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      • Some Calgarians fumble the name of the large urban park north of downtown Calgary. Often mistakenly called Princess Island Park, its actual name is Prince's Island Park. It is not named after Prince Edward of P.E.I. fame, as some think, but after Peter Anthony Prince, from Quebec.
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      How Prince's Island Park got its name and became an island

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  3. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaHow Prince's Island Park got its name and became an island

    Jan 9, 2021 · Calgary's Prince's Island Park was named for Peter Anthony Prince from Quebec who used the area for his burgeoning work in the lumber and hydroelectricity industries. Often called by the...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prince&Prince's Island Park (Calgary) - Wikipedia

    It is developed on an island on the Bow River, immediately north of downtown Calgary. It was named after Peter Anthony Prince, the founder of the Eau Claire Lumber Mill. The park was built on land donated in 1947 to the city by the Prince family. [1]

  5. www.calgary.ca › parks › princes-island-parkPrince's Island Park - The City of Calgary

    Prince's Island was named after Peter Anthony Prince, a lumberman from Quebec who came to Calgary in 1886 and founded the Eau Claire Lumber Mill. The Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber Company dug a channel (now the lagoon) to get logs from Kananaskis closer to the Calgary sawmill, resulting in an island.

  6. www.bestcalgaryhomes.com › history-princes-islandHistory of Prince’s Island Park - bestcalgaryhomes.com

    This channel (or lagoon) eventually separated an entire piece of land from the main land and formed into what we know today as Prince’s Island Park. As time passed, the mill area became known as Eau Claire and the nearby island was named after Peter Anthony Prince.

  7. www-prd.calgary.ca › parks › princes-island-parkPrince's Island Park - Calgary

    Prince's Island was named after Peter Anthony Prince, a lumberman from Quebec who came to Calgary in 1886 and founded the Eau Claire Lumber Mill. The Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber Company dug a channel (now the lagoon) to get logs from Kananaskis closer to the Calgary sawmill, resulting in an island.

  8. calgaryherald.com › life › homesA short history of Calgary's Bow River islands

    Sep 18, 2015 · Today, the most famous of the Bow River islands is arguably Prince’s Island, named after Peter Prince, manager of the Eau Claire Lumber Mill that operated on the island from 1886 to 1944.

  9. www.iamcalgary.ca › princes-island-parkExperience the Heartbeat of Calgary in Prince’s Island Park

    Feb 21, 2020 · Prince’s Island Park could well be classified as Calgary’s premier urban park. As the name implies, this 20-hectare gem is located on an island in the Bow River on the north border of Downtown. The park was built on land donated to the City in 1947 by the Prince family, founders of Eau Claire Lumber Mill.

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