Centennial Park — Attraction in Duncan

The Centennial Park is centrally located in Duncan. It is a beautiful grassed area, playground equipment with a small water park! For the runners = There are stations with equipment for stretching! A walking path that is well used by dog walkers and all the locals! There are a few large picnic tables setup under a pergola structure with an enormous marble prepping counter for the larger picnics & group gatherings! It features a beautifully crafted.....domed Cob oven! This Cob oven can be unlocked for special reserved community planned events. The beautiful carved MAN IN MOTION TOTEM for RICK HANSEN is on display by the pathway that circles the Park. Members of The Jubilee Community Garden Society with individual plots, supply produce to Food Banks, shelters as well as their own individual families. This local Park is well maintained and is a wonderful place for Families, Children of all ages....and Seniors to enjoy & relax! Leashed pets are Welcomed. PLEASE RESPECT THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK AND CLEAN UP YOUR PET...

Centennial Park is the home of 40 members of the Jubilee Community Garden Societ7y whose annual efforts on their own 20x15 allotment f&g plot produce weekly veggies for the local Food Banks and shelters as well as for their own families. Their Garden Pals program also teaches some of the skills and values of communal Gardening. There is a decent exercise area with parcours machines near the main garden path. The path circling the Park is heavily used by dogwalkers and elementary school kids who cross it to get to their elementary school. Excellent community resource thanks particularly to the...

The park is a mixed bag. Much of the park is dedicated to recreation, and at the back of the park there is a wooded area with many wonderful native plants. But there's a lot of garbage too, and homeless people regularly sleeping in certain places. They also carved out a meeting (?) area in the woods, and last year a fire was started in that place, and could have easily spread to nearby residential areas. Luckily it was put out. You can see the ugly fire scarred area. But people are still allowed to meet there! Overall, the park has a lot of potential, but too bad the Duncan doesn't seem to consider...