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Amusement Parks of the Past Quick Index

General      Asia      Canada   Europe        United States

• -The Birth of Trolley Parks
• -Dark Ride Catalog
• -Defunct Parks In The U.S., Canada, and Mexico
• -Defunct Parks and Rides (Coaster Crazy)
• -Long Lost Parks Archive
• -National Amusement Park Historical Association
• -Roller Coaster Almanac Amusement Industry Important Dates
• -Significant Dates In Canadian Outdoor Amusement History

• -Disgraceland (World Landscape Park, China)

• -Ainslie Park (Ontario)
• -Balmy Beach Lodge McLaughlin Park (Ontario)
• -Balmy Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Bay View Park (Ontario)
• -Belmont Park (Quebec)
• -Belmont Park (Quebec)
• -Parc Belmont 1923-1983 (Quebec)
• -Parc Belmont Park, 1970s (Quebec)
• -Remembering Belmont Park
• -Bob Lo Island Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Boblo Island Park (Ontario)
• -Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park 1898-1993 (Ontario)
• -Bob-Lo Boats / Bob-Lo Island Remembered (Ontario)
• -Bob-Lo Island Photos (Ontario)
• -Bond Lake Park (Ontario)
• -Borden Park (Alberta)
• -Bowness Park (Alberta)
• -Brighton Beach (Ontario)
• -Britannia Park (Ontario)
• -Canadia Theme Park of Miniatures
• -Browsing Place Names Photos of Crystal Beach Park
• -Browsing Place Names Photos of Crystal and Erie Beach Parks
• -Burlington Beach (Ontario)
• -Burlington Heights Dundurn Park (Ontario)
• -Canada's Amusement Park Beginnings An Essay
• -Canal Amusement Park Burlington Beach (Ontario)
• -Chestnut Park Springbank Park (Ontario)
• -Closed Canadian Parks Profiles 100+ Past Parks & Their Rides
• -Connell Park Island Park (New Brunswick)
• -Couchiching Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Crow's Beach (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach (Ontario) Jelly Roll Morton Ad (1927)
• -Crystal Beach Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach Candy (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach 1900 - 1922
• -Dominion Park (Parc d'attraction) (Quebec)
• -Dominion Park Recreational Grounds (Quebec)
• -Down's Zoological Gardens (Nova Scotia)
• -Dundurn Beach Beach Proposals for Dundurn Park, 1918 - 1961
• -Dundurn Park (Ontario)
• -Dundurn Park (Ontario)
• -East End Park Borden Park (Alberta)
• -Eldorado Park (Ontario)
• -Electric Park (Ontario)
• -Elm Park (Manitoba)
• -Erie Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Erie Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Findlay's Pleasure Grounds (Nova Scotia)
• -Fighting Island Park Golden Gate Park (Ontario)
• -Fort Erie Grove Erie Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Frolic-Land (Ontario)
• -Frontier Amusement Park
• -Funland Borden Park (Alberta)
• -Golden Gate Park Fighting Island Park (Ontario)
• -"Good-By e Belmont Park!" (Quebec) Files of Radio-Canada
• -Grand Bend Park (Ontario)
• -Grand Beach (Manitoba)
• -Grand Beach History (Manitoba)
• -Grand Bend Park (Ontario)
• -Greenhill Lookoff (Nova Scotia)
• -Grimsby Park/Grimsby Beach (Ontario)
• -Hamilton Beach Vintage Postcards (Ontario)
• -Hanlan's Point (Ontario)
• -Hanlan's Point Canadian Heritage Gallery Photo
• -Happyland (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• -Happyland (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• -Hastings Park Happyland (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• -Hastings Park Racetrack (British Columbia)
• -High Park (Ontario)
• -Idylwild Park (Ontario)
• -Idylwild Park (Ontario)
• -Invererie Heights/Picnic Hill Stanley Beach (Ontario)
