Camaligan River Park, also known as Camaligan Wharf, is a

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. Located beside the

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, it is the only park being built inside the

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of Camaligan. Initially launched in June 2014 as Camaligan River Cruise Park, it was then renovated beginning 2016, and its reopening in 2017 attracted many visitors.

Location

The linear park is located along the riverside of the

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of Sto. Domingo and San Jose-San Pablo in

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. It is the most accessible river park outside the City of Naga.

Creation

The park is a joint project of Department of Tourism Region V and the Local Government Unit of

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under the Bottom-Up Budgeting Program for the year 2015. In 2014, it was planned only to be the docking site of the Camaligan River Cruise or M/B Camaligan, thus, first naming the park as Camaligan River Cruise Park. Being located near the

, the people of

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gained their socio-cultural identity as river people and traders during pre-colonialism. The idea of building the park was to promote the town's culture and bring life to the river as it is a reminder of Camaligan's significant contribution in the history and its integral role for the emergence of Bicol civilization."Historic Camaligan"
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Improvements

Part of the Phase V, a P5.5-Million 50-meter hanging bridge, known as Camaligan Hanging Footbridge, or simply Camaligan Hanging Bridge, was erected which connected the isolated barangays of San Francisco and Tarosanan to the town proper of Camaligan.

Other media

Camaligan River Park was featured in

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, a magazine show in

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on September 20, 2017. It was again featured in

TV Patrol Bicol ''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network an ...

, a regional TV show under

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on February 7, 2019.

Image Gallery

File:Camaligan River Park Twilight.jpg, Facade File:Camaligan River Park 1.jpg, Entry Walk File:Camaligan River Park 2.jpg, Linear Walk

References

{{Reflist Linear parks Parks in the Philippines 2017 establishments in the Philippines