John Hendry (Trout Lake) Park Renewal Plan
Consultation has concluded
John Hendry (Trout Lake) Park is a beloved park located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and in East Vancouver’s Cedar Cottage neighbourhood. We are developing a long-range renewal plan for John Hendry Park that will recommend a broad range of park improvements to ensure the park remains a vibrant and well-loved community gathering space for decades to come.
On May 16 2022, the Park Board unanimously approved the John Hendry Park Renewal Plan presented by staff. Download the John Hendry Park Renewal Plan and staff report (19 MB).
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Creating a plan to guide the future of John Hendry Park has been a journey – a path that has taken some pauses and detours as our City and the world around us has evolved. During this journey, new information and knowledge have emerged. While many directions for the park have remained constant the entire way, new information has led to rethinking and refining some directions. Throughout it all, people who love and care for John Hendry Park have continued to engage, sharing their hopes, as well as their concerns, for the future of this important park. Through the process, a draft plan for the park has emerged. It seeks to balance diverse, and at times, competing community desires, align with the City’s commitments and policies, and achieve the long-time vision for a healthy and inclusive John Hendry Park.
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Trout Lake is, and will continue to be, the centrepiece of John Hendry Park. The community wishes a swimmable lake; however, the current practice of pumping millions of gallons of drinking water into Trout Lake each year is not resulting in a consistently safe lake for swimming, nor is the continued
use of drinking water sustainable during our increasingly hot and dry summers. Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan and Metro Vancouver’s Drinking Water Conservation Plan call for us to reduce our consumption of drinking water, including in our civic facilities and parks like John Hendry Park.
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Throughout the process, participants have emphasized the importance of places to just “be” in John Hendry Park. The COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed how important open, unprogrammed spaces are to individuals and groups.
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The BC Parkway Trail through John Hendry Park is an important link in the City’s active transportation network. However, community input has identified a need to think more about how to fit active transportation within an increasingly busy community park setting.