Queen Elizabeth Park, British Columbia

Queen Elizabeth Park
A view of the park

Type	Public Park
Location	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°14′32″N 123°06′54″W / 49.24222°N 123.11500°W / 49.24222; -123.11500 (Queen Elizabeth Park)
Area	52 hectares (130 acres)
Created	1939
Operated by	City of Vancouver
Website	vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/queen-elizabeth-park.aspx

Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre^[1] municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on top of Little Mountain approximately 125 metres (410 ft) above sea level^[2] and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.^[3]

History

Before European settlement, the park was an old-growth forest and a spawning ground for salmon. Grey wolves, elk and bears would frequent the area. The settler population which began in earnest in the 1870s exterminated the grey wolves, elk and bears, chopped down all the old growth forest and paved over the salmon creeks. The salmon creeks that extend from Queen Elizabeth to False Creek do still exist today, however, they have been paved over.^[4]

In 1936, the BC Tulip Association suggested the creation of sunken gardens within the old quarries to the city's park board.^[3] By the end of that decade, the site had been turned over to the Vancouver Park Board for park and recreation purposes. The park was dedicated by King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth (the mother of Queen Elizabeth II) during their visit to Vancouver in 1939, as King and Queen of Canada. From that time, Park staff incrementally transformed the overgrown hillsides into Canada's first civic arboretum, with a generous donation from the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. The popular quarry gardens were designed by Park Board Deputy Superintendent Bill Livingstone and were unveiled in the early 1960s.

Prentice Bloedel's gift of $1.25 million funded the open reservoirs and built the country's first geodesic conservatory, which is surrounded by covered walkways, lighted fountains and a sculpture, Henry Moore's Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65. The Bloedel Floral Conservatory opened on December 6, 1969 amidst much jubilation. Its enclosed tropical garden houses 500 exotic plants and flowers and more than a hundred free-flying tropical birds.^[5]

Attractions

There are several other attractions in the park including:

Arboretum
Celebration Pavilion
Bloedel Floral Conservatory
Fountains/Plaza
Quarry Gardens
Painters' Corner
Sculpture

Several episodes of the long running TV show Stargate SG-1 were filmed there.^{[citation needed]}

Activities

Activities at Queen Elizabeth Park include:

Pitch and putt golf course
Little Mountain disc golf course
Tennis courts
Lawn bowling club
Tai Chi
Jogging

References

^ "History of Queen Elizabeth Park". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
^ "City of Vancouver - Queen Elizabeth Park". City of Vancouver. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Bloedel Conservatory - History". Vancouver Heritage Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "Rivers run beneath us". The Georgia Straight. July 21, 2005. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^ "Bloedel Conservatory". City of Vancouver. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

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