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Connaught Heights Park

2138 Ninth Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2009/04/27

Connaught Heights Park; City of New Westminster, 2009
Aerial view, 2009
Connaught Heights Park; City of New Westminster, 2009
General view, 2009
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Other Name(s)

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Construction Date(s)

1976/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2010/04/16

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

Connaught Heights Park is situated beside the neighbourhood school, and is comprised of treed areas, lawns, and tennis courts, all between London Street and Ninth Avenue at 22nd Street in the Connaught Heights neighbourhood of New Westminster.

Heritage Value

Established in 1976, Connaught Heights Park is important for its historical location and as the only formal park in the neighbourhood. It is valued by the community for its quiet, open space with a variety of recreational amenities and excellent views to the south and west.

The park is located on land once part of a power line corridor, indicating the area’s connection until recently with industrial areas around it.

Source: City of New Westminster Planning Department

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of Connaught Heights Park include its:

Siting, Context and Landscape
- trees in varying degrees of formal planting
- adjacency to school
- extensive areas of lawn with good views to the south and west
- tennis courts

Recognition

Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (BC)

Recognition Statute

Local Government Act, s.954

Recognition Type

Community Heritage Register

Recognition Date

2009/04/27

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
People and the Environment

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Leisure
Park

Architect / Designer

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of New Westminster Planning Department

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

DhRr-283

Status

Published

Related Places

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