By rdnewsNow.com staff

Lifesaving Society

Lifejacket Loaner Stations opening for the season

May 16, 2019 | 3:08 PM

The Lifesaving Society Alberta and Northwest Territories Branch is pleased to announce that 39 Lifejacket Loaner Stations will be opening in Alberta and the Northwest Territories this season.

In fact, many Lifejacket Loaner Stations are set to open this May long weekend.

Lifejacket Loaner Stations provide lifejackets for the public to borrow, at no cost, and then return after use.

Each station is also supplied with Water Smart public education materials and posters to raise awareness about preventing drowning and water-related injury.

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Lifejacket Loaner Stations are currently located in many provincial and territorial parks, as well as in several municipalities and private communities.

The Lifesaving Society acknowledges six new sites in Alberta to open this year, including Athabasca Regional Multiplex, Cochrane Public Library, Wabasca Water World and Fitness Centre, Town of Beaverlodge, Town of Coronation and Town of Grande Cache.

Additional new sites in Alberta include Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park (2 stations), Beaver Lake Provincial Recreation Area, and Pinehurst Lake Campground (Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area).

Further to that, officials say three new stations will be opening in the Northwest Territories, including Ndilo, Dettah and the Town of Fort Smith.

Alberta Lifejacket Loaner Stations:

• Aspen Beach Provincial Park
• Athabasca Regional Multiplex
• Auburn Bay
• Bear Lake – Yellowhead County
• Beauvais Lake Provincial Park
• Beaver Lake Provincial Recreation Area
• Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
• Canadian Forces Base Edmonton
• Chestermere Lake
• Cochrane Public Library
• Crimson Lake Provincial Park
• Cypress Hills Provincial Park
• Dillberry Provincial Park
• Fish Creek Provincial Park – Sikome Lake (2 stations)
• Ghost Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area
• Glenmore Reservoir Heritage Park
• Gregoire Lake Provincial Park
• Henderson Lake Park
• Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
• Lac La Biche County
• Lake Summerside
• Medicine Hat YMCA Downtown Branch
• Moonshine Lake Provincial Park
• Nicholas Sheran Park
• Pigeon Lake Provincial Park
• Pinehurst Lake Campground (Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area)
• Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park (2 stations)
• Touchwood Lake Campground (Lakeland Provincial Recreation Area)
• Town of Beaverlodge
• Town of Coronation
• Town of Grande Cache
• Wabamun Lake Provincial Park
• Wabasca Water World & Fitness Centre
• Young’s Point Provincial Park

Northwest Territories Lifejacket Loaner Stations:

• Dettah
• Fred Henne Beach Territorial Park
• Hay River Territorial Park
• Town of Fort Smith
• Ndilo

Officials with the Lifesaving Society says drowning statistics across Canada continue to demonstrate that not wearing a lifejacket is a key risk factor associated with drowning.

In 84 per cent of boating-related fatalities, those who drowned were not wearing a lifejacket or PFD at the time of the incident.

The Lifesaving Society advocates for the use of lifejackets and active caregiver supervision when in, on and around water.

(With files from the Lifesaving Society)