Arrondissment: Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge
Address: 1290 avenue Ernest-Lavigne (a short drive from Place Ste-Foy on Boulevard Laurier)
Nearest bus stop: M-Victorin (bus 16)
Parking: Free street parking (maximum 2 hours)
Playground surface: Wood chips
Age range: 18 months-5 years
Swings? Yes - 2 for babies; 2 for older children
Sandbox? Yes
Splashpad? No
Swimming pool? No
Toilets? Unknown - probably in the main building?
Picnic tables? Yes
Other facilities: Baseball field, basketball court, ice rink, tennis courts
What I liked: Plenty of shade
What I didn’t like: We found the park looking somewhat scruffy, probably due to lack of maintenance during lockdown, with overgrown grass and weeds along the borders of the playground, but workers were in the process of tidying it up as we were leaving. Also, the design of the playground equipment is a bit confusing, with a odd mismash of themes - the slide is a dragon perched atop a castle, which is linked by a suspension bridge to a pirate ship, which is linked by a balance beam to a crawl tube inside a steam train. There is also a dinosaur spring rider. It’s like it can’t decide what it wants to be - not that the kids even notice!
