News Items tag as: McArthur Island Park

McArthur Island Park getting 18-hole disc golf course
January 29, 2019 - 5:06 PM

KAMLOOPS - It was a split vote but Kamloops city council has approved a multi-use facility on McArthur Island Park that includes an 18-hole disc golf course.
Here's the proposed plan for the McArthur Island Park golf course
September 18, 2018 - 4:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - What was once a golf course on the city's North Shore could eventually become a multi-purpose park with a disc golf course.
Future of McArthur Island golf course could be decided tomorrow
May 07, 2018 - 2:06 PM

KAMLOOPS - After two open houses and an online survey for public input, Kamloops city council is getting closer to developing a plan for the land use at the former McArthur Island Park golf course.
The City of Kamloops is looking for the solution to a cute, fuzzy, and rapidly reproducing problem
August 03, 2017 - 2:29 PM

KAMLOOPS - If you have taken a stroll through McArthur Island Park or Riverside Park in Kamloops this summer you may have noticed some yellow-bellied marmots — lots of them. City of Kamloops staff has noticed too, and they are scratching their heads as to what to do about them.
UPDATE: Crews extinguish wildfire on McArthur Island
June 23, 2017 - 2:07 PM

KAMLOOPS - Firefighters have doused a small grass fire in the brush on McArthur Island Park in Kamloops this afternoon.
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McArthur Island Park getting 18-hole disc golf course