Colville Field Park is in the seaside community of Esquimalt, one of thirteen communities in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia. This grass covered area is fenced and locked. It is marked for soccer although rugby and football as well as other field sports are played. There are benches along the fence. No dogs allowed. The namesake for Colville Road was Lord Andrew Colville, an English investor in the early eighteen hundreds. He invested in the Hudson Bay Company and negotiated the merger with the Northwest Company in the eighteen twenty. Colville Ball Park, Rockcrest Nature Area, Lugrin Park, Wurtele Park and Highrock Park area nearby.
Geographical Location N48º 26’ 18” W123º 25’ 3”
Colville Field Park can be reached from the Trans-Canada Highway when you turn southward onto Tillicum Road. Continue along Tillicum to reach Colville Road. Turn right onto Colville and look for the Field Park after you pass the Baseball Park and the Base Hospital. There is limited parking along Colville Road and a parking area at the end of Flag Drive. City buses travel along Colville Road.
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