Ready to explore? Use the hints below to uncover hidden details across Hastings Park. Take a photo at each answer spot. Once you have at least four, return to the Community Corner Tent to claim your prize!
How to Play:
- Read the Challenge/Question
- Find the location and answer
- Snap a photo as proof
- Show 4+ photos at the Community Corner Tent
Prizes available while supplies last!
The Italian Garden
Question 1: Which opera has a lot of masks?
Hint: Find the Opera Walk
Take a photo when you find the answer
Question 2: Which city is sculptor Sergio Comachio from?
Hint: Find the Immigrant’s Memorial Monument
Take a photo when you find it.
Momiji Gardens
Question 1: What date did the gardens open?
Hint: Look for the plaque on the wall between the TransLink buses by the red gate
Take a photo when you find it.
Question 2: Name a tree, plant or shrub you like in the garden
Take a photo when you find it
Sanctuary
Question 1: When did the Sanctuary officially open?
Hint: Look for the plaque by the bridge
Take a photo when you find the answer
Question 2: Name one or two invasive species that we removed from the Sanctuary
Hint: Look for the wildlife-safe garbage bins
Take a photo when you find it.
Question 3: What is your favourite bird in the Sanctuary?
Hint: Find the Boardwalk
Take a photo when you find it.
Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Internment History
Question: How many Japanese-Canadians were confined in Hastings Park when Canada declared war on Japan in 1941?
Hint: Find the green plaque at the top of Livestock Lane
Take a photo when you find it.
Question: Name one of the communicable diseases that travelled quickly through the Livestock Barn and other buildings during the 1942 internment at Hastings Park.
Hint: Look for the plaque by the south-east entrance of the Livestock Barn
Take a photo when you find it.