Saturday, November 7, 2020

Commissioners Park at Preston Street and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway is part of the NCC Greenbelt.

 The 22-acre park will never be sold, rented or subdivided. It is bounded by Dow's Lake, Preston Street, Carling Avenue and Dow's Lake Road.

House of Commons Debates  Ottawa  September 16, 2009. MP Steven Blaney. "...Other properties found in the greenbelt are Commissioners Park, where there is a display of over 100,000 tulips..."

H.R.H. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visiting Commissioners Park in Ottawa.The photo is from Canada.ca.
Environment Minister John Baird, pictured on the right, refused to let the National Capital Commission sell any Greenbelt land.

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