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The park was created on 4.37 acres (1.77 ha) of land bought from the Goward estate by the Gyro Club in 1953, which it donated to
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and other parts of
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937:Island View
902:Craigflower
879:Other areas
869:Thetis Lake
844:Hatley Park
720:Gordon Head
710:Cordova Bay
695:Cadboro Bay
311:10 February
237:"Cadboro".
122:Haida Gwaii
104:During the
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932:Gorge Vale
922:East Sooke
897:Cloak Hill
892:Broom Hill
864:Millstream
834:Goldstream
806:West Shore
771:Saanichton
731:Interurban
705:Cloverdale
700:Cedar Hill
652:North Park
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225:References
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967:Ravenwood
947:Lands End
942:Kemp Lake
912:Deep Cove
907:Dean Park
859:Mill Hill
829:Glen Lake
781:Swan Lake
766:Royal Oak
741:Maplewood
736:Lake Hill
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715:Glanford
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627:Hillside
617:Fernwood
602:Downtown
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153:Victoria
116:and HMS
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74:Sungayka
1002:Uplands
962:Pat Bay
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677:Saanich
647:Jubilee
217:in the
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137:Uplands
126:Nanaimo
118:Forward
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