Parc Victoria, Urban park in La Cité-Limoilou, Canada.
Parc Victoria is an urban park in Quebec City's Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur area, on the south shore of the Saint-Charles River. Its grounds hold soccer, volleyball, baseball, basketball, tennis, skateboarding and hockey facilities, plus the Stade Canac baseball stadium and the municipal court of Quebec.
Parc Victoria opened in 1897 on land that had belonged to the Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus. It was named for Queen Victoria in the year of her Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years of reign. In 1920 the park was the scene of the Blanche Garneau affair.
Parc Victoria is home to Stade Canac, where the Capitales de Québec baseball team plays; the stadium was previously used by the Carnavals de Québec. The park also holds the site of the Blanche Garneau affair of 1920, a notorious criminal case in the city's history.
The park lies at the boundary of Saint-Sauveur and Saint-Roch, with the Saint-Charles River along its north side. The municipal court and police headquarters occupy part of the grounds, so some areas are civic rather than recreational. Stade Canac hosts baseball games, and the sports surfaces are outdoors, so plan around the Quebec winter.
The municipal court and the central police station of Quebec City opened on the park grounds on 9 December 1966, after construction began in 1964. Demolition of the station was scheduled to start in 2024, once the city's new station opened on 14 May 2024. The Stade Canac, home of the Capitales de Québec, also stands here.
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