Coronation Park

At one time, the site was occupied by a row of houses and businesses that were destroyed by a series of fires in the mid to late 1800's.

Coronation Park was erected and dedicated in 1910, the coronation year for King George V and Queen Alexandria, and was a project of the Parkhill Women’s Institute. 

After the First World War, the government started a program that brought captured German artillery pieces to Canada for towns that requested a symbol of the soldiers' sacrifice in the war. The project was spearheaded by Major J. C. Dawson, who had fought in the trenches of WWI. The monument does not symbolize destruction, but victory.

In 1979, a small building containing public washrooms, a senior citizens’ meeting facility, and storage for the park was built on the south side of the park. In 1982, the building was enlarged after a group of local seniors were awarded the New Horizon Grant, and the Parkhill Leisure Club was officially opened later that year. The picnic pavilion was built soon after in 1985, and the splash pad was built in 2003.