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Photos: See what it looked like to ice skate in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­parks a century ago

It's a sight we don't really see these days.

Many of us have never gotten to experience ice skating on the frozen waters of Vancouver's public parks in our lifetimes, but a century ago it was fairly common practice.

With the cold steady enough to keep the ice thick enough for holding ice skaters, once upon a time you could lace up and take a few spins on Lost Lagoon, Trout Lake, and Burnaby Lake.

Nowadays, in order for us to be able to skate on our park lakes the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Parks Board has to give the okay based on the ice thickness and temperature--and it doesn't happen often!

These photos from the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives are from the 1890s through the 1930s, and show the wintery fun of a time gone by.

Additionally, the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby uploaded a home video from circa 1927 showing people skating on Lost Lagoon.