City of Regina Archives Photograph Collection, CORA-E-6.176

Title: Wascana Park
Date: ca. 1915
Retrieval Number: CORA-E-6.176
Extent: 1 B&W print mounted on album page; 7 cm x 5 cm
Scope and Content Note: 3 unidentified women seated on cement wall in Wascana Park, with the Legislative Buildings in background.
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: Humphries Album
Historical Note: The City of Regina had attempted to get the new Legislative Buildings constructed on land in the centre of the city – they offered Victoria Park to the province for the purpose – but the provincial government chose a tract of land owned by the McCallum Hill group as the site for the new buildings. That decision proved to be a fortuitous one. The land along Wascana Creek became the site of a new green space for the city known as Wascana Park. The area around the Legislative Buildings was landscaped by Frederick W. Todd, who also landscaped Victoria Park. Wascana Park, which was originally located on the edge of the city, soon became a prime drawing card for residential construction in new areas such as Lakeview and the Crescents.