• -Island Park (New Brunswick)
• -Jackman's Park (Quebec)
• -Kew Beach/Kew Gardens (Ontario)
• -King Edward Park (Quebec)
• -Lagoon Park (Ontario)
• -Lakehead Park (Ontario)
• -Lake Huron Park (Ontario)
• -Lakeland Pool (Ontario)
• -Lakeside Park (Ontario)
• -Lakeside Park History (Ontario)
• -Lambton Park (Ontario)
• -Lansdowne Park Central Canada Exhibition (Ontario)
• -La Salle Park (Burlington, Ontario)
• -La Salle Park (Lachine, Quebec)
• -Long Branch (Ontario)
• -Lorne Park (Ontario)
• -Luna Park (Quebec)
• -Manhattan Beach/Park (Ontario)
• -Maple Leaf Park (Ontario)
• -Maple Leaf Village Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -McLaughlin Park (Ontario)
• -Mirwin Park (Ontario)
• -Mohawk Park (Ontario)
• -Mountain Park (Quebec)
• -Munro Park (Ontario)
• -National Park Frontier Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Niagara's Lost Amusement Parks (Ontario)
• -Parc Belmont Park (Quebec)
• -Palais Royale (Ontario) Dance Club at Sunnyside
• -Parkdale/High Park History (Ontario)
• -Peche Island (Ontario)
• -Peche Island Park (Ontario)
• -Pinafore Park (Ontario)
• -Pither's Point Park (Ontario)
• -Playland (Wasaga Beach) (Ontario)
• -Playland Park History (British Columbia)
• -Pointe aux Pars (Ontario)
• -Port Dover Park (Ontario)
• -Port Stanley Park Stanley Beach (Ontario)
• -Privat's (Ontario)
• -Prudhomme's Landing (Ontario)
• -Pyramid Place (Ontario)
• -Queen's Park (Quebec)
• -Queen's Park Salter's Grove (Ontario)
• -Rainbow Valley (Prince Edward Island)
• -Redmond's Pleasure Grounds (Nova Scotia)
• -Rendezvous Park (Manitoba)
• -River Park Manitoba
• -Riverside Park (Montreal, Quebec)
• -Riverside Park (Timmins, Ontario)
• -Riverside Park (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• -Rockcliffe Park (Ontario)
• -Rockwood Park (New Brunswick)
• -Salter's Grove (Ontario)
• -Sandwich Mineral Springs / Lagoon Park (Ontario)
• -Scarboro Beach Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Skylon Tower (Ontario)
• -Snake Hill Grove Erie Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Sohmer Park (Quebec)
• -SportsWorld (Ontario)
• -Springbank Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Springbank Park (Ontario)
• -Stag Park (Ontario)
• -Stanley Beach (Ontario)
• -Stanley Park (British Columbia)
• -Storybook Gardens Springbank Park (Ontario)
• -Sunnyside Beach Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Sunnyside Beach Park (Ontario)
• -Sunnyside Cafe
• -Sunset Park Manitoba
• -Toronto Island Park Hanlan's Point, Center Island, etc.
• -Toronto Beach History (Ontario)
• -Toronto "Beaches" Area (Ontario)
• -Tower Park (Ontario)
• -Upper Clements Park (Ontario)
• -Victoria Park (Grimsby, Ontario)
• -Victoria Park (Hintonburg/Ottawa, Ontario)
• -Victoria Park (Scarboro, Ontario)
• -View of Scarboro Beach Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Wabasso Park La Salle Park (Burlington, Ontario)
• -Walkerville Times: "Long Live Boblo" (Ontario)
• -Wasaga Beach Playland (Ontario)
• -Wendy's Winnipeg Page (Manitoba) Includes Some Park Photos
• -West End Park Victoria Park (Hintonburg,Ontario)
• -Wet `n' Wild Prudhomme's Landing (Ontario)
• -White City (British Columbia)
• -White City Scarboro Beach Amusement Park (Ontario)
• -Winnipeg Beach (Manitoba) "Memories of Yesteryear"
• -Winnipeg Beach History (Manitoba)
• -Winnipeg Beach Park Manitoba
• -Winnipeg Beach Water Tower (Manitoba)
• -Winnipeg: Then & Now (Manitoba) Includes Some Park Photos
• -Woodstock Toboggan Run (New Brunswick)
• -Woolnough's Pleasure Grounds (Nova Scotia)

