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Oakes Park is a park in
Oakes Park is a park in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...
, Ontario, Canada. The park's namesake is Harry Oakes
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (23 December 1874 – 7 July 1943) was a British gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He earned his fortune in Canada and moved to the Bahamas in the 1930s for tax purposes. Though American by b ...
, who had donated of farmland to the city of Niagara Falls. The original park had a running track and was used as an athletic field for baseball, rugby, and lacrosse. The park and its facilities were opened to the public on August 3, 1931. It was renovated for use as a venue in the 2022 Canada Summer Games
The 2022 Canada Summer Games or informally as Niagara 2022 is the summer season portion of the Canada Games and a multi-sport event for amateur athletes.
The games took place from August 6–21, 2022 in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Niaga ...
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2022 Canada Summer Games
Oakes Park was used as a venue for baseball in the 2022 Canada Summer Games. The park was renovated at a cost of approximately 1.1 million dollars: a new clay infield was established, as well asdugouts
Dugout may refer to:
* Dugout (shelter), an underground shelter
* Dugout (boat), a logboat
* Dugout (smoking), a marijuana container
Sports
* In bat-and-ball sports, a dugout is one of two areas where players of the home or opposing teams sit whe ...
and bullpen
In baseball, the bullpen (or simply the pen) is the area where relief pitchers warm up before entering a game. A team's roster of relief pitchers is also metonymically referred to as "the bullpen". These pitchers usually wait in the bullpen if t ...
s. The sports lighting system was also replaced. These renovations were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in C ...
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See also
*Erie and Ontario Railway
The Erie and Ontario Railway was a railroad in Canada built between 1831 and 1841 to connect the towns of Queenston and Chippawa, Ontario. It was initially built as a horse-drawn railroad with wooden rails, and a gauge of 5 ft 6 in. Established ...
– a cairn commemorating the railroad is near Oakes Park
* Fairview Cemetery (Niagara Falls) – a nearby cemetery
* Oak Hall (Niagara Falls, Ontario)
Oak Hall is a 37-room, three-story Tudor-style stone mansion that was built in the late 1920s for mining tycoon Harry Oakes (1874–1943). It is located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, approximately 1/4 mile southwest of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
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– another place in Niagara Falls named after Harry Oakes
* Canada Games Park
References
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