King’s Navy Yard Park

King's Navy Yard Park is a 4.4 ha Regional Special Purpose Park located on Amherstburg's beautiful waterfront. Known for its award winning gardens, this is the one outdoor space in Amherstburg that visitors should be sure not to bypass. This park mirrors the Navy Yard from 1796 and was responsible for the construction of several Provincial War Ships that fought in the War of 1812. Significant watercrafts built her include: the Camden, General Hope, General Hunter, Francis, Maria, Queen Charlotte, Lady Prevost, Detroit, Eliza and the General Myers. The park's riverfront property was also used for rope making which, at times, required sailors to span the entire town while stretching and producing the rope. Uniquely, the park boasts four historical buildings, each of which reminds visitors of battles won (and lost) to save our country! One remarkable structure is the Commissariat which is the staging post for Ontario's largest Provincial marine Re-enactment group. Other buildings include the Park Museum buildings and Gordon House.