For those of you near Confederation Creek, and are looking forward to dusting of your skates, the city will be installing an outdoor rink again (by the tennis courts and baseball field). #yyccc #yyc
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Confederation Park lies in the northwest part of the city. This crescent shaped park of more than 160 hectares was once known as “the North Hill Coulee”. The wetland section, approximately eight hectares, runs between 14 St. N.W. and 30 Ave. N.W. The park was created in 1967 to mark the centennial of Canadian Confederation.
Confederation Park is home to the Confederation Golf Course (3204 Collingwood Dr. N.W.) and the Lions Festival of Lights that run annually in December and early January daily from 7 p.m. to midnight.
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Confederation Park was created to celebrate Canada’s Centennial in 1967. In 1965 the Centennial Ravine Park Society was established to advocate for the development of this coulee as a city park. This organization expanded its membership with individuals, business and service groups in the surrounding neighborhoods and throughout the city, raising support, funds and contributions.
The park was also created as a result of the vision of Harry Boothman, one of The City of Calgary’s influential Parks Superintendents. Boothman envisioned a park created for the enjoyment of Calgarians, supporting unstructured activities and environmental preservation, rather than focusing strictly on ornamental parks or purely recreational spaces, as was standard practice at the time.
Confederation Park is considered an outstanding achievement in landscape design. One of its most distinguishable features are the park’s carefully moulded and sculpted topography, which was transformed from the once-jagged, rough and steep coulee walls into gently sloped and contoured hillsides. The park’s theme is oriented around the naturally occurring stream and coulee. The design concept originates from a landscape style known as Picturesque, originating in England in the 18th century and still influencing the landscape architect profession today.
