Borden Natural Swimming Pool

First time and its already my favorite pool. Its more like a beach with the sand.

Love the naturally cool pool & the beach, but it's definitely better suited to warmer days.

LOve this pool!! The sand and lounge chairs. A great atmosphere and it feels like a mini get away. You need to book your pool time 7 days ahead or you can do drop in. They allow 40 people for drop in. You get 1hr and 45 to swim. Booked times keep the crowd to a minimum. Highly recommend it before is over!!Update. I had a hypoglycemic episode thevother day at the pool and the lifeguards were great! They brought me ice packs and filled up my water bottle.They were so professional and very kind.So it's a great place as well as a safe place!!

**edited. From 2022 to 2023.The lifeguards try to parent your kids when you’re right there standing with them. They don’t like any fun happening in the pool. They told us that my 3 year old child might break a foam $1 pool noodle when he was playing with it. The kids can’t walk to the shower without a parent DIRECTLY behind them, kids can’t play together in the shallow pool without being told no. It made us fed up and leave. They want kids to be robots and miserable I guess.They also don’t “cycle” the pool every 2 hours like they claimed the reason for every patron leaving the facility in 2022.There removed the time limits in the pool. Clearly all due to a Covid power trip.Great spot in the city. The pool is chilly, but very refreshing on a hot day.They’re strict about sunscreen, which is great as it helps keep the pool functioning properly.

Great facility. Very clean and well-cared for. My only problem was how cold the water is. I’d only suggest going on the hottest summer days. Perfect for a “beach” day without leaving the city.

We enjoyed our time here very much it is well maintained,the only thing I would have to mention that it would be a great idea to maby have a nother toilet facility closer to the pool area as I am some what disabled. Thank for the evert to provide a great and friendly place to have fun with friends and family.

This is Canada's first natural swimming pool. As the website says Borden Natural Swimming Pool is Canada’s first public

Very nice pool. Had a good time. Make sure you pack your own phosphate free sunscreen or pay over 15$ for theirs though.

Can't believe we haven't been here before. This pool is beautiful and very spacious. There is a kids pool and spray area which allowed for the main pool to stay uncrowded. There is great sand and lots of beach chairs and umbrellas here for patrons to use. The showers are very warm to make up for the chilly water! The water is great once you're settled though. You're allowed to bring food and drink in as well. This is a natural pool which in short means they don't use chlorine here but actually natural bacteria eaters (plankton).We cannot wait to come back next summer!

The pool was great, pretty cold which was really nice during this heat. I see a lot of reviews talking about how rude the staff and lifeguards are, but in our experience they were GREAT. There are rules for a natural pool like this, so they do go over those rules before letting you in, so maybe people just don’t like having to listen? Also, the lifeguards were doing great, and were good at enforcing no small children who couldn’t pass the swim test in the deep end, so maybe that’s what others are complaining about. Otherwise it was a nice relaxing time in a great pool!