Central Park, Urban park in Burnaby, Canada.
Central Park is a large urban park in Burnaby featuring extensive forested areas, ponds, and diverse recreational facilities. The grounds contain tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, a pitch and putt golf course, and Swangard Stadium at its northwest corner.
The land was originally set aside in 1891 as a naval reserve to supply masts and spars for Royal Navy ships. It was later transformed into a public recreation area and continues to serve the community as a leisure destination.
The Korean War Memorial stands on the west side of the park, close to Boundary Road, not on the east side. The park itself was named for Mrs. Sarah (Christine) Oppenheimer, wife of Vancouver's second mayor, who was born in New York City. The 5-kilometre Terry Fox Trail, circling the upper pond and reaching the lower pond, is used each year for the Terry Fox Run in Burnaby.
The main entrance is off Kingsway near Patterson Avenue, and Patterson SkyTrain station sits at the park's northeast corner. The 5 km Terry Fox Trail loops around the upper pond and reaches the lower pond; the 2.6 km Trail of Hope follows a similar loop. Facilities are grouped by side: pool on the west, tennis courts, golf and fitness circuit on the southeast, baseball diamond and lawn bowling on the northeast.
The park contains forest sections where trees have grown from stumps left by logging operations in the 1890s. These second-growth forests demonstrate how the land naturally recovered after heavy human use.
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