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Thank you for your patience as City staff continue to inspect and address safety concerns in Nanaimo parks following Tuesday’s weather event. Crews are inspecting and opening parks as quickly as possible, however not all parks have been inspected. Priority locations have included destination parks, heavily treed parks, playgrounds, sport courts, trails and walking routes to schools.

Please use caution in treed areas and respect closed gates, trail closure signage and all areas marked with caution tape. The public is encouraged to report downed trees and areas of concern with location specifics and details to 250-756-5200 or parkopsdispatch@nanaimo.ca.

Please also use caution as another storm front moves in and conditions may change.

Open and inspected parks include:

• Maffeo Sutton Park and downtown walkways and plazas
• Beaufort Park
• Buttertubs Marsh,
• Piper’s Lagoon Park
• Departure Bay seawall
• Rutherford Ravine Park and trail
• Harewood Centennial  park
• Bowen Park
• Northfield Reststop
• Harry Wipper Park
• Woodstream Park
• Blueback Stairs
• Linley Valley Burma Entrance
• Westwood Lake
• Colliery Dam
• May Bennet Skate Park
• EN Trail
• Cable Bay Trail
• Invermere Beach access and dog off leash area
• Staffordshire Drive park
• Morningside Tennis Court
• Dunster Park
• Brannen Lake Beach access
• Parkway Trail
• Beban Park including Steve Smith bike park, Participark, Altursa Park and sport courts
• Beach Estates
• Invermere beach access
• Parkway Trail
• Neck Point Park
• Most sportsfields are open but please check online field condition reports for updates.

Fully closed playgrounds include:

• Oliver Woods Playground
• Seabold Beach Access
• Saxer Park