Town Centre Park

Town Centre Park is a park in central Coquitlam, British Columbia, just north of the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall. The park is surrounded by Coquitlam's city hall, main police station, main fire hall, City Centre Aquatic Complex, and the David Lam campus of Douglas College, Pinetree Secondary School, as well as many houses and apartments.[1]

Not to be confused with Town Center Park in Wilsonville, Oregon, USA.
Town Centre Park
TypeMunicipal
LocationCoquitlam, British Columbia
Coordinates49.2886°N 122.787°W / 49.2886; -122.787
Operated byCity of Coquitlam
StatusOpen all year

The Park was originally a gravel pit owned by Lafarge. It was created in the mid-1980s when the company donated Lafarge Lake to the City of Coquitlam.[2]

The park saw the addition of beach volleyball courts in 2005, and a $10 million expansion in 2006-07 which saw the building of two additional synthetic FieldTurf fields, the conversion of two existing fields to FieldTurf, new areas for shot put, javelin, and discus/hammer throw, and new parking lots.[3]

The southwest corner of the Park is host to the Lafarge Lake–Douglas Station terminus of the area's new Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line Skytrain rapid transit, which opened in late 2016.

Town Centre Park hosts Coquitlam's annual Lights At Lafarge Winter Light Display.

Amenities
Evergreen Cultural Centre
Percy Perry Stadium
Lafarge Lake

References
  1. City of Coquitlam: Town Centre Park Retrieved on 15 March 2009
  2. "Town Centre Park, Coquitlam - Great Places In Canada". Great Places In Canada. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. City of Coquitlam: $10 million to Town Centre Park Retrieved on 15 March 2009
  4. "Town Centre Park". www.coquitlam.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. Coquitlam.ca: Outdoor ping pong tables 12 September 2010


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