Editor's Note: What follows is the contents of plaque being installed to commemorate the location of historic Coronation Park.
"You are standing on the north-west corner of the historic Coronation Park whose boundaries were defined by a line from this point to the railway tracks by the Allan Sapp Gallery, to below the Don Ross Centre, then south of the sewage plant, and by its west border below the East side of King Hill. The park was originally named after John Gregory, MP, MLA, and North Battleford's second mayor. It was renamed Coronation Park in 1936 by the City of North Battleford in honour of King George VI who ascended the British throne in the same year. The hewn stone wall is a remnant of an extensive network constructed during the early years of the Great Depression - a make work project for men on relief. With its sweeping, panoramic view of the majestic North Saskatchewan River Valley, the beauty of the park was unsurpassed. Citizens from all walks of life frequented Coronation Park. On hot Sunday afternoons, families would relax in the shade by the murmuring stream. Business people from the downtown core up the hill often had their noon lunches in the cool and pleasant surroundings. Children loved the park. It was a place to explore, imagine, to be like the heroes of old for a time. Coronation Park was central to the social fabric of the Battlefords for decades. It gradually fell into disuse and finally ceased to exist in the early 1960s."
