Summary of Chosen Parks - a Beginning.
The
numbers refer to total acreages in each park, open and forest
The
symbols used are as follows: Mh = hard maple, Be = beach, Bd = basswood, Aw =
white ash,
Cb = black cherry, Hi = hickory, Or = red oak, OH = other hardwoods.
- Allendale
Station Park 11.0 Along Lakeshore Drive between Tiffin Street and Minet's
Point
Road Southshore Community Centre, Parking, Part Open, Part wooded - Ardagh
Bluffs South of Ardah Road, north of Harvie Rd. Woodlot and Trails Large
Park,
almost all wooded.
- Autin Ravine Between Austen Lane and Scott Cres.
off of Anne St. North
- Barrie Community Sports Complex 118.0 West
of MNR offices near Midhurst Mostly
sports parks Used to be Midhurst nursery.
The forested area in question isat the
north-west corner of the property and
may not belong to Barrie at all.
- Barwick Park 3.7 Barwick Dr north
of Livingstone St, east of Sunnidale Rd. Not sure of status here.
- Brown's
Bush 5.0 Southwest corner of Livingstone St. and Bayfield St. All mature hardwood
forest, Mh, Be, Bd, Aw, Cb, Hi may be best place for first visit
- Brownwood
Park 2.4 Brownwood Dr. NW of Livingstone St. Hardwood: mature Be, Or, OH Is
this
the one that used to be called Brown Wood on the map?
- Cedar Grove
Park 3.2 West side of Golde Meadow Rd., south of Dock Rd.
- D'Ambrosio
Park 14.0 D'Ambrosio Dr. and Barre dr., west of Yonge St.
- East Bayfield
Community Park 23.6 On Hanmer Rd. E., east of Bayfield St. Includes Recreation
Centre, park itself is still under construction.
- Ferndale Park
5.0 On the west side of Ferndale Dr. North, south of Bishop Dr. Mostly open, but
needs
to be looked at anyway.
- Gables, The 42.3 Northeast of Bay
Lane on Tollendale Mills Rd.
- Gibbon Park 2.1 ?
- Hanmer
Park 4.7 On north end of Kozlov St. (at St. Marguerites D'Youville School)
- H.
G. Robertson Park 2.2 North side of Grove St. E., between St. Vincent and Duckworth
(beside
Maplegrove Public School)
- Hewitt's Shore Northeast end
of Crimson Ridge Rd.
- Huronia Park 31.9 On east side of Huronia Rd.
(behind Willow Landing School)
- Irwin Park 3.3 On Irwin Dr., North
of Cundles Rd. West, east of Leacock
More to come, including Sunnidale
Park and the Dog Walk.