Existing Features, Buildings and Amenities
The Park has evolved since the 1970s and today, the City operates and maintains a variety of buildings, structures and recreational features at Kelso Beach Park, detailed in table 2, each serving distinct functions and park uses.
Amenities |
Function |
Amphitheatre Pavilion
2,500 seating capacity on seating boulders + 500 on grass area at top + 500 on four sets of portable bleachers added at the top during Summerfolk
|
- Performances
- Back of house during large events
- Community rentals
- Stage roof
|
Electrical Plant A |
- Main service and switches into the park from Hydro One
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Electrical Plant B |
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Electrical Plant C |
- Main switch from Hydro One and system distribution throughout the park
- Electrical system distribution to vendor pedestals, and event pedestals
|
Kelso Beach Gazebo |
- Booked for small events and also open for passive community use
|
Good Cheer Washroom/Changeroom |
- Public washroom and changeroom
- Community rentals
- Public washroom
Change area for adjacent splash pad
|
Splash Pad Pump House |
Splash pad mechanical infrastructure |
Beach washroom |
- Used only for large events – otherwise closed
- Public washroom
|
Asphalt and Crushed Stone Trails |
- Passive community use
- Interior park circulation
- Connecting links to the Waterfront Trail (south) and Georgian Bay Trail (north)
- Provides access for certain parks maintenance activities
|
Ball Diamond |
|
Natural Turf Sports Field |
- Community and sport group rentals
- Community use when not rented
|
Splash Pad |
- Open Victoria Day to Thanksgiving annually
|
Playground |
- Passive community use April to October
- No winter maintenance
|
Parking Area |
- Passive community use
- Limited winter maintenance
|
Summerfolk Circle Green Space |
- Passive community use
- Friendship and gathering location for Summerfolk
|
1.5 km of trails |
- Passive community use
- Historically, no winter maintenance
- Winter 2021/2022 limited trail winter maintenance trial
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Storm water channel and walled outlet |
- Collect and channel stormwater from the Brooke basin area
- Aesthetic focal point of the central area of the park
|
Beach area with shoreline protection |
- Passive community use
- Waterfront access for recreation
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Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden |
- A space for reflection and reconciliation
- A space for Indigenous celebrations at Park
|
Walking is Medicine sculptures (portion of tour) |
- Self guided educational tour focusing on historical indigenous sites in Brooke
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Pedestrian Bridge over Pottawatomi River |
- Connecting link between internal park trails and Waterfront Trail to the south of the park
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Stone pedestrian bridge over storm outfall |
- Internal pedestrian link connecting the north and south portions of the park
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