Robert Burnaby Park is a 48

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public park in East

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, just south of

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, located off Edmonds and 4th Street in

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, Canada. It is open all year around from dawn to dusk. It has an extensive trail system, as well as tennis courts and a swimming pool in the cleared upper slope area. The north end of the park contains the

Robert Burnaby Park Disc Golf Course Robert Burnaby Park Disc Golf Course is a 10-hole disc golf course located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The course was designed by Jim Brown in 1999. It is one of only a handful of disc golf courses in the Metro Vancouver Regional Distric ...

, one of only a handful in

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. It is a favourite picnic spot for many residents of Burnaby and

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. Dogs are welcome in the park as long as they are on leash and are kept out of areas marked ecologically sensitive. There is also an off-leash zone for dogs in the northern part of the park. Propane barbeques as well as charcoal and open fire barbeques are allowed in the park. Hot ash can be disposed of in the ash pits within the park. Ramsay Creek winds its way through the park, similar to many streams originating on the southern sloping hillside of Burnaby Lake and flowing into it. The park is named for the colonial businessman

Robert Burnaby Robert Burnaby (November 30, 1828 – January 10, 1878) was an English merchant, politician and civil servant in British Columbia, where he served as private secretary to Richard Clement Moody, the founder and first Lieutenant-Governor of Briti ...

, the founding father of Burnaby. It was created as a public works project during the

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. Image:Hill_Avenue_Robert_Burnaby_Park.JPG, Hill Avenue and Robert Burnaby Park with a distant view of The Lions Image:Robert_Burnaby_Park.JPG, Robert Burnaby Park Image:Daisy_fields_in_Robert_Burnaby_Park.JPG, A daisy field Image:Montecito_Cathedral_Mtn_&_Mt_Seymour_from_Robert_Burnaby_Park.JPG, View to the north towards Montecito, Cathedral Mountain and Mt. Seymour from Robert Burnaby Park

External links

Official site

References

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