Beasley Park, Community park in Hamilton, Canada.
Beasley Park is a public recreational space in Hamilton offering facilities for various activities. The site features a concrete skatepark, a playground, a spray pad, and a decorative fountain along Mary Street.
The park takes its name from Richard Beasley, who arrived from New York in 1777 and became one of Hamilton's first settlers. The site was previously a Grand Trunk Railway freight yard before being transformed into a recreational area.
The park is named after Richard Beasley (1761–1842), a soldier, politician, farmer and businessman in Upper Canada who came from New York in 1777 and was one of Hamilton's first settlers. The land later held early Hamilton industries, including Grand Trunk Railway yards, before becoming a park in 1976.
The park is bounded by Cannon Street to the north, Mary Street to the west, Wilson Street to the south and Ferguson Avenue to the east, in Hamilton's Lower City. The 1991 redevelopment added a concrete walkway and an accessible creative play structure, so the grounds can be crossed on paved paths.
The park's 1991 redevelopment was funded by Ontario's P.R.I.D.E. H.I.N.T. programme (Renewal, Improvement, Development, Economic revitalization and Housing Intensification) together with the City of Hamilton. That funding paid for the accessible creative play structure, decorative fountain, concrete walkway, community centre and skateboarding area.
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