King's Park is a park and residential subdivision in Fort Richmond, a suburb in southern

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, located on the western side of the Red River. Its grounds include Chinese pagoda gardens in the centre of the park, a

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History

Neighbourhood

King's Park began in the early 20th century, located from the newly created University of Manitoba Agricultural College and Connaught Park. Having the University of Manitoba nearby increased the land value from $125.00 to $4,000 per acre. Adjacent to the park, 124 treed lots were subdivided for housing. Electric streetcar service was planned early on, to serve both the Park and the Agricultural College. The subdivision has the King's Park Community Club. Originally activities took place at St. Avila School until a separate building could be built.

Park

The Park features two baseball diamonds, an off leash dog walk, football and soccer fields, Chinese pagoda, lake including a waterfall,

References

External links

Winnipeg.ca - King's Park
Parks in Winnipeg Year of establishment missing {{Manitoba-geo-stub