Saskatoon HOME magazine Spring 2015

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H O ME t o w n R E F L E C TIONS . . . . .

to it, bouncing up and down to spread the chemicals more evenly through the water. You can’t write a history of swimming in Saskatoon without mentioning Penguin Park (also named at one time Penguin Village by a different owner). Built at the height of the water slide craze of the 1980s, the park on Idylwyld Drive North opened in August of 1986 and featured several death-defying runs including a near-vertical 72-foot drop. As the popularity of outdoor water slides waned, so did that of Penguin Park, which eventually closed. In 1993, the slides were dismantled and

Opened in 1986, Penguin Park was an outdoor water park that holds a special place of memories for many Saskatonians. Photos: Richard Marjan, The StarPhoenix

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