Reviews of Strathcona Island Park (Zoo)

Darcy Oliphant

Beautiful area great for walks and children to play

D'arci L

So beautiful, especially when the leaves turn!

Gareth Grant

Nice, clean, and safe park.

Kay-leigh Bohnen

Very fun family park

Dasha Haggard

Awesome place for a family time

Ugochukwu Nwali

Nice, serene and safe environment to take long walks with plenty of tree cover from the sun that makes you enjoy the outdoor without worrying about the elements.

David Sjolie

So sketchy at night. And I once was hit with a rock in the back while fishing along the shore. Be cautious there

Michael Truman

Strathcona Island Park has a water park for kids and others who don't wanna grow up, picnic areas, natural areas, walking paths, wildlife and more. A beautiful spot in any season. My favorite place in the park is the pond. It's usually pretty quiet and laid back; a nice place to read a book or just do nothing.

Richard Hobley

Awesome walk

Jeremy Koenig

Great place for picnics family outings and fishing!

Nathan carol

Great place to bring your kids and relax

Chris Armstrong (Chris Armstrong)

Great Park, good facilities for everyone,

Dustin Hubick

Great place to go with the family.

Savannah Whyte

It was a park

Len Moser

One of my favourite parks in Medicine Hat!

Michael Ireland

Great spray park for the kids, lovely picnic benches, and great cycling and walking paths. This is one of The Hat's best ... Even despite having been heavily flooded a few times.

Jocelyn Nicole

Beautiful area

Abby Czibere

A beautiful park for a stroll or a bike ride!

Richard Hobson

Paths and trails are great for walking and cycling. Water park is great for the young ones and lots of room for picnics and get-together's.

nef Sharkey

It's very interesting but the heatwave is bad

Don Testawich

It's always such a pleasure to go to Strathcona Island both winter and summer, it's nice just to sit by the river and they have nice walking trails. There is times to catch wildlife such as deer, rabbits, the odd snake, lots of birds!

Shirley Taylor

Nice walking paths and park area, too bad the city doesn't clean up the dead foliage...

Darcey Reist

Awesome park for the whole family

Candice Thibault

I love it there specially on hot days cause there's lots of trees and shade. Alot more then other parks in the city

Richard Pogue

Great little place, kids loved it (age 2 - 11) with splash park next to it and clean toilets

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Sarah Richards

Love this park. The river is beautiful. It is the perfect place for a picnic.

Mags Dollimont

So close to walking paths and beautiful scenery. Can get busy with cyclists, people walking dogs etc, but still worth it

Nick Grunwald

Great place to burn some energy off!!

Don Colley

No sound attenuation between adjoining room and our neighbor talked all night on his phone.

Holly Jones

Nice splash park and play ground for kids.

roger crespo

Nice park to go and relax

Chris Barclay

Nice beautiful park to visit

Louise MacGregor

Love the park and the boat launch for kayaking

Canadian Naturalist

Love this park. Got my engagement photos done here

Critical Identity

The park is wonderful but the wasps are so bad right now. Two people got bit while we were there yesterday for a birthday.

karli nielson

There was lots for kids to do. They really enjoyed the spray park. And there were benches for us adults to relax at. Benches made you lean back awkwardly, but I was grateful for a place to sit

Curtis Vanden Berg

Kids had alot of fun..... didn't want to leave

D ionysos (TheShingles)

Classic Hat park. We all got memories at Strathcona. Go walk around and see why...

Steven Leibel

Love going to Strathcona. Very beautiful during the fall season to go for a long stroll through the park and down some of the scenic trails. Not too many people go to visit it which means you will most likely have parts of the park to yourself for the most part. It has nice playground equipment, and a boat launch for those who want to go on the south Saskatchewan river. Definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in Medicine Hat.

Kristen R

Such a beautiful park with great facilities. The trails, playground, water park and scenery make this park a must for all families.

Diana Hansen

Beautiful park, fun for the kids

Grace Bad

Always meet great people here

Zo Ey

Really fun park, so much to do. The walk along the river is pretty nice, there is an offroad bike path as well.

Diane Porter

Wonderful place to enjoy the kids playing.

