newport Drive)

Misting tents:

Pioneer Memorial Park (275 Knowle Street)
PoMo Rotary SK8 Park (2910 Murray Street)

Spray parks:

• Ailsa Park at 500 Blk Ailsa Avenue
• Easthill Park at 1385 Union Street
• Rocky Point Park at 2800 Blk Murray Street

 

Richmond

Cooling centres

• Cambie Community Centre
• South Arm Community Centre
• Minoru Centre for Active Living (not including Aquatic Centre)
• Richmond Public Library’s Cambie, Ironwood, Steveston or Brighouse branch
• Richmond Cultural Centre lobby

 

Other Air-conditioned spaces
Some spaces require advance appointments due to COVID-19

Arenas

Minoru Arenas (7551 Minoru Gate) appointment required
Richmond Ice Centre (14140 Triangle Rd.) appointment required

Community Centres

• Cambie (12800 Cambie Rd.) appointment required
• City Centre (5900 Minoru Blvd.) appointment required
• Hamilton (5140 Smith Dr.) appointment required
• South Arm (8880 Williams Rd.) appointment required
• Steveston (4111 Moncton St.) appointment required
• Thompson (5151 Granville Ave.) appointment required
• West Richmond (9180 No. 1 Rd.) appointment required

Libraries

•  Brighouse (7700 Minoru Gate)
•  Cambie (11590 Cambie Rd.)
•  Ironwood (11688 Steveston Hwy.)
•  Steveston (4111 Moncton St.)

Richmond City Hall 6911 No. 3 Rd. appointment required

Richmond Olympic Oval 6111 River Rd. appointment required

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Fountains:

• 3rd Ave. & Moncton St.
• Aberdeen Park—North end in Dog Park (8331 Cambie Rd.)
• Aberdeen Park—Middle of park (8331 Cambie Rd.)
• Bayview St. & 2nd Ave.
• Bayview St. & No 1 Rd Boardwalk
• Bayview St. & English Ave.
• Blundell–West Dyke (West Dyke Trail)
• Bridgeport Trail (9100 Van Horne Way)
• Britannia Shipyards (5180 Westwater Dr.)
• Burkeville Park (1060 Catalina Cres.)
• Capstan Park (north and south) (3311 Carscallen Rd.)
• Dyke Trail Dog Park (Dyke Rd. & No. 3 Rd.)
• Hamilton Off Leash Dog Park (4500 Thompson Rd.)
• Garden City Dog Park (9371 Granville Ave.)
• Garden City Park (9280 Alberta Rd.)
• Garry Point (just past parking lot) (12011 7th Ave.)
• General Currie School Park (8191 Jones Rd.)
• Hugh Boyd Park (artificial turf fields) (9200 No. 1 Rd.)
• King George Park gazebo (12180 Cambie Rd.)
• Lang Park (8211 Saba Rd.)
• Latrace Field (centre of Minoru Park)
• London Landing (6140 Dyke Rd.)
• McNeely School basketball court (12440 McNeely Dr.)
• Minoru Bowling Green
• Minoru Centre for Active Living (building exterior)
• Minoru Park Waterfall
• Minoru Grandstands (7700 Minoru Gate)
• Olympic Oval—Beach volleyball area (6911 River Rd.)
• Nature Park West (11851 Westminster Hwy.)
• No. 2 Rd. North Pump Station (6451 River Rd.)
• No. 3 Rd. Pier (13871 No. 3 Rd.)
• No. 4 Rd. & River Rd—North Dyke
• No. 7 Rd. Pier (15911 River Rd.)
• Phoenix Pond at Imperial Landing
• Public Works Yard (5599 Lynas Lane)
• Railway Granville Bike Park (7011 McCallan Rd.)
• Railway Greenway (4840 Blundell Rd.)
• Railway Greenway—Branscombe House (4900 Steveston Hwy.)
• River Rd. & No 1 Rd.
• Shell Rd. Trail (south end) (12151 Shell Rd)
• South Arm Dog Park (9206 South Arm Place)
• Terra Nova North (2351 River Rd.)
• Terra Nova South Park (6800 Barnard Dr.)
• Thomas Kidd School field (10951 Shell Rd. )
• Thompson Community Centre (skatepark) (6911 Lynas Lane)
• Williams Rd–West Dyke (3128 Williams Rd.)
• UBC Boathouse (7411 River Rd.)

Misting stations:

• Bayview & No. 1 Rd
• Moncton & 3rd Ave
• Garry Point
• Thompson Community Centre (Basketball Court)
• Back side of London/Steveston School Park (Ball Diamond Area)

 

Spray parks:

• Burkeville Park (1060 Catalina Cres.)
• Dixon Park (9331 Diamond Road)
• King George Community Park (12180 Cambie Rd.)
• Steveston Community Park (4111 Moncton St.)

