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.