Fairley Park - Merritt, BC
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N 50° 06.680 W 120° 47.673
10U E 657685 N 5553338
This park was built by the fire fighters of Merritt as a memorial to one of their own, George Murray Paris Fairley, who was killed while on active duty on September 17th, 1967.
Waymark Code: WMN82R
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/16/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The park was designed and built by the firefighters primarily as a kiddies park with a well equipped playground and large open grassed area. On the corner of Quilchena Avenue and Creasby Street, the park is a trapezoid ocupying a half city block with mature trees on the perimeter and the playground and picnic tables spaced about on the grass.

If your kids are toddlers then Fairley Park is the park to visit. This park was fund raised for and specially designed by the Merritt Fire Rescue Department for the smaller children. The playground equipment will let the little ones explore and swing until content and if they are brave enough they can ride the dinosaur!
From Merritt Parks
Name: Fairley Park

Street Location: 1788 Quilchena Avenue

Local Municipality: Merritt

State/Province, etc.: BC

Country: Canada

Web Site: [Web Link]

Memorial/Commemoration: Fireman George Murray Paris Fairley

Picnic Facilities: Tables

Recreational Facilities:
Children's Playground

Monuments/Statues: George Murray Paris Fairley Monument

Date Established: Not listed

Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed

Fountains: Not listed

Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed

Special Events: Not listed

Traditional Geocaches: Not listed
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