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Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre [1] municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on top of Little Mountain approximately 125 metres (410 ft) above sea level [ 2 ] and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.
Little Mountain is the former name of a quarry located at what is now Queen Elizabeth Park. The quarry garden at the park is one of the most popular places in Vancouver. There is a pitch and putt and a disc golf course at Queen Elizabeth Park, as well as the Seasons In The Park restaurant.
The rocks from the quarry were primarily used to build roads in the Gastown, Shaughnessy and South Vancouver, British Columbia. [3] [4] In the 1920s, one of the quarries was converted to a water reservoir for the city. Queen Elizabeth Park was established in 1940, and the reservoir was covered over by a parking lot in 1963. [5]
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Building a conservatory on top of Queen Elizabeth Park's Little Mountain was a complicated project. The city had already leased the top of the mountain to the Greater Vancouver Water Board and they had built a 5 + 1 ⁄ 2-acre open water reservoir for the city's potable water supply. A concrete lid was constructed in 1965 to cover the reservoir ...
The funeral for the late Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday, 19 September, after Her Majesty died on Thursday 8 September, aged 96.. The Queen will be reunited with her ...
The Quarry Road entrance serves as the primary trail access point for hikers and bird watchers. The Oliver Road entrance provides access to Minnekhada Lodge, as well as access to some of the trails. There is a secondary entrance in the northwest corner of the park, further north of the Quarry Road entrance, but there is no parking at this location.
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