The green space between the Allen Sapp Gallery and the Don Ross Centre once again goes by the name Coronation Park.
City council passed a resolution to that effect unanimously Jan. 24.
For a long period of time, the space had gone by the name of Subway Park and with one feature being a hillside floral display. It is located just south of the underpass on Highway 4 running from King Hill to below the Don Ross Centre.
Interest in the area has revived among local history buffs in the past year in the wake of reports of vandalism at the stone wall located near the underpass.
That wall belonged to historic Coronation Park, which, according to former mayor and local historian Julian Sadlowski in a Nov. 26 letter to the City, was constructed in the 1930s as a federal public works project.
Its name was in honour of King George VI who ascended to the throne in 1936. However, the name later fell out of use. Sadlowski noted the park ceased to exist with the development of roads to the south side of the river.
Today the area is primarily dominated by two roadways, one northbound and the other southbound, but some park space still remains.
Sadlowski noted in his letter that "as you enter North Battleford from the south, there still exists some green space to the east, south of the railway tracks, that is presently not named."
"Would it not be appropriate to name this area Coronation Park in recognition of the previous park?" Sadlowski suggested to council.
At the Jan. 17 Parks and Recreation meeting, Sadlowski's suggestion came up as an item of discussion, and a resolution to rename the space as Coronation Park passed at the committee level.
Councillor Don Buglas, who also heads up the parks and recreation committee, said at council that he had no problem with the renaming of the park, saying it was "honoring the heritage of the past."