• -Belle Vue Amusement Park (Manchester, England)
• -Frontierland Remembered (England)
• -Save Dreamland Campaign (England)

• -Acts at Circus World (Florida)
• -Americana Amusement Park/LeSourdsville Lake (Ohio)
• -Amusement Park Industry History
• -Amusement Park Nostalgia New Jersey and Pennsylvania Parks
• -Amusement Parks of Yesterday
• -Amusement Park Timeline
• -Asbury Park (New Jersey)
• -Asbury Park (New Jersey)
• -Asbury Park: Save Tillie! (New Jersey)
• -Back to the Boardwalk (Boardwalk and Baseball, Florida)
• -Bertrand Island (New Jersey)
• -Bertrand Island (New Jersey)
• -Bill's Park Page: Past and Present Pennsylvania Parks
• -Boardwalk and Baseball (Florida)
• -Boardwalk and Baseball Days (Florida)
• -A Brief History of Magic Mountain (California)
• -Buckeye Lake (Ohio)
• -Busch Gardens Williamsburg Timeline (Virginia)
• -Carowinds: The Early Years (North/South Carolina)
• -Cedar Point on Lake Erie (Ohio) Lots of Past History
• -Chippewa Lake Park (Ohio)
• -Chippewa Lake Park (Yahoo Group)
• -Circus World (Florida)
• -Circus World (Florida)
• -Circus World 1980 Map (Florida)
• -Columbia Gardens (Montana)
• -Coney Island (New York) From "The American Experience"
• -Coney Island History (New York)
• -Coney Island History Website (New York)
• -Coney Island Museum (New York)
• -Coney Island Segregation (Ohio)
• -Coney Island USA (New York)
• -Crescent Park (Rhode Island)
• -Delmar Gardens (Missouri)
• -Destiny of the Forgotten Realms Past Parks & Attractions
• -Disneyland History Photos
• -Disneyland: 1970's (California)
• -Disney World Retro (Florida)
• -Dogpatch (Arkansas)
• -Dunn's Bridge Possible Aftermath of Ferris' Wheel
• -Fairyland Park Segregation (Missouri)
• -Euclid Beach Park Nuts (Ohio)
• -Fantasy Farm Amusement Park (Ohio)
• -Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions
• -Forest Park Highlands (Missouri))
• -Forgotten Disney Former Disney Attractions & Rides
• -Fontaine Ferry Park (Kentucky)
• -Freedomland (New York)
• -Frontier Village (California)
• -Funland Park (Washington)
• -Ghosts of Old Amusement Parks (Baltimore, Maryland)
• -Glen Echo Amusement Park (Maryland)
• -Glen Echo Park (Maryland)
• -Glen Echo: The Segregated Park (Maryland)
• -Great Adventure History Pages (New Jersey)
• -Great Old Amusement Parks
• -Hersheypark History (Pennsylvania)
• -The Horizons Tribute (EPCOT's "Horizons")
• -Idora Park Museum Committee (Ohio)
• -Idora Park: Past & Present (Ohio)
• -Idora Park Trip (Ohio)
• -Idora Park: Whatever Happened to...? (Ohio)
• -Jazz Age Chicago Parks (Illinois)
• -Kansas City Parks of the Past (Missouri)
• -Kansas City Parks of the Past Variation of Above
• -Kings Island 1972 Opening Photos
• -Kit Carson County Carousel, Colorado
• -Lake Hopatcong (New Jersey) Bertrand Island
• -Lakewood Park (North Carolina)
• -Lincoln Park (Massachusetts) A Brief History
• -Luna Park (New York)
• -Luna Amusement Park (Pennsylvania)
• -Magic Mountain 1987 Photo Site (California)
• -Marineland of the Pacific (California)
• -Marine World (California) Search on "Marine"
• -Marty's Old Time Coney Island Boardwalk (New York)
• -Mike's Historic Amusement Parks (Pennsylvania)
• -Mountain Park (Massachusetts)
• -Mountain Park Memories (Massachusetts)
• -Mountain Park Remembered> (Massachusetts)
• -Natatorium Park (Washington) From "Spokane Outdoors"
• -Natatorium Park (Washington) From "Spokane History"
• -Natatorium Park (Washington)
• -1960s Amusement Parks
• -Norwood Park (Ohio)
• -Oaks Park Memory (Oregon)
• -Oaks Park Museum (Oregon)
• -Oakwood Park (Michigan)
• -Oceanview Park (Virginia)
• -Ohio Historic Amusement Parks
• -Oklahoma Amusement Park History
• -Old Chicago (Illinois)
• -Old Chicago (lllinois)
• -Old Chicago (lllinois)
• -Old Fashioned Fun (Pensylvannia Parks)
• -Old Orchard Beach (Maine)
• -Old Rhode Island/Massachusetts Parks
• -Olentangy Park (Ohio)
• -Olympic Park Museum (New Jersey)
• -Operating Trolley Parks
• -Opryland (Tennessee)
• -The Original Busch Gardens (California)
• -Out of This World! (Mountain Park, Massachusetts)
• -Pacific Ocean Park (California) Photograph Site
• -Palace Amusements (Asbury park, New Jersey)
• -Parlor Rock Amusement Park (Connecticut)
• -Palisades Park Historical Society (New Jersey)
• -The Pike (Photos of the Forgotten (California)
• -Playland at the Beach (California)
• -Playland-Not-At-The-Beach (California)
• -Playland Park History (Texas)
• -PointBuzz (Ohio) Cedar Point History
• -Quassy Amusement Park History (Connecticut)
• -Remembering Asbury Park (New Jersey)
• -Remembering Old Kennywood Rides (Pennsylvania)
• -Revere Beach (Massachusetts)
• -Riverview Memories (Illinois)
• -Riverview Park (Illinois)
• -Riverview Park (From The Chicago Sun-Times)
• -Riverview Park )From: Jazz Age Chicago)
• -Rockaway Beach (New York)
• -Rockaway Photos (New York)
• -Rockaway's Playland (New York)
• -Rock Falls Park / Stoughton's Beach (Pennsylvania)
• -Rocky Glen Park (Pennsylvania)
• -Rocky Point Amusement Park (Rhode Island)
• -Sans Souci Park
• -Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (California)
• -Santa Monica (California)
• -Save Whalom Park (Massachusetts)
• -Savin Rock Attractions (Connecticut)
• -Savin Rock History Page (Connecticut)
• -Savin Rock Memories E-Mail List
• -Savin Rock Museum (Connecticut)
• -Savin Rock Pictures (Connecticut)
• -SBNO: Idora and Chippewa Parks (Ohio)
• -Scott's Lost Kennywood Page (Pennsylvania)
• -Seven Seas (Texas)
• -Six Flags Autoworld (Michigan)
• -Six Flags Over Texas History
• -Springlake Amusement Park (Oklahoma)
• -Steeplechase Park (New York)
• -Steeplechase Park (New York)
• -10 Cents a Ticket (Ohio Parks)
• -Theme Park Brochures Includes Past parks
• -This is Lincoln Park (Massachusetts)
• -Tiki Gardens (Florida)
• -Tiki Gardens (Florida)
• -Tiki Gardens (Florida)
• -Time Town (New York)
• -Tim Young's Defunct Parks Videos of Defunct American Parks
• -Venice History (California)
• -Vintage Amusement & Theme Parks
• -Wedgewood Village (Oklahoma)
• -Wedgewood Village Amusement Park (Oklahoma)
• -Wildwood Boardwalk (New Jersey)
• -Willow Grove Park (Pennsylvania)
• -The World Of Sid and Marty Krofft (Georgia)
• -Yesterland Disneyland of the Past

