Walter Baker Sports Centre 4.04

Walter Baker Sports Centre is located in Barrhaven a suburb in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in the former City of Nepean at 100 Malvern Drive. Walter Baker is known to many as just "Baker", Walter Baker is attached to John McCrae Secondary School. The center has 2 Ice Hockey rinks and maintains both rinks in the summer season. There is also a pool area that has 4 pools, hot tub, rock wall, inflatable obstacle course (Wibit, and a steam room.The building also offers a upper gym with weights and cardio machines and a lower gym with free weights. As well as 4 squash courts.HistoryWalter Baker was first known as South Nepean Centre. It was built for the former City of Nepean, Ontario in 1980 and was officially opened on October 4, 1980 by Ben Franklin, then the mayor. It wasn't until November 24, 1983 that the center was named in memory of Walter Baker, the local Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton.FacilitiesPoolThe Pool area has a 25 meter lap pool, dive tank, a training pool, a rock climbing wall in the dive tank, children's pool, inflatable obstacle course (Wibit