McBurney Park, Skeleton Park — Attraction in Ontario

It's ok. It is not well looked after. There is a play area for children which is nice but it's a very lack luster park. This is a shame because although there are permanent signs explaining the history of this park, it doesn't seem that many people stop to read it. This park should have more, pardon the phrase "life to it" (because this park began as a cemetery). This park is steeped in rich history, it has had many names over the years (this point is very difficult to find on the signs in this park). This information should be more evident and better marked on the signs. More benches would be nice. More importantly there should be more landscaping done to enhance this park. This is a tourist attraction and like many tourist areas in this city, it looks like it has been forgotten. The city could add more greenery in different heights/colour/size. Instead the city just does nothing because new ideas come to Kingston to be dismissed (die). The city needs to do a better job embracing new ideas, making these tourist areas pretty. But in order to have things done in this city you have to know someone. Hopefully, the parks department will do something so this park doesn't look like a barren wasteland. It's terrible the city officials have...

Skeleton park has been a part of Kingston since before it was named Kingston. It has a very unique yet ery and scarey past which you can read about on one of the few plaques placed in and at the edges of the park. It is also said to be one of the SCARIEST parks in Kingston. Personally i have never seen any ghosts or eery happenings here at night, but if feeling like your not alone when there is no one to actually been seen anywhere and the hair on the back of your neck standing up on end, is any indication of there being ghostly haunts here then yes I have felt this way many a times after dark in this park. The play ground is great. Providing activities for every age and stage of childhood, as well as areas to stretch out in the grass and read your favorite book, or simply look up at the clouds and day dream. Any way you look at it not stopping by this park to read about its history and enjoy its natural beauty would be a...

McBurney Park, better known as Skeleton Park, was one time a City cemetery on the outskirts of Kingston. When City growth caught up with the cemetery, the decision was made to dig up the graves and move them further out of town. This decision was easier said than done and led to an awful mess with the associated sights and smells. The decision was made to close everything up, knock over the remaining gravestones, cover everything up with earth and plant trees. Unfortunately, human bones would periodically work their way up to the surface and hence the alternative name, Skeleton Park.

Today, McBurney Park is a busy, inner city park and by day, the site of a lovely playground and periodic, entertaining musical festivals. Night is different. Some say luminous shapes are sometimes apparent but they could be just escaping gases from...