Amusement Rides of the Past Quick Index

General   Canada   Europe   United States

• -Accounts of Some Early Roller Coasters
• -The Belgian Village Carousel (1964/65 & 1967 World's Fairs)
• -Historic Preservation & Cultural Resource
• -International Museum of Carousel Art
• -Lost Coasters
• -National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives
• -North American Wild Mouse "Mouse" Rides of the Past.
• -Operating Classic Amusement Park Rides
• -Rides of 1960
• -Roller Coaster Almanac Important Dates in the Amusement Industry
• -Significant Dates In Canada's Outdoor Amusement History

• -Armitage-Herschell Train (Couchiching Park, Ontario)
• -Canadian Carousels Antique Carousels in Canada
• -"Coaster" History Playland (British Columbia)
• -Chippewa Carousel: History and Description (Ontario)
• -Carousels: Port Dalhousie (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach: "Cyclone" (Ontario)
• -Crystal Beach: "Laff in the Dark" (Ontario)
• -Dominion Park "Scenic Railway" (Quebec)
• -Expo '67 Minirail (Quebec)
• -Great Carousels of Canada's Past
• -Island Park Miniature Railway (New Brunswick)
• -Lakeside Park Carousel (Ontario)
• -Past Canadian Roller Coasters Referenced by Location & Name
• -Port Dalhousie Carousel (Ontario)
• -Port Dalhousie Carousel - Description & History (Ontario)
• -Alberta-Reynolds Museum Search "Vintage Rides"
• -Roseneath Fair Carousel (Ontario)

• -Belle Vue Bobs (Manchester, England)
• -The Bobs (Manchester, England)
• -Lost but not Forgotten Rides (Linnanmaki Park, Finland)
• -Margate Scenic Railway (Dreanland Park, England)
• -The End of the Reel (England)

