McCowan District Park is a 8.1-hectare (20-acre) recreational park in the Eglinton East neighbourhood of Scarborough , Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The park is located along McCowan Road , south of the Lakeshore East commuter rail line of GO Transit .
Development
The park is set upon brownfield land , previously used by the former City of Scarborough as public works yard. In 2004, the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division published a two-phase plan to redevelop the land into a park. The first phase opened in 2006 with urban open space , trails , a multi-use sports field , and a playground . The second phase began construction in 2014 and completed in 2017 which includes an outdoor ice rink and recreation buildings.[1] The outdoor ice rink is the second such rink in Scarborough since 1973, after Albert Campbell Square .[2] [3]
Safety
Regular visitors of the park have requested a pedestrian crossing at the park's McCowan Road entrance at Bridlegrove Drive after a fatal motor vehicle collision occurred in 2007.[4]
References
43°44′02″N 79°14′15″W / 43.73377°N 79.23755°W / 43.73377; -79.23755
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