McCowan District Park

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, set for completion in 2017, began construction in 2014 and will include an outdoor ice rink and recreation buildings.^[1] The outdoor ice rink will be 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

Parks and squares in Toronto

List of Toronto parks and ravines



Parks	Ashbridge's Bay Bluffer's Park Centennial Park Christie Pits Corktown Common Downsview Park Edwards Gardens Grange Park Guild Park and Gardens Harbour Square Park High Park Leslie Street Spit Maple Leaf Forever Park McCowan District Park Morningside Park Queen's Park Rouge Park Roundhouse Park Scarborough Bluffs St. James Park Toronto Islands Toronto Sculpture Garden Underpass Park WaveDecks

Squares	Albert Campbell Square Maple Leaf Square Mel Lastman Square Nathan Phillips Square Pecaut Square Yonge-Dundas Square Trinity Square

Trails	Beltline Trail West Toronto Railpath Martin Goodman Trail

Beaches	Cherry Beach Sugar Beach H_TO Park Hanlan's Point Beach Woodbine Beach

Proposed	Rail Deck Park The Bentway Don River Valley Park

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