Parks, Parkways and Playgrounds.

"These parks will be accessible to the people, on the principle that parks should be brought to the people, instead of people being forced to travel long distances to the parks...There will be a playfield of from 8 to 10 acres within one-half mile of any dweller in the city. These playgrounds should provide room for athletic sports, gymnasiums and playfields." 

• Rockcliffe Park will be extended and the ridge north of the quarries acquired.
• A park adjoining the Rideau River and the Hurdman's Bridge on property now owned by the city.
• The development of Dow's Lake as a recreational centre and its improvement by a revision of the shore line and the construction there of frontage for motor and pleasure boats and its connection with the Experimental Farm; also the connecting of Dow's Lake with Brown's Inlet by means of a canal to allow circulation of water.
• The construction of a park at the bluff at Irving Avenue and the Grand Trunk Railway, and on lower land.
• A park between the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Ottawa River west of the city facing Bate Island and Remic Rapids.
• Lemieux Island, now owned by the Government.
• The land north and west of Bronson Avenue and Wellington Street, at the foot of the cliff on the Ottawa River. 
• Additional area at the Experimental Farm. Under no conditions whatever should the ground now occupied by the Experimental Farm be used for other than park purposes, should its present use as a farm be abandoned.  
• The acquisition of Kettle and Duck Islands as park areas.
• A park in Hull, on the Ottawa River, between the Gatineau River and Brewery Creek.
• Parks in Hull between Laurier Avenue and the Ottawa River.
• A park beyond the Chelsea Road, northwest of Hull.
• The improvement as a park or recreational area of portions of Victoria and Philemon Islands.

Playgrounds-The following playgrounds are recommended:

• Five playgrounds east of the Rideau River and north of the proposed industrial district.
• Ten playgrounds and small parks east and south of the Rideau River and south of the proposed industrial area.
• Six small parks and playgrounds between the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers north of the Experimental Farm and east of Holland Avenue.
• Three playgrounds west of Holland Avenue and north of Carling Avenue.
• Five playgrounds east of the Gatineau River and north of the Ottawa River.
• Eight playgrounds and small parks including Flora Lake in Hull and in the outlying platted area of that city.

•  (Information is from the Report of the Ottawa Improvement Commission, 1915, page 180/238.)