Confederation Park, Calgary

{{Short description|Urban park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada}}

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Confederation Park is an urban park in northwest Calgary, Alberta.

It is developed over an area of {{convert|400|acre|ha|order=flip}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_395_203_0_47/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Parks/Parks/Major+Parks/NW+Major+Parks/Confederation+Park.htm |title=Confederation Park |author=City of Calgary |date=March 2007 |access-date=2007-05-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930221941/http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_395_203_0_47/http;/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Parks/Parks/Major+Parks/NW+Major+Parks/Confederation+Park.htm |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }} between the neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant, Capitol Hill, Collingwood and Highland Park. 10th Street West bisects the park from north to south. The City of [http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/NW-parks/Confederation-Park.aspx Calgary's Confederation Park Page] provides maps of the [http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Documents/Locations/confederation-map-north.pdf North Area] and the [http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Documents/Locations/confederation-map-south.pdf South Area] of the park.

{{Location map|Canada Calgary|lat=51.075|N|long=-114.08|width=220|caption=Location of Confederation Park in Calgary|float=left}}

The park has picnic tables, toboggan hills, cycle paths, tennis courts and baseball diamonds. The park is also a popular destination for couples having wedding pictures taken. The park adjoins the Queens Park Cemetery on the east side by the baseball diamond and tennis courts near Highland Park. There is cross-country skiing both in the park and at the golf course during the winter. Any time of the year the park can be used for geocache searches.

Adjacent to the park is the Confederation Golf Course.{{Cite web |url=http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_776_278_0_43/http;/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Visitors/What+to+Do/Recreation+and+Leisure/Facilities+and+Leisure+Centres/Golf+Courses/Golf+Course+Locations/Confederation+Park/Confederation+Park.htm |title=Confederation Golf Course |author=City of Calgary |date=January 2010 |access-date=2010-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118100441/http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_776_278_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Visitors/What+to+Do/Recreation+and+Leisure/Facilities+and+Leisure+Centres/Golf+Courses/Golf+Course+Locations/Confederation+Park/Confederation+Park.htm |archive-date=2010-01-18 |url-status=dead }} In winter the golf course is open for cross-country skiing and the park hosts the Lions Club Christmas Light Display in December and January.

The park, anchored by the Centennial Golf Course to the west and Queen Park Cemetery to the east, along with other nearby open areas, affords neighborhoods such as Rosemont and Cambrian Heights large amounts of open space.[http://www.calgary.ca/_layouts/cocis/DirectDownload.aspx?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.calgary.ca%2fCSPS%2fParks%2fDocuments%2fManagement-Plans%2fConfederation-Park.pdf&noredirect=1&sf=1 Confederation Park Management Plan], page 8