Amusement Parks, Beaches
and Pleasure Gardens
of Canada's Past
Please Note:
The CEC has disbanded. Closed Canadian Parks
will rarely be updated; otherwise is being
left as-is for historical purposes
You are about to explore the outdoor pleasure districts of Canada's past. Few books, articles and documentaries are available on this subject compared to the number for similar areas in Great Britain, The United States and elsewhere.
For Canada, amusement
area discussions are typically part of a larger book or documentary
on some other subject such as a town's history. Sadly, save for a few
dedicated sources, in most cases the amusements detail is scarce.
This portion of
the CEC website improves
All have been drawn upon to document Canada's amusement past so as
to detail it here. Many postcards have been reproduced along with
photographs from generous submitions. These personal photos, plus comments
from their submitters, will instill in the reader how these amusement areas
affected those that experienced them and how those effects lasted long
after the parks, beaches and pleasure gardens closed.
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More Information on Old Canadian Parks: Books and Videos |
Additional Attractions of The Past are in The CEC Midway Time Portal Museum |
Here are Tables of Past Canadian Coasters Described in CCP |
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To see all links affiliated with subjects of the past at the CEC website, go to Canada's Outdoor Amusement Past. |
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Major gratitude goes to all submitters for their unselfish sharing of information, photos and personal stories. A separate page dedicated to these persons could have been created, but the list would be so long that few would read it. It was chosen instead to incorporate their names into the narratives so that readers could more accurately associate individual contributions. In addition, this method better shows that what is presented here is the work of many, many persons. |
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A huge thankyou to Tim Covell for usage of his Canadian park and coaster research information that appears on this website. Tim's materials now reside in the CEC archives. |
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Closed parks outside of Canada: Defunct Parks I would like to thank sitemaster Joel Styer for input to Closed Canadian Parks. |
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Roller Coasters, old and new in North America: InCoasterPaedia. Thanks to Chris LeReau for his input and the coaster information used throughout these articles. He in turn wishes to credit author Richard Munch of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. for much of his information. |
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