• -Aero-Plane Coaster (Rye Playland, New York)
• -Aero-Plane Coaster (Rye Playland, New York)
• -Antique Carousels in Operation
• -APH's Roller Coasters & Carousels
• -Arrow Development History
• -The "Bat" First Commercial Arrow Suspended Coaster
• -Bickleton Herschell-Spillman Carousel (Washington)
• -The Big Ferris Wheel From the 1893 World's fair
• -"Blue Streak" (Woodcliff Park, New York)
• -Bob's Defunct Coasters
• -Cafesjian's Carousel PTC #33
• -Carousels Remembered
• -Circle Swing Images (From The "Film Vault")
• -Circle Swing/Tumble Bug Photos
• -Columbia Gardens Carousel (Montana)
• -C.W. Parker Carousel Museum (Kansas)
• -Dark in the Park (New Jersey Dark Rides)
• -Dark Rides of the Past
• -"Derby Racer" History
• -Doug's Defunct Coasters
• -Drachen Fire (Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Virginia)
• -Edward's Midway Classics Old (and New) Flatrides
• -The 1893 Ferris Wheel At The Columbian Exposition, 1893
• -The Ferris Wheel At The Columbian Exposition, 1893
• -The Flying Horses Carousel (Massachusetts)
• -Forgotten Disney: The Lost Legacy Rides Never Made
• -"Giant Dipper" History (Belmont Park, California)
• -Glen Echo Dentzel Carousel (1921) (Maryland)
• -Golden Nugget Mine Ride (New Jersey)
• -The Great Wheel Chicago 1893 World's Fair
• -Herschell Carousel Museum Vintage Herschell/Spillman Rides
• -History of Roller Coaster Innovations
• -History of Rollercoasters
• -History of Roller Coasters
• -History of The 1893 Ferris Wheel Columbian Exposition
• -History of the Inversion
• -History of the Suspended Coaster
• -Holyoke Merry-Go-Round (Massachusetts)
• -InCoasterPaedia Lists Many Defunct Coasters
• -Kit Carson Carousel (Colorado)
• -Laff In The Dark Write-ups on Old Funhouses
• -Leap the Dips (Michigan)
• -Leap-The-Dips (Pennsylvania)
• -Lost Carousel (Texas)
• -Lost Carousels
• -The Lost Rides of Kings Island (Ohio)
• -Merry-Go-Round Museum (Ohio)
• -Mystery Funhouse (Florida)
• -New England Carousel Museum
• -1911 Loof Carousel (California)
• -Oaks Park Carousel (Oregon)
• -Ontario Beach Park Carousel (New York)
• -The Original Ferris Wheel
• -Paragon Park Carousel (Massachusetts)
• -Phinneas T. Flagg's Power Plant (Maryland)
• -The Pike (California)
• -The Pike and Rainbow Pier (California)
• -Puritas Springs Cyclone (Ohio)
• -Playland "Rocket" (Texas)
• -Riverside Park Monorail (Massachuttes)
• -Roller Coaster History From Encyclopedia Britannica
• -Roller Coaster History By Adam Sandy
• -Salisbury Beach "Wildcat" (Massachusetts)
• -St. Louis Carousel (Missouri)
• -Sky Whirls Triple Ferris Wheels
• -Top 10 Defunct Disney World Attractions
• -U.S. History of the Roller Coaster from Patents
• -Whalom Park Carousel (Massachusetts)
• -Wildwood "Jack Rabbit" (New Jersey)
• -World's Oldest Operating Roller Coasters

Amusement Ride Designers of the Past

• -Alanson Wood
• -Bill Tracy Project American Dark Ride Designer
• -Fred Church Tribute Canadian-Born Coaster Designer
• -Fredrick Church
• -George Ferris Builder of the Wheel Named After Him
• -George Ferris Engineer and Creater of the Ferris Wheel
• -Harry G. Traver Early 20th Century American Ride Designer
• -John August Miller Early 20th Century Coaster Designer
• -Prior & Church American/Canadian Coaster/Ride Designers
• -Rides of Anton Schwarzkopf German Designer

Fairs and Exhibitions of the Past

• -CEC Midway: Fairs & Exhibitions
• -History of Great Britain's Showmen's Guild
• -Hull Fair History European Travelling Fair
• -National Fairground Archive History of Travelling Fairs
• -Nottingham Goose Fair History (United Kingdom)
• -Rural Roots History of The Central Canada Exhibition
• -Western Washington Fair (Washington)

Transportation Exhibit

    This display is devoted to ferries, trams, bus lines, etc. which, at least in part, serviced amusement parks or pleasure grounds.

• -Boblo Boat "Ste. Claire"
• -Steamer "Columbia" Foundation Boblo Island Ferry
• -Toronto Island Ferry History "Bluebell", "Trillium", etc.
• -Transit Canada

Souvenir
and
Gift Shoppe

• -Amusement Park Items
• -Chippewa Lake Park Photos (Ohio)
• -Christine's Postcards
• -Dundurn Park Vintage Postcards (Ontario)
• -5 Cent Ride Past Amusement Park and Ride Images
• -Ken's Classic Coaster Postcards
• -Postcards of Amusement Parks and Fairs
• -Toronto Postcard Club
• -Vintage Amusement Park Souvenirs & Brochures
• -Vintage Antique Postcards

For More on Former Canadian Amusements, see:
Canada's Outdoor Amusement Past

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