Quayside Park Playground Opening
June 6, 2018
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Quayside Park Playground
Come see the newly renovated Quayside Park Playground! Mayor Jonathan Coté will take on the winner of the tugboat naming contest, Tom Anstruther, in this highly anticipated ping pong face-off. Public tournament to follow. Sign up at the event.

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DID YOU KNOW? A Brief History of the Quayside Park.
[excerpt from newwestcity.ca]

The development of the waterfront Esplanade, combined with residential development on the down-town’s western waterfront between 1986 and 1988, created a need for new playgrounds for this emerging
neighbourhood.

A site adjacent to the railway swing bridge was therefore secured, and a playground designed with a whimsical nautical theme to reflect the site’s location adjacent to the Fraser River was built in 1988. The financing of this $125,000 project required a partnership between the City of New Westminster, the Fraser River Harbour Commission, B.C. Parkway and First Capital City Corporation. The park was officially opened on May 11, 1989 and was the first park to be located on the New Westminster waterfront.

A special feature of the park is the submarine play structure which appears to be emerging from the depths. The sub came from an undulating sculpture at the Expo ’86 site in Vancouver where it was part of the “World in Motion” theme highlighting various modes of transportation.