Robert Thornhill

Nice place to get back to nature.

C J

I was walking down here with my dog and came across a deer. Surprisingly my dog wasnt bothered and wasn't agressive whatsoever, then the deer lunged at my dog. We then walked away from the deer, the deer followed me from the baseball diamond to the park. Be careful out there if u have a dog.

Tracy Stroud

One of my favorite parks in Medicine Hat

Bradley van Middelkoop

Great for families and for walking with nice views.

Daniel Frey

One of more than 100 great parks in our city.

Bryon Williams

Scenic and relaxing

David Cheatley

Nice paths by the river , a great playground and OK washrooms.

Heather Vokes (INNER GODDESS CONSULTING)

Nice walk not too crowded ????

Justin Saucier

Fun!

Darlene DeVries

Gorgeous views from very clean picnic tables, washrooms very clean too

Au Wee

Love this park

Phreshavacado

Beautiful. Lovely place to spend of you want out of the unfortunately they cut down alot of trees to put up thr river berm. ( not a good idea since trees help hold the river banks)

Andrea Berezowski

Nice park, well taken care of. Lots of paths, splash park, washrooms.

Rob Kayfish

Possibly my favorite park in Medicine Hat. Great trails to walk by the river.

Vanessa Middelhoek

Beautiful park. We love the trails.

Dillion Noble

Love the park. Just wish the city would redo many of the paths that require it. Also maybe get rid of the gross red brick trails and pave those as well. Otherwise great park with lots to walk, and things to do.

Travis Curliss

The playground and spray park are close together, and there are lots of paths to explore. Great place to spend an afternoon with multiple kids with different ages and interests.

Louise “ChevyGurl” Green

One of my favorite parks in our beautiful city ❤

Harold Pelletier

Best place to go with family and friends

Luanne Caron

Beautiful in the fall

Allen Helm

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Blake Wagner

Great place to spend time playing with the grandkids...especially when it's real hot out there. Several play places. Good fishing spot too. Lots of walking paths.

Melanie David

Great space

Epressio

The best park in Medicine Hat by far. I've seen lots of wild animals here and much more dense nature scene.

Milo Gloss

Great fishing spot and a great place for family time

Daniel Routledge

Fall is the best time to watch the leaves fall

Stephanie Sissons

Beautiful

Jonathan Chaput

Nice park to bring the kids to play. Structure is newer.

Linda Stark

Love the paths. Love nature! Gorgeous!

Tanner

Love this place - the play parks are awesome, there's places to have a picnic + fire (and bathrooms but I've never had to use them). There's also boating access, TONS of walking paths, unfenced off-leash areas *all the dogs and humans have been great around me and my puppy so far*, and a tennis court + outdoor summer pool at the entrance. I believe theres also an outdoor rink, basketball hoops, and I do remember them having horseshoe pits. There's also the baseball diamond and an interpreter center building (though I haven't been in since I was a kid). Lions park is attached via the walking paths at the entrance as well! Theres more playground equipment and outdoor workout equipment etc...

brayden beauchesne

Love going down there for walks

Steven Betteridge (TheCanadianSniper)

Really enjoyable park to go for a walk with the dog or bike riding. No complaints.

STONEWULFF

I regularly walk the dogs and take my kiddo to the spray park and walking trials here. Wonder of nature around every curve.

Josh Knapman

Nice, family friendly Park. Nice views of the river, lots of picnic tables and spots for picnics. Also has a water park and a couple playgrounds for the kids

Nikki Pocsik

One of our favourites. Fantastic waterpark and park. Kids love how close to the river it is too for throwing rocks in too

Gary Milner

This has been one of my favorite parks in Medicine Hat for over thirty years. They updated the park a few years back and that just made it better. If you love your children, you will bring them here to play on the playground or play in the splash park.

Elena Gonchar

The best playground for kids is here

Niki Hall

Just being in nature, walking the trails, seeing the wildlife and fishing all just minutes from my home.

Erin Adam

beautiful park! handicap swing! waterpark in the summer! views of river are breathtaking!

Miz Alrock

I absolutely love this park. Lots to do, big playground, water spray park, walking trails, wildlife, boating access, fishing areas and so much more.

