Stanley Park – Vancouver’s Downtown Jewel
February 16th, 2008 Categories: Coal Harbour
So you live in Coal Harbour…what do you like the most about the neighbourhood? The recreation facilities at your doorstep would have to rank high (boating, jogging, rollerblading, walking the seawall, hiking through Stanley Park, tennis, to name just a few).
Coordinates: 49303748 N 123.145237 W. Operated by The Vancouver Parks Board.
Here’s Wikipedia description of our beautiful park…pretty impressive eh? Ranked the 6th best in North America and the 16th best in the world! Wow!
Stanley Parkis a 404.9 hectare (1,000 acre) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city-owned park in Canada and the third largest in North America The park attracts an estimated eight million visitors every year, including locals and tourists, who come for its recreational facilities and its natural attributes. An 8.8 kilometre (5.5 mile) seawall path circles the park, which is used by 2.5 million pedestrians, cyclists, and in-line skaters every year. Much of the park remains forested with an estimated half million trees that can be as tall as 76 metres (250 feet) and hundreds of years old. There are approximately 200 km (125 miles) of trails and roads in the park, which are patrolled by the Vancouver Police Department’s mounted squad. The Project for Public Spaces has ranked Stanley Park as the sixteenth best park in the world and sixth best in North America.
On 27 September 1888 the park was officially opened, where it was named after Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada at the time. The following year, Stanley became the first Governor General to visit British Columbia when he officially dedicated the park.
What do you enjoy about the Park? How often do you use it? What changes would you like to see in the Park?
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