Chief Tonasket Park

Chief Tonasket Park

This park was developed on property south of the City’s waste water treatment lagoons and annexed in 1986. The park is bounded on the east by the Cascade-Columbia Railroad tracks, on the west by the Okanogan River with approximately 2,000 feet of shoreline and on the south by undeveloped private property reserved as a wildlife area. This 22 acre site was originally developed with volunteer labor and donated money, materials and equipment to include two small soccer fields for youth play, two regulation soccer fields, one softball field, one little league baseball field and two parking areas. The two regulation soccer fields partially overlap the baseball fields, which restricts simultaneous use. The majority of the site is planted with grass and as of 1994 the park is irrigated with an automated underground sprinkler system installed by the City. Access to the park is via Railroad Avenue. A boat launch, picnic shelter, picnic tables, restrooms, parking lots and a riverfront trail were added along the shoreline portion of the park in 1993 and 1994 with the assistance of matching funds provided by the Washington Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account. In 1994, a local resident and retired business person, John Figenshow, donated to the City several acres of riverfront property to the south of the park that is recognized as having significant habitat value by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is also the site of a Bureau of Reclamation fishery mitigation site. Presently, activities that cause this park to be in high demand include: soccer, river walks, baseball, a BMX track, a Skate Park, fishing, river floating, picnicking, wildlife observation and general relaxation.

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