Concept Plan: Christie Memorial Park
The park has large expanses of lawn turf and BBQ areas, supporting family gatherings and other social activities. The park also has the most extensive beachfront of the three waterfront parks on Skaha Lake, providing both beachgoers and water sports enthusiast, ample opportunity to interact with the water and to engage in water-based recreational and sports activities.
A large zone of protected Alkali aster planting bisects the beach area from the waterfront. To facilitate access to the water across the length of the beach, two steel grate access pathways suspended over the aster zone are proposed. These access paths can also aid in the viewing and interpretation of the aster planting zone.
The enhanced main pathway stretching the length of the park creates a pleasant boulevard along the beach that connects to nearby Kenyon Park and through to Lions Park through its contiguous treatment.
Additional shade trees at the interface with and crossing into Kenyon Park additionally support a more cohesive waterfront park experience.
At the intersection with Kenyon Park, the pivot point as described for the overall waterfront park plan provides a functional drop off as well as a focal point arrival plaza for the waterfront parks and beach area.
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