With all of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s community pools closed for the season as of Monday, the town urges residents to beat the late summer heat at the Virgil splash pad. It will remain open until mid-October. Three-year-old Isaiah Irvine and 11-year-old Logan Elrod enjoyed a cool down in the sun after Elrod’s first day of Grade 7 at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School.