Steveo Tenney

Great for trails biking/hiking splash park, playground

M416 Gaming

Its nice to go for walks and jogs, theres a nice little playground. But theres also a alot of sticls all over the place.

mama3vh

Normally a clean environment that the kids love & the walking trails are full of beautiful scenery.

Muhammad Ahmad

Great

Scott Schall

Great place to sit and have a fire if you don"t have a fire pit! Great maintenance City Parks Dept!????

Angela Micah Bandillo

Just loving it here! Nice to walk or just park have a picnic or bon fire too. Clean, peaceful and calm stratchona river view. Again instragamable views!

Brier Albano

Splash park, natural area and large accessible playground.

Diann V.

Beautiful place family friendly lots of room had a great time

SHIRLEY-GARRY HIRSEKORN

Beautiful scenery

Billy Rentacop

Great walking trails. Big children's playground and water park.

Stephen Gratrix

Good place for hikes, day camp, picnics etc...

Niki

Strathcona Park is wonderful. I love that there are paths close to the river. They have many picnic tables and most have firepits.

Dragos Nina

Easy to get to. Parking lot is treed, so you an get some shade in those hot, sunny days. The playstructure is great for kids and has the foam floor. The splash pad is free and a lot of fun. There are a lot of picnic tables and benches. Washrooms on site. They even have a badeball stadium in the same area.

Adam VanMeetelen

Love just to get out for a walk can’t wait to take my bike out this way or all my tackle really good fishing area also!!

Tyler Volstad

Great park with lots of walking and biking trails. There's something for everyone of any age.

Devon McLeay

One of my favourite parks - you have a bit of everything. Trees, playground, splash park and river access

Dave Dopp

Beautiful

Kim Johnston

Strathcona Island Park is an urban nature preserve that showcases southeast Alberta's diverse habitat. Situated between the South Saskatchewan River and Seven Persons Creek, you'll find an abundance of deer, beaver, antelope, moose, and other wildlife. The park itself is not maintained in a traditional sense. If a tree falls, it remains in a natural state to let nature take its course. You'll find a number of paved and unpaved paths, ball diamonds, a splash park, accessible playground, boat launch and more. It's especially beautiful in the summer.

James H

Where civilization meets wild

Jeff Schmidt

Take the kids for walks and to the playground regularly and always see wildlife

John Richards

Nice place

Steve Potter

Great place to take the dogs for a walk, but if it's warm make sure to bring plenty of water, but also make sure it's not too hot for doggy paws.

Taminy “TaminyJane”

I really like it here!

Hoggustina Hoop

Lovely walks with the family. The weather was lovely today for a long walk around this park. Bathroom was open and clean around the kids area.

Ryan Herter

Great place to have a fire Closes at 23:00

Dave Jondreau

Very nice place to come for walking and fishing and the water park. Large ball diamonds as well

Sami

We walk at this park often, really love it~

Scott James

Very nice park good facilities

Kim O'Dell

One of the most beautiful, tranquil places in Medicine Hat!

Jason Dyer

Only ever really use the boat launch here. Its somewhat shallow but can just keep backing up till the boat comes off. Can be busy but the lack of weekend idiots with ski boats makes it all flow smooth.

Josen Media

Have fun there!

Citizen P

Great paths and good for kids to come play an explore.

vivian barrero

Beautiful natural light, peaceful.

David Penny

The waterpark is a great place to bring the kids, view some of the wildlife like deer and if you're lucky catch some storks fishing in the river! There are plenty of picnic spots, and more than a few fire pits and BBQ areas for get-togethers with friends and family alike. Go spend a day fishing, catch some baseball at the field, and connect with nature! It's really a beautiful place to get grounded!

Mary ann Sletvold

Bizze lots of people and dogs

Jehremy Girling

Strathcona is a beautiful park so many kms of paths a handful of parks, baseball diamonds ...great park for the family

lorne howell

Warm day I like going on trails

Shane Leuck

Pleasant place.

Jason miller

Nice and quiet and tranquil

Trang Tran

Very nice walking trail especially in the evening.

Craig Wilkinson

Awesome place to explore the trails and let the dogs roam

Louise Dormaar

Great place to relax near the river. There are picnuc areas and fit pits.

Sharon McNabb

Great park, cool water park

Brandy Hammond

Great place for little kids and adults

Gregory Emann

Love the fall colors and long sun!

Stacey Gaumont

Fun, fun, fun

Michael R. Hamel

Peaceful. Great view of the south Saskatchewan river.

Justin Morris

Twas nice

Arasi karthick

My kid loves this park

Rajesh John

Great place for a walk, take your kids to play, picnic, bbq, or to simply relax. I would recommend!

July H

Clean. Just needs soap in the washrooms

Hh ii

One of our favourite parks to walk in. Great river views!

Tim Bond

It is a quiet place for a picnic, or taking the kids to the playground. Also has a water park...

sulaiman Kamara

Fantastic day at Strathcona Island Park today with the family. The park wasn't too busy with lots of room on the park benches, free BBQ stands or the vast picnic areas. Lots for the kids to do in the splash park, play area, water sport along the seskachewan river or just go for a walk.

Rod Schmidek

A lovely park with an excellent trail system, playground and water park equipment. Fire pits, wild life, oh my!

Keith Keeler

Great place for a walk

Gold Dust

Great walks

Jp Lessard

Out of all the parks in the hat I feel it's in the right spot. By the river. By a small pond theres a waterpark. Rubber ground instead of gravel. My favorite park to take my child to.

beeyatch1978

Great place to go

Bill McLeod

Great place to picnic or launch your river capable boat.

Brianne Mock

Beautiful place to visit in the summer, nice trails for walking, biking, and running.

Jackie Watson

Came for a visit from Calgary and it was similar to Fish Creek Provincial Park. I saw quite a few deer....it was unfortunate a dog off leash chased them away. The paths were easy on the feet and knees. We went in the evening so there was lots of parking and not much people traffic. Too bad the washroom doors were locked....I would have expected them to be open and usable as long as the park gates are unlocked.

Jaclynn Bryan

Great location for kids and family.

Tom J

Bad day fishing is still better than a good day at work! Caught a couple of Northern Pike, nothing huge but a nice little tussle.

Jeremy Silver

Nice place and Great for kids.

Mike Bischke

Picnic, waterpark, trails, fishing, baseball, wildlife, just a great time.

Ciara Feko

Great park with rubber ground and climbing trees.

Sharon Forsyth

Nice walking paths and clean area .

Ray Hoger

Beautiful back to nature area. Fire pits, riverside picnic areas.

Timothy Harbottle

Beautiful, quiet park with a nice walking path along the river

Caleb Falardeau

Amazing views and trails for walking or biking

Michael M

Kids loved the playground and the splash park! Great place on hot days, lots of tall old trees.

Samantha Smith

My favourite place to take the kids to play. It has fire pits, benches, a Waterpark, washrooms, trails, and a shelter with picnic tables.

John Rideout

Water is off at 6 pm a sunday why its summer

First “Tony” Last

Awesome place to go. Just needs water fountains that work

Chelsea Leigh

Love the new park great for kids and lovers water park! And lots of nice walking paths to and beautiful kitchen area as well

Wilfred Schafer

A great place for a nature walk anytime if the year. Stop in at the nature centre

Stacey Vanclieaf

I love it out their

Tim Gooding

It was great

Ker A

Caught a sturgeon!!

Noreen Lofgren

Loved Lions Park nearby

Yoon Han

You must visit this place with family. So peaceful place..

Chris Rutledge

Good park, needs a consession stand...

Diane Williams

It was fun and great for my friends children. It is a great place to have a BBQ.

buddy cruze

Love this place. So peaceful and so much wildlife. Amazing fishing early in the day

Barry Tarnasky

Really nice pathways, benches and view of river

ebunnie runn

Always a great place for walking

Dale Sargent

Excellent place for seniors to have a little fun

Rachelle Berube

Walking along the Berm (well maintained) is excellent and we saw numerous Canada Geese and Deer and of course beautiful views of the River. We had a great time playing Crokicurl too.

Roger Cowen

It's a nice place for walks and picnics with the kids and family by the river !!!

Matthew Maynes

I took my son here and he loved it so much we had to take him the next two days as well. The water playground was small but fun.

Dianne Wells

Beautiful scenery

Leeanne Murray

Beautiful walking trails, water park and playground for the kids

shauna_lee McCarthy

Beautiful settings great children's play area

Patricia Charette

Clean and pretty area.

Maria Schmith

Awesome park. Good place to go for a walk or driving with bikes. Awesome trees. Wonderful playground for kids.

Suzanne V

Beautiful surroundings. Well-kept. A great place within the city to get all your outdoor experiences. We saw deer, a woodpecker, a giant wasp's nest sans wasps that we could see, and when we tired of the paved trails, the river beckoned. Then, when that lost its appeal, there was still the wonderful park and waterpark.

Dwayne Holizki

Great paths, playground, water park, and has access to the river for fishing

Christopher Swile

Amazing ????

Ruth Streifel

Great place for the kids. Love it that the spray park and the dry park are so close together.

Jeremy Miller

Best park in Medicine Hat for the kids! Great walking paths and good splash park.

Carrie Hill

So much fun

Momojo

Beautiful park and trails. Riding bikes at times was a real hazard trying to avoid tree branches hitting faces. Unfortunately weeds this year were left to the point of narrowing the trails and only a small portion was taken care of it, it was left littering the trails unsure if the stems were weeds or snakes at times. Grateful for the washroom facilities and hope that the city will take into consideration that many people in winter still use these parks and need the washroom facilities to be open year round. Still we are thankful for the trails but maintenance was lacking this year.

Ben

Clean, lots of trails for picnics and walking

Joanne PH

Nice park for kids to play

Mike Allman

I honestly feel this park is the hidden gem of Medicine Hat. It is rarely over crowded and so wonderful to visit. My favorite park in the city.

Timbo

Looking for somewhere peaceful to go, or a walk by the river? Looking for a playground for the children? This is the place to go.

susan hope

Easy to park, fun for kids!

Ashley D

Great place to rollerblade!

Alan Morris

Nice day...to many wasps

Colin Yuhas

Nice park

Matt Babitzke

Lovely day

June Gizen

Great place for kids. Play ground and waterpark. With restrooms. Plenty of picnic areas and ball park One of my favorite places in Medicine Hat.

kristen mowatt

Love freaking my kids here every summer. they have water park, walks by the river and a playground

Lola Herter

Fantastic calming beautiful place for children and adults alike. Trails for walking and playgrounds for children with the river running through it!

Micheal Jackson

Love this park. So much to do. Play at the park, go to the spray park, walk around the pond looking for frogs

Kevin Redies

Great park to take the family.

Music is best

Great park for a walk. Or take the kids to the water playground. Enjoy the view of the Sour Saskatchewan River

Terry Knap

Lots of tree's Close to river Kids water park Picnic areas

Megan Mortimer

A beautiful natural park!

Lane Janot

Great place to go with family. In the evening you can even see some of our many urban deer

Stan Huff

Great dog park few hidden dog swim spots on Ross creek

Gary Storrs

Great facility. Good for family and friends. Beautiful area

Jane Egart

So much fun out there!!

Colina Ryan

Went for a walk an someone with an amazing soul had left saying of encouragement it was beautiful

Laura Rowan

Needs lights around play area

Lynn Seal

Lovely place to go for walks with the family.

Angele Messer

Peaceful, great walking paths and often wildlife to appreciate.

Rebecca Campbell

Great bike paths ❤️

Matt Goss

Best park for kids in the city. Fire pits, walking trails, bike paths, playground and splash pad. Full summer washroom facilities. Great place for families!

Keith Patterson

Nature is awesome!!!!

Michelle Petrosenko

Saw several deer walking towards medalta factory around 7 pm. Nice walk along river as well.

Jessica Madigan

Nice place to walk, sit on bench and study. Or even walk the dog!

Kelsey Bischoff

Clean and tidy, good place to go for a walk or picnic. I like to Kayak from redcliff to the loading dock at Strathcona.

Pat Olmsted

Very nice place