Comments on: Stanley Park is Not Largest Urban Park in North America

By: Bear

Bear — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:10:41 +0000

Oh, by the way, I never said it was an Urban Park

By: Bear

Bear — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:07:33 +0000

As the webmaster of the website that started this whole thing, “I can’t believe how this page has grown. I can’t believe what a can of worms I opened by bragging about Vancouver’s most beautiful tourist attraction.”
Let me add some fuel to the fire.
Franklin Mountains Park in El Paso, TX
“Texas has mountains?”
That reminds me of my visit to Bear Mt. in Dawson Cr. or Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba.
A rose by any other name……………….

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:07 +0000

I would think the rain forest in Alaska’s Prince William Sound would be further north than Stanley Park

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:23:44 +0000

“Correction mother of four. I apologize.”

Nope. I’m not a mother of four.

“I am referring to where or who informed you that Stanley Park is the largest urban park in North America.”

Various people. At the time I wrote the post—notice it’s nine years old now—the claim was on the Stanley Park website. Their claim now is that it is North America’s third largest urban core park.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:12:30 +0000

Correction mother of four. I apologize.

I am referring to where or who informed you that Stanley Park is the largest urban park in North America. I was born and raised in Vancouver and I would never claim Stanley Park the largest in NA. I feel blessed that I live in a beautiful province but would never boast or claim my superiority over others.

And for the record, your tone on every comment is hostile.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:06:47 +0000

“I am confused at your hostility towards Stanley Park and Vancouver in general.”

Hostility?

“I am going to go out on a limb here and assume the website you have retrieved your inaccurate information that has erked you so much was not a city of Vancouver website or a government of Canada website or any legitimate source.”

Inaccurate in what way? Are you saying the park sizes I have listed are incorrect? If so, please feel free to point out the actual sizes.

“It’s not becoming of a mother of two”

In that case, it’s a good thing I am neither hostile nor a mother of two.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:03:07 +0000

Kim, I am confused at your hostility towards Stanley Park and Vancouver in general. Any rational adult person knows that people can be ignorant therefore information shared regarding for example the size of an urban park could be wrong. Also we know that not everything we see on tv is correct, same goes for websites. I am going to go out on a limb here and assume the website you have retrieved your inaccurate information that has erked you so much was not a city of Vancouver website or a government of Canada website or any legitimate source. So please for the sake of us all, lose the attitude. It’s not becoming of a mother of two, and let’s be frank, it’s not very Canadian.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:51:29 +0000

Read the comments above regarding’s Edmonton’s park.

Stanley Park has not always been in the state it is now. It was clearcut at one point.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:47:17 +0000

Oh yeah one more interesting fact… Stanley Park is unique in that it is a part of a rare ecosystem. Namely the most northern rain forest in the world which extends from Richmond, to Squamish and the entire of Vancouver island.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:38:11 +0000

Well, perhaps we need to mention Edmonton’s river valley park system. At 18,000 acres of land it’s sizable, and the most natural and undeveloped river valley of any major city in the world (land development in the valley was ceased when the valley was fully declared parkland in the early 1900′s) Add in the cities 11,000 acres of fields, and the additional Reserved parkland, and yes there are 22 different parks, BUT they are all directly connected. Each is given a different name because access points are restricted by the no development rule. All of the parks are operated by the city. The parkland does not include provincial and federal parkland which is operated on the river valley outside of city limits. The park runs for 48 uninterrupted kilometers, and over 100 if provincial and federal land is added to it.

Stanley park may not be the largest, but I would argue that it is one of the most beautiful. Boardered on three sides by ocean, surrounded by mountains, and unlike most city parks, largely undeveloped except for trails and very restricted road access.

Considering that Vancouver is the most expensive city in north America, and the third most in the world, cost of a home is over 1 million on average, that is one of the most valuable pieces of land in the world. Also unlike many city parks in north America it was not built on the site of a former city dump, it has always been what it is donated by Lord Stanley for the enjoyment of all. Some trees in the park are over 1000 years old. So yeah not the largest, but still something to be very proud of.

Dont cast stones Lethbridge girl. Ive been to you city on several occasions, and there is nothing there that can hold a flame to the beauty, and majesty of Canada’s west coast. It’s why it is considered to be one of the most beautiful places on earth by people from all over the world, and why it has consistently placed I the top three most livable places on earth for the past 15 years.