by Tod Strachan It may only be a technicality, but the legal dedication of cily park land is a matter that appears to have been neglected in the past- City council’s Community and Recreations Services Committee therefore will be reviewing a memo submitted by superintendent of parks and recreation Steve Scott and making recommendations to city council. It seems that there are two cate- gories of parks in town: those that ” have been established through a city bylaw but never registered with a restrictive covenant, and those that have the protection of neither a bylaw or covenant. In the first category are the east half of Elks Park on Agar Ave., the Tetrault Park between Haug- land and Graham, Duncan Kerr (Rotary) Park at Cramer and Haug- land, and C.M Adam Park, an undeveloped 10-acre site of “ori- ginal wilderness” on the north side of Haugland east of Braun St. that was purchased from Charlie Adams in 1968. These parks have been estab- lished by a city bylaw but have never had a restrictive covenant placed against their title. What this means, explains Scott, is if some- one wanted to buy a piece of city owned property for a commercial enterprise, it wouldn’t be described as park land in the legal descrip- tion at the Land Registry office. Some future council or city employee, therefore, might sell the land unaware of its intended use. And then there’s the second class of park in Terrace, those that don’t have a restrictive covenant, or even ° a city bylaw on the books desig- nating them as parks. These include well-known recreational areas like Riverside and Christy Park, and lesser known designated parks like North Eby, Pumphouse and Muks-kum-ol. For the record, North Eby Park is a 10-acre undeveloped site located on the west side of North Eby St. between Halliwell and Dairy Ave. The Terrace Northmen Rugby Club made a bid for a portion of -— Where To Find it this site a couple of years ago. Pumphouse Park is a 10-acre site located on the east bench in the ravine between the east and west portions of Birch Ave. And Muks- kum-ol Park is a strip of land about 50 feet wide just north of the new Muks-kum-ol housing development between Pear and Sparks Ave. Most residents would probably agree that our developed park land is well used and worth protecting, and the undeveloped sites are strategically located and worth developing. But in the park names listed above there are a few miss- ing. Most notably: Skeenaview, George Little Memorial, Upper Little (Arena Hill) and Tetrault parks. All these are registered and identified by bylaws. And for the record, Upper Little and Lower Little parks, surrounding the library and the arena on either side of Kalum St., are really only one park -~ George Little Memorial Park. And there are others that are as yet undeveloped but already have ary Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 23, 1991 B11 | City reviews legal status of park lands their deserved recognition and protection through bylaws and registration. There’s about 20 acres edging on the north boundary of the city between Thomas and Munroe. The Howe Creek linear park, of which only the section north of DeJong Crescent is desig- nated on city maps; the city is working on sorting out the balance of this park. And a two- to three- acre site just west of Skeena Saw- mills on the side hill at the north end of Green Ave. Also, there’s about one acre of land just north of Weber between Sparks and Tetrault known as the Save-More Park; in effect and extension of Muks-kum-ol Park; a small strip of Skeena waterfront between Highway 16 and a point where Keith Ave. would run into the Skeena if it were extended due east; and finally the little-known but already-named Little Canyon Park; a strip of Skeena River waterfront running from the old Skeena bridge to a point just south of Marsh Crescent. | How about Fisherman’s Park and Ferry Island? The situation with these two locations is a different kettle of fish. Fisherman’s Park doesn’t belong to the city. It’s leased from CNR by the city at what some would describe as an outiandish price. And Ferry Island is leased from the provincial government on a 30-year renewable lease signed in 1968. 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