page_title: Waverley Park (Thunder Bay)
section_title: Memorial Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Waverley Park (Thunder Bay) / Memorial Garden
caption_attribution_description: Memorial Garden (Inside Waverley Park)
context_page_description: Waverley Park is a public park located in the north end of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It is the second oldest municipal park in Ontario. The park forms the centre of the Waverley Park Heritage Conservation District, a collection of historical homes, churches, schools, and other buildings at the centre of Port Arthur.
  The property was surveyed and set aside as parkland by the Crown Lands Department, in the original ordnance survey of the Prince Arthur's Landing town plot in 1871. It was given to the city of Port Arthur in 1907 on the condition that is "not be alienated or leased and that no buildings be erected on it except municipal buildings".
  The most notable features of Waverley Park include its giant cottonwood trees, which stand as much as 40 m above the park. In recent years, many have been removed due to advanced age and disease. Other notable features include a fountain, cenotaph, and bandshell. The park is between Waverley Street and Red River Road in Thunder Bay, and is located between two historic schools — Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Port Arthur Central School — the latter is now home to Magnus Theatre.
context_section_description: The memorial garden has stones laid out in the shape of a baseball diamond. The bases and home plate are represented by cubic stones with inscriptions. A large, irregularly shaped rock located in the centre represents the pitcher's mound with a plaque that reads:
  Each of the stones that represent the baseball plates have inscriptions that read as follows:
  Home: A JEWEL IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
  First: WE DREAMED OF THIS SPECIAL PLACE
  Second: FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN TO SHARE
  Third: THE PEACE BENEATH THE TREES
caption: Memorial Garden - August 28, 2010
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