| Sunken
Gardens Park, Prince Rupert, BC, Canada: A small
two level park has a short pebbled walkway leading through a tunnel
into an open area surrounded by brick walls fronting floral gardens
covered in rainbow colors. The area is well manicured and maintained
with sitting benches and picnic tables so to enjoy the scenery.
Sunken Gardens Park sits on the
first location designed for the community court houses. But in
1923, after more planning and more politics, the Provincial Court
House in Prince Rupert was completed but not in the original location
- the site was moved forward leaving a hole behind the building.
The hole, the original site of the court house,
is now the Sunken Gardens. The brick wall is
the old foundation. At one time, during the world wars, munitions
were stored in the tunnels which are now walkways in the park.
Today, the tunnels and the foundation have been
transformed into a community park. Located within walking distance
of the Sunken Gardens are the Pacific
Mariner’s Memorial Park, the carving
shed, Cow Bay
and the Prince Rupert Waterfront
Park.
Contact information for
the local Prince Rupert, BC accommodations, tours, guides,
golf courses, attractions, eco activities, artists, transportation
companies, realtors, etc. are posted under the links listed
to your right. |
How to Get to
Sunken Gardens Park: Travel
towards the hub of Prince Rupert, B.C. along Highway
16 (Yellowhead Hwy) towards the waterfront. The hwy
turns into McBride St... no worries... continue straight down
McBride and take a right on 1st Ave. take an immediate right again
into the parking lot of the Court House. Behind the courthouse
is the gardens.
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Sunken
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