PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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Interesting Type of Park Swimming Pool 
walls of the building. The northeast 
belvedere is to be used as a shelter for 
the public during inclement or rainy 
weather, and will afford an excellent view 
of the swimming pool as well as of the 
surrounding scenery. The southeast 
belvedere gives access to the natural 
cave in Sulphur mountain. This cave 
contains the small pool with the hot 
sulphur springs, and also fantastic rock 
formations in the walls and roof, and is 
lighted by a natural shaft extending to 
^e surface of the ground. The tunnel 
between the belvedere and the cave has 
been paved with concrete, and electric 
lights installed at intervals. As this cave 
F,XTERIOR OF NEW RATH HOUSE AND StVIJIMING POOL, ROCKY ^MOUNTAINS 
PARK, BANFF, CANADA. 
The new bath-house and outdoor 
swimming pool recently erected by the 
Canadian Dominion Parks in the Rocky 
Mountains Park at Banff, is an inter- 
esting type of outdoor natatorium. 
The building is of very pleasing de- 
sign, built upon the side of Sulphur 
mountain between the Cave and Hot 
Springs basin, and adds greatly to the 
charm of the landscape, in addition to 
supplying a long-felt want in the way of 
additional bathing accommodation. In 
the past, many tourists who desired to 
patronize the baths have been unable to 
do so, owing to the limited number 
which could be accommodated at one 
time. 
The present building is only half of 
the plan as projected by the architect; 
when the other half is undertaken and 
the grounds below the terrace drained 
and artistically laid out in conformity 
with the general rearrangement plans, 
Banff will certainly be the ‘‘Gem of the 
Rockies.” 
The walls of the building are con- 
structed of reinforced concrete, faced on 
the outside with blue limestone quarried 
■in the locality, the inside face being 
rtibbed smooth and then painted. The 
intention of the architect in using the 
local limestone for the outside facing 
was to have a building that would 
harmonize with the surroundings and 
scenery, and it is admitted by all who 
have seen it that the building is very 
successful in this respect. 
At the northeast and southeast cor- 
ners there are two belvederes, con- 
structed of the stone and roofed with 
red Spanish tile, which lends an attract- 
ive touch of color to the grey limestone 
is always a popular resort with tourists, 
the increased facilities for access to it 
should be much appreciated. 
The swimming pool is 150 feet long 
by 35 feet wide, and is the largest of its 
kind in Canada. At the shallow end the 
depth is 3 feet, from which it gradually 
deepens to 8 feet. Diving blocks, chutes 
and springboards have been installed so 
that bathers will have every facility for 
enjoying themselves. A scum trough ex- 
tends around the edges of the pool, the 
water being drawn off by pipes, thus 
preventing the accumulation of scum on 
the surface, which it would otherwise be 
impossible to prevent, owing to the 
water being so highly impregnated with 
sulphur. The walls and floors of the 
pool are lined with porcelain brick so 
that it can easily be kept clean and 
sanitary. Supply pipes have been laid 
from the natural pool, so that an ample 
supply of hot sulphur water is assured. 
A drain pipe has also been laid from the 
deep end, and the pool may be rapidly 
emptied by means of this pipe whenever 
it is considered desirable for cleaning or 
other purposes. 
Dressing rooms, capable of accom- 
modating 132 persons, have been built 
along the south side of the pool. The 
roof over these dressing rooms and over 
the entrance portico form two terraces 
and a promenade, which are reached by 
stairs at the southeast corner of the 
building. The terraces are each 4 feet 
wide, and the promenade 25 feet wide. 
■As a splendid view of the pool may be 
had from either of the terraces or the 
promenade, it is to be expected that 
they will prove very popular in fine 
weather. 
SWIMMING POOL IN BATH HOUSE AT BANFF, ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK. 
