The Soccer Plex, Washington Park, and Veterans Park: one ground at full strength, two at theirs

2026

The Soccer Plex is the department's own ground at its own address: "The Soccer Plex is located at 308 Maine Street," with a U6 field, a U8 field, and a U12/U15 field, picnic tables, a concession stand, and parking — the department's schedule placing it at the corner of Maine and Emerald Streets, the two citations printed together and consistent. A directory names it "School Park Soccerplex." The Census geocoder seats 308 Maine Street inside the town limits, in Lincoln Township. The town's spring and fall soccer leagues are Parks Department programs at this ground; no establishment date was found, and the ground carries no person's name to test. No page for it exists on the department's site, and no facilities, establishment, or naming record was reached; it is a candidate for one of the department's stated six parks, unconfirmed at town-site strength. Veterans Park stands one strength higher, on the town's own former website, reachable now only in search-surviving description since the old town pages no longer load: "The Town of Walkerton constructed a Veteran's Park at the corner of Roosevelt Road and Washington Street next to the library," with monument and brick-naming forms for relatives and friends. No construction date appears in the description reached. Both candidate parks print at their strengths so the department's six-park arithmetic can be seen