 

Surrey

Air-conditioned spaces:

• City Centre Library 10350 University Drive
• Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre 13458 107A Ave
• Cloverdale Recreation Centre 6188 176 Street
• Clayton Community Centre 7155 187A Street
• Cloverdale Library 5642 176A Street
• Fleetwood Library 15996 84 Avenue
• Fraser Heights Recreation Centre 10588 160 Street
• Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre 16855 24 Avenue
• Guildford Recreation Centre 15105 105 Avenue
• Guildford Library 15105 105 Avenue
• Museum of Surrey 17710 56A Avenue
• Newton Library 13795 70 Avenue
• Newton Recreation Centre 13730 72 Avenue
• Ocean Park Library 12854 17 Avenue
• Semiahmoo Library 1815 152 Street
• South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre 14601 20 Avenue
• Strawberry Hill Library 7399 122 Street
• Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex #100 – 16555 Fraser Hwy

 

Cooling/misting tents:

• Surrey Urban Mission Society
  • North Surrey ERC, 10275 City Parkway, 11am-7pm

  Options Community Services

  • Bill Reid Place, 17752 Colebrook Place, 10am-6pm
  • Hyland House Newton, 6595 King George Blvd, 10am-6pm

   Atira Women’s Resource Society

  • Shimai Transition House, 13327 100A Ave, 12:30pm-8pm
  • Little’s Place, 2430 King George Blvd, 10am-6pm

  Nightshift Street Ministries

  • Cooling centre set up at 10635 King George Blvd, 1pm-5pm

 

Spray parks:

• Bear Creek Park
• Bridgeview Park
• Cloverdale Athletic Park
• Erma Stephenson Park
• Fleetwood Park
• Goldstone Park
• Hawthorne Rotary Park
• Hazelgrove Park Newton Athletic Park
• South Surrey Athletic Park
• Unwin Park

 

Another Heat Warning has been issued for our region with temperatures expected to be 34°C – 38°C over the next 3 days.

Please check in on those most vulnerable to heat illness including seniors and children. See list of our Extreme Heat Relief Locations: https://t.co/C48MV5xrzv https://t.co/EsIT5HwEhT

— City of Surrey (@CityofSurrey) August 11, 2021

Vancouver

Cooling centres:
Asterisk notes location where staff will do their best to accommodate pets on a leash

• Britannia Community Centre*
• Carnegie Community Centre
• Central Library
• Britannia Library
• Champlain Library
• Collingwood Library
• Dunbar Library
• Evelyne Saller Centre
• Firehall Library
• Fraserview Library
• Gathering Place
• Hastings Library
• Hillcrest Centre*
• Kensington Library
• Kerrisdale Community Centre*
• Killarney Community Centre*
• Kitsilano Library
• Marpole Library*
• Mount Pleasant Community Centre*
• Mount Pleasant Library
• Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre
• n?´c?a?mat ct Strathcona Library
• Ray-Cam Community Centre*
• Renfrew Library
• Roundhouse Community Centre*
• South Hill Library
• Terry Salman Library
• West End Community Centre*
• West Point Grey Library

 

Misting stations:

• Andy Livingstone Park
• Columbia and Powell
• Nelson Park
• Robson and Cardero
• Thornton Park

 

Spray parks:

• Aberdeen Park
• Adanac Park
• Balaclava Park
• Beaconsfield Park
• Bobolink Park
• Chaldecott Park spray park
• Champlain Park
• China Creek Park
• Connaught Park spray park
• CRAB Park at Portside spray park
• David Lam Park
• Garden Park spray park
• Grandview Park spray park
• Harbour Green Park spray park
• Hastings Park spray park
• Hinge Park spray park
• Kensington Park
• Kerrisdale Park
• Memorial West Park
• Oppenheimer Park
• Lumberman’s Arch in Stanley Park spray park
• MacLean Park spray park
• Norquay Park spray park
• Oak Park spray park
• Pandora Park spray park
• Prince Edward Park spray park
• Slocan Park
• West Point Grey Park

Wading pools:

• Connaught Park spray park
• CRAB Park at Portside spray park
• Chaldecott Park spray park
• Garden Park spray park
• Grandview Park spray park
• Harbour Green Park spray park
• Hastings Park spray park
• Hinge Park spray park
• Lumberman’s Arch in Stanley Park spray park
• MacLean Park spray park
• Norquay Park spray park
• Oak Park spray park
• Pandora Park spray park
• Prince Edward Park spray park

 

Drinking fountains:

• Union and Hawks
• E. Hastings and Gore
• Granville and Robson
• Nelson and Howe
• E. Hastings and Kamloops
• Powell and Gore
• Powell and Jackson
• E. Hastings and Heatley
• E. Hastings and Hawks
• Keefer and Columbia
• Main and E. Hastings
• 99 W. Pender
• Comox and Denman
• Comox and Cardero
• 1200 Davie
• Davie and Burrard
• Comox and Chilco
• Comox and Gilford
• Jervis and Burnaby
• Cardero and Burnaby
• Gilford and Nelson
• Nelson and Broughton
• Nicola and Beach
• Denman and Nelson
• Robson and Chilco
• Robson and Burrard

 

City parks with drinking fountains:

• Oppenheimer
• Crab Park
• Pioneer Place
• Victory Square
• Andy Livingstone Park
• MacLean Park
• Woodland Park
• Pandora Park
• Strathcona Park
• Mosaic Creek Park
• Grandview Park
• Trillium Park
• Creekside Park
• Coopers Park
• David Lam Park
• George Wainborn Park
• Emery Barnes Park
• Harbour Green Park
• Devonian Harbour Park
• Coal Harbour Park
• Art Phillips Park
• Bute and Haro Mini-park
• Sunset Beach
• Alexandra Park
• Morton Park

 

Handwashing stations:

• 604 E. Hastings
• 320 Alexander
• Dunlevy and E. Cordova
• 201 Central
• 15 E. Hastings
• 62 E. Hastings
• Hastings and Columbia
• Granville and W. Georgia
• 609 Helmcken