Riverside Park, Park along the Speed River in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Riverside Park is an 80-acre (32-hectare) park along the Speed River in Guelph, Ontario, opened in 1905 on a former farm site. Its features include a 1919 Allan Herschell carousel with 28 jumping horses and two menagerie animals, a miniature train on a 650 m track, a 28-foot floral clock with over 6,000 plants, and a scale model of John Galt's 1827 Priory house near the west entrance.

The park was founded in 1905, originally covering only about 14 acres, as part of Guelph's strategy to promote its streetcar system - a naming contest led to the selection of Riverside Park. Throughout the twentieth century, the park expanded significantly and acquired landmark attractions such as the antique wooden carousel built in 1919 and later the floral clock from the 1950s, which remains the only patented clock of its kind in Canada.

The name Riverside Park came from a 1905 contest held by the Guelph Radial Railway, whose streetcar line stopped at the site; the winning entry referred to the nearby Speed River. The river still hosts dragon-boat races, paddleboat rides and, in winter, ice skating, and chemical herbicides and pesticides are banned in the riparian zone.

The park is free to enter with complimentary parking at Woolwich Street or Marilyn Drive entrances, and wide paved paths allow visitors to move strollers and wheelchairs with ease. A concession stand operates from noon to 7:30 pm in summer, and four rentable pavilions are perfect for picnics or gatherings, while supervision near the river is recommended due to the strong current.

The carousel was carved by Allan Herschell around 1919 and holds 28 jumping horses, a pig and a rooster, plus four chariots. Guelph bought it in 1970 from Conklin Garrett amusements of Brantford for $6,000; after closing in 1976, a campaign by lawyer John Valeriote and artist Ken Danby reopened it in 1979.