
Victoria Park, London, Ontario
N 42° 59.398 W 081° 14.969
17T E 479661 N 4759730
Quick Description: A very pretty piece of greenspace in the heart of downtown London.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 1/5/2009 11:20:20 AM
Waymark Code: WM5GTX
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Long Description:The following is from the Ontario Heritage Properties Database, and
gives the reasons for it's designation better than I could:
Victoria Park represents a unique combination of beauty, amenity
and heritage in the City of London. The 6.25 hectare park has been
a gathering place for Londoners since 1874. Victoria Park is of
significant historic, architectural and cultural heritage landscape
importance in five key areas:
Historical Reason
(a) As a registered archaeological site;
(b) Military history;
c) A designed landscape;
(d) A place of public gathering and celebration; and
(e) Monuments