History

A look back at Laroche Park: Carnivals, picnics, giant rats, and a terrible injury

by Editor
Posted on November 26, 2015February 28, 2024

By Dave Allston This is the second of two columns about Laroche Park. The first…

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View of Laroche Park, June 24, 1927. Stonehurst Avenue is along the left, with Scott Street & CPR tracks running along the bottom. The septic system in the center (roughly 300x100 feet in size) and the new playground and baseball diamond is in the cleared area near the top. The patchy land along the east side of Stonehurst likely is evidence of the dump, which had existed there up until just two years prior.

History

A look back at Laroche Park (the new home of Westfest!)

by Editor
Posted on November 13, 2015February 18, 2016

By Dave Allston – Laroche Park has always been a significant part of the lives…

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