Point Abino Parkette Renaming Application

Town of Fort Erie Park Naming Policy

Town parks are an important part of the community fabric and their names contribute to creating a sense of place, community, and identity. From time to time, the Town of Fort Erie receives requests to name or rename a Town park. The Town of Fort Erie Park Naming Policy provides a clear process and criteria for assessing the appropriateness of proposed names. This process includes the submission of an application, consultation with the community, and Council approval. Proposed park names are evaluated, in part, based upon the uniqueness of the name and its geographical, historical, or cultural relevance to the community.

Community consultation is an essential consideration when assessing a proposed park name. The community and direct park stakeholders will be notified of the proposed park name and provided 30 days to provide comments and feedback.

Further information about the Fort Erie Park Naming Policy and Application can be found on the sidebar of this LTFE page.

The Town of Fort Erie has received an application to rename Point Abino Parkette to 'Quaker Dennis Place'.

About Point Abino Parkette

Point Abino Parkette is located along the Lake Erie shoreline at 1036 Point Abino Road, beside the Bertie Boating Club and the Buffalo Yacht Club, and across the street from Holloway Memorial Chapel.

Point Abino Parkette is within the Point Abino Archaeological Zone of Sensitivity is recognition of the Indigenous camps, villages, and burial grounds that existed over many millennia throughout what is now Fort Erie.

This park sits adjacent to a cemetery which served a population that archaeologists call the Neutrals, that was discovered on Point Abino in 1912.

The park is also part of European settlement commencing in the late 1700s and since then has been the site of social and recreational history for citizens of Fort Erie, American summer residents, and visitors to Fort Erie.

This park is connected to natural history. It is located on the edge of a Provincially designated ANSI site (Area of Natural and Scientific Interest) and is part of the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways merge zone (a congregating area for migratory birds and monarch butterflies). From this site you can view the Sandland & Carolinian Forests within Abino Hills. It is also the closest public access to the former Point Abino sand dunes and mining operation.

Pursuant to the Town of Fort Erie Waterfront Strategy (available at https://www.forterie.ca/pages/FortErieWaterfrontStrategy) this park is scheduled for renovation in 2026. At that time, interpretation of the vast and diverse history of this site will be considered.