Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is 90 years old
The New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim began in 1920 when the late Peter Pantages organized the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim Club. Membership in the new club, at that time, consisted of ten persons. They used the basement of the Sylvia Hotel as a changing and assembling area prior to taking the plunge in English Bay. Later, because of the increase in participation, the Polar Bear Swim Club used the Vancouver Swimming Club headquarters just west of the English Bay pier as their assembly and pre-plunge headquarters. The swim commenced in the water adjacent to the club headquarters and the swim of approximately 300 yards around the pier took place.
The year 2010 will mark the 90th year of the Polar Bear Swim!
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