Kensington Park is a large urban park in Burnaby, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is located between major roads running along its perimeter - Hastings Street

Hastings Street (Vancouver)

Hastings Street is one of the most important east-west traffic corridors in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and used to be a part of the decommissioned Highway 7A...

, Curtis Street, Kensington Avenue and Holdom Avenue.

Kensington Park is adjacent to Burnaby North Secondary School

Burnaby North Secondary School

Burnaby North Secondary School is the largest secondary school in British Columbia, Canada, as well as the largest in Western Canada. It encompasses two buildings at 751 Hammarskjold Drive in Burnaby. Over 2,400 students from grades 8 to 12 attend the school. A statue of a Viking, the mascot of the...

 with its several sports fields, among them soccer and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. Kensington Arena, a neighbourhood ice rink

Ice rink

An ice rink is a frozen body of water and/or hardened chemicals where people can skate or play winter sports. Besides recreational ice skating, some of its uses include ice hockey, figure skating and curling as well as exhibitions, contests and ice shows...

, is at the entrance to the park.

Kensington Park is mostly known for its pitch and putt

Pitch and putt

Pitch and putt is an amateur sport, similar to golf. The maximum hole length for international competitions is with a maximum total course length of . Players may only use three clubs; one of which must be a putter...

 facilities which attract many Burnaby golfers.

Beecher Creek

Beecher Creek

Beecher Creek is a salmon-bearing stream that runs through Kensington Park and Beecher Park in North Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the tributaries of Still Creek.-Beecher Creek Enhancement Project:...

, one of the streams in North Burnaby

North Burnaby

North Burnaby is a general name for a large neighbourhood in the City of Burnaby that includes a number of smaller ones. It stretches from Boundary Road in the west to Burnaby Mountain with Simon Fraser University in the east and bounded by Burrard Inlet to the north and the Lougheed Highway to...

, winds its way through Kensington Park.