{"id":2,"date":"2003-10-03T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-03T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2"},"modified":"2018-08-14T04:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:52:34","slug":"stanley-park-is-not-largest-urban-park-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2003\/10\/03\/stanley-park-is-not-largest-urban-park-in-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Park is not the largest urban park in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have talked to many people who say and read many websites that claim Stanley Park is the largest urban park in North America. This is false, and I will prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of urban parks in North America larger than 1000 acres (the size of Stanley Park) that others have sent to me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Mountain Preserve (Phoenix AZ) &#8211; 16,283<\/li>\n<li>Rouge Valley Park (Markham ON) &#8211; 11,600<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge (New York City NY) 9,155<\/li>\n<li>Fairmount Park (Philadelphia PA) &#8211; 8,900<\/li>\n<li>Forest Park (Portland OR) &#8211; 5,090<\/li>\n<li>Mission Bay Park (San Diego CA) &#8211; 4,235<\/li>\n<li>Griffith Park (Los Angeles CA) &#8211; 4,107<\/li>\n<li>Nose Hill Park (Calgary AB) &#8211; 2,785 acres<\/li>\n<li>Wascana Centre (Regina SK) &#8211; 2,325<\/li>\n<li>Rockwood Park (Saint John, NB) &#8211; 2,200 acres<\/li>\n<li>Chapultepec Park (Mexico City) &#8211; 2,100<\/li>\n<li>Oldman River parks system (Lethbridge AB) &#8211; 1,865<\/li>\n<li>Rock Creek Park (Washington, DC) 1,754<\/li>\n<li>City Park (New Orleans LA) &#8211; 1,500<\/li>\n<li>Presidio (San Francisco CA) 1,480<\/li>\n<li>Canyon Lakes Project (Lubbock TX) &#8211; 1,450<\/li>\n<li>Wilderness Park in (Lincoln NE) &#8211; 1,450 acres<\/li>\n<li>Forest Park (St. Louis MO) &#8211; 1,370<\/li>\n<li>Bays Mountain Park (Kingsport TN) &#8211; 1,300<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Park (Chicago IL) 1,208<\/li>\n<li>Great Kills (New York City NY) &#8211; 1,200<\/li>\n<li>Balboa Park (San Diego CA) 1,158<\/li>\n<li>Van Cortlandt Park (New York City NY) 1,146<\/li>\n<li>Golden Gate Park (San Francisco CA) 1,013<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Park (Vancouver BC) &#8211; 1,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, not only is Stanley Park not the largest park in North America, it isn&#8217;t even the largest urban park in Canada. In fact, it isn&#8217;t even the largest urban park in western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>BCers can, however, rest assured knowing that Stanley Park may be the largest urban park in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing how people love to spread falsehoods without verifying their accuracy.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = \"pub-2257855604039237\"; \/* 234x60, created 28\/07\/08 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1784375346\"; google_ad_width = 234; google_ad_height = 60; \/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[ \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have talked to many people who say and read many websites that claim Stanley Park is the largest urban &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2003\/10\/03\/stanley-park-is-not-largest-urban-park-in-north-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stanley Park is not the largest urban park in North America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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