3 Best Public Parks in Calgary

“Prince's Island Park holds many significant events throughout the year, including the Calgary Folk Festival, Carifest, Heritage Day, and Canada Day celebrations. The park has sculptures, benches, and a large playground near the center of the island. Prince's Island Park's environmental, educational and recreational resources connect people with nature in an interactive way. This park offers many picnic sites, art sculptures, water fountains, flower gardens, cross-country skiing, swimming pools, and fitness center facilities. During summer, Prince's Island will be an absolutely amazing park. Visitors can relax in the picnic area, and children can enjoy a pleasant time at the outdoor play area in Prince's Island Park.”

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“Fish Creek Provincial Park is the second-largest urban park in Canada. They have an artificial lake that offers swimming. The park has paved and unpaved trails. This beautiful park is a popular area for hiking and biking, picnicking, swimming, fishing, and observing wildlife. Visitors can enjoy more bird species in the park. Fish Creek Provincial Park features amenities such as a Visitor Centre, Environmental Learning Centre, Picnic Shelters, Group Day-Use Areas, a restaurant, concession stands, and the Sikome Lake Aquatic Centre. Visitors can enjoy a warm picnic experience at the closest picnic area with tables and firepits. The building and surrounding pathways at Fish Creek Provincial Park are wheelchair accessible.”

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“Bowness Park is an elegant spot for paddle boating during summer and ice skating in the winter. The park is highly used for picnicking and accessing the Bow River. The park has a lagoon for canoeing & boating, a large dancing pavilion, picnic tables, shelters, swings, camping sites, and cabins. Visitors can enjoy free outdoor skating on the lagoon in the eastern portion of the park from mid-November to mid-March. Bowness Park boasts bike paths, a wading pool and a mini-train. The wading pool is large and surrounded by green space with trees and picnic tables. The park offers boat rentals on the lagoon. Bowness Park has a broader parking facility.”

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