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Victoria Park, 1940

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Photo Credit: Queen's Archives  Source: Kingstonist.com

By: Queen's Archives

Around 1880 the land that now makes up Victoria Park was purchased by Council with a mind to the future needs and growth of the city. The land was fenced off, planted with trees and, for a number of years, a hay crop was taken from it. According to Horsey’s history of Kingston, “many citizens considered it a crazy idea” to have such a park so far “out on the commons”. 

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