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Create AccountThe period of intense park building (1880-1914) was stimulated by an interplay of 4 factors. The first was a belief that the city dweller's increasing separation from nature caused physical, mental and moral distress. Parks were seen as healing antidotes to this urban malaise.
Stanley Park (established 1887, 4 km2) is Vancouver’s first city park and one of the largest urban parks in Canada. It encompasses the peninsula west of downtown Vancouver and is surrounded by the waters of Burrard Inlet, Coal Harbour and English Bay. Stanley Park is located on the traditional territory of Coast Salish First Nations, including the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh. In 1886, the council for the City of Vancouver sent a request to the Canadian government for permission to use the military reserve to the west of the city as a public park. The Canadian government granted the city permission to create such a park in 1887. Stanley Park later opened to the public on 27 September 1888. The park is named for Governor General Frederick Arthur Stanley.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
This article is from our Toronto Feature series. Features from past programs are not updated.
The following article is a feature from our Vancouver Feature series. Past features are not updated. A Parks Board gardener, clearing leaves near Beaver Lake, came across a cheap fur coat. Lifting it up, he made a grisly discovery — the skeletal remains of two young children. Dubbed the Babes in the Woods by the press, the sensational, unsolved case remains a haunting piece of Vancouver lore.
