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Come explore the 22 parks in downtown #YYC there is something for everyone! Some highlights on the parks featured in order of appearance 🎥: St. Patrick’s Island was redeveloped in 2015 with hiking and biking trails, a public plaza and amphitheatre, playground, and restored river channels. Prince’s Island Park is named for Peter Anthony Prince, a lumberman who came to Calgary in 1886. Barb Scott Park features the illuminated public art piece, Chinook Arc, provides interest while driving down 12 avenue and serves as a beacon of light for this highly visible location. Century Gardens was recently redeveloped and features: Heritage waterfalls, public art sculptures, a wood amphitheatre, new central water feature splash pad. Sien Lok Park has a sculpture titled "In Search of Gold Mountain" which was sculpted by Chu Honsun from 15 tonnes of granite from Hopei Province in China. It was sculpted to honour the Chinese history within Canada.​​​​​​​ Experience all that downtown has...

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