Connaught Hill Park
by Vivian Martin
Title
Connaught Hill Park
Artist
Vivian Martin
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Connaught Hill Park - This park is located on top of a panoramic hill in the downtown core.
When Alexander Mackenzie passed through the Prince George area in 1793, Connaught Hill was an island surrounded by the waters of the Fraser River.
In Mackenzie’s time, the waters of the Fraser River were in flux. The river’s main channel looped around the west side of Connaught Hill, then flowed through present-day downtown Prince George, the VLA sub-division and the Hudson’s Bay Slough before turning south along the current course at South Fort George.
But the swiftly flowing waters had cut a new, more direct, southerly channel east of Connaught Hill - one that the river still follows through today.
Connaught Hill and the lands of the present-day Miller Addition were thus island-bound, until the original western channel dried up.
The park features 360 degree views of the city and the Fraser River and was once home to a wooden ski jump in 1930.
As you drive up to the park, there is a beautiful garden with rock stairs that make for a lovely place for wedding photographs.
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November 15th, 2022
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