Prince Rupert, BC : Sunken Gardens Park and Trail
British Columbia, Canada

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.

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.