Queen's Park - Toronto, Ontario
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Metro2
N 43° 39.946 W 079° 23.576
17T E 629567 N 4836006
This park in downtown Toronto was opened in 1860.
It is technically owned by the University of Toronto and leased to the City of Toronto for 999 years!
Waymark Code: WMF29M
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/10/2012
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Surrounded by the University of Toronto campus, Queen's Park has dozens of statues and monuments, tree-shaded paths and benches.
Wikipedia (
visit link) adds:
"The section of the park north of Wellesley Street follows the traditional British design, dominated by large trees that provide extensive cover during summer. Footpaths radiate outwards from an equestrian statue of Edward VII, which stands on a large mound at the centre of the northern section. The statue originally stood in India, but was moved to Canada after 1969, when India became a Commonwealth republic. The main north-south path runs between the statue and the war memorial of the 48th Highlanders at the park's northern tip. The site is approximately oval; however the southwestern edge of Queens Park "kinks in" somewhat. In the past, this was the bank of Taddle Creek. With the creek long-buried, the kink remains.
The oval park is bounded by Queen's Park Crescent East and West. These form part of a major through route consist of University Avenue (south of College Street), Queen's Park Crescent East and West, Queen's Park, and Avenue Road (north of Bloor Street). Queen's Park Crescent East and West carry northbound and southbound traffic respectively and are linked to make a complete counterclockwise loop around the park. University Avenue, Queen's Park (with no suffix), and Avenue Road have two-way traffic and lie in essentially the same straight line. Wellesley Street bisects Queen's Park Crescent slightly north of the loop's centre."