Prince's Island Park - Eau Claire Water Park

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Prince's Island Park (Just North of downtown) (Playground is in the Centre of the Island near the bridge on the North side).  It is not possible to get to the playground without a bit of a walk.

Eau Claire water park (by Eau Claire market - 200 Barclay Parade S.W.)

Parking: At and around Eau Claire market (Eau Claire parkade has $2 parking on the weekends) or in the parking lot off Memorial Drive just East of 3rd St. NW.($.050 per 30 minutes for the first 4 hours).

Gordie's Review (15 months old) - Walking around the outside the playground was fun. The water park was awesome!

Age Range: Basically any age that would have fun on a playground would have fun here. Different areas for different age levels

Ground Cover: Recycled tire matting underneath the toddler play structure and gazebo; pea gravel by the older kid play structures and swings.
Features:

Prince's Island Park Playground:

Toddler play structure with 2 slides; Small Gazebo for imaginative play; Train with two cars play structure with 3 slides; large Fort play structure with 3 slides; Monkey bar area; 2 medium size spinners and 1 extra tall spinner; 6 swings (3 infant swings); three bouncers (2 toddler).

Eau Claire Water Park: Appropriate for all ages - 1 wading pool; 1 water park wading pool with sprayers and sprinklers; small toddler playground nearby.

Surrounding Park Area: Prince's Island Park has some rolling hills and lots of grassy area with mature trees. Great duck and goose watching along the south side of the river. To the East of the Island is a wetlands area where you can sometimes see beavers. Easy access to Eau Claire Water Park and Eau Claire Market.

Shade: Well shaded by the spinners and swings, as well as in the grass surrounding those areas great if you have a child too small to play on the playground or bigger kids who can play independently.  Small amounts of shade in the rest of play areas.

Seating: 5 benches, many picnic tables in the nearby park area.

Stroller/wheelchair access: Okay access to the play area; can go right up to the play structures on the recycled tire flooring, but not too much available for play on the ground level except for the gazebo.

Overall assessment: Great place to spend the morning or afternoon for children of all ages. Definitely worth taking a trip across the bridge to spend some time at the water park. The Calgary themed playground is really cute, contains a lot of variety and caters to children of all ages. Not the easier park to access and it is difficult to go without paying for parking but aside from that there is no associated costs. My son found the water park to be great fun and did not have any problems with slipping.

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