Jamie Bell Adventure Playground

History
The Jamie Bell Adventure Playground is a one-of-a-kind, family meeting place. Inspired by the imagination and creativity of local community children, planning and design was underway for their "dream playground". In the spring of 1998, children working along side parents, teachers and volunteers the Adventure Playground was built, celebrating High Park's natural environment, social history and local architecture. In 1999, the playground was expanded, by adding the "Big Slide".

The Adventure Playground was an integral part of the High Park Master Plan with the goal of revitalizing family use of the park and increasing user safety. Through a successful partnership between the High Park Citizen's Advisory Committee, Toronto Parks & Recreation and Robert Leathers Architects, a firm specializing in community-built playgrounds, the project became a reality.

Who was Jamie Bell?
Jamie Bell (1944- 2002) was a leader and an active participant in the High Park Citizens Advisory Committee and many other local charities and organizations.  In 2003, the playground was aptly named in honour of Jamie Bell, who first raised the idea of a community-built playground in High Park and served as the General Co-ordinator of the High Park Adventure Committee. Jamie's hard work, commitment and dedication did not go unrecognized.

Location
The playground is located just inside the High Park Boulevard entrance to High Park, at Parkside Drive.  From the Boulevard entrance take the first left, the playground can be found at the bottom of slope next to the duck pond.  Park is available in the zoo parking lot. The playground can be reached from the Grenadier Cafe parking lot by following Deer Pen road through the zoo.

Hours of Operation
The playground is open year round, dawn to dusk and is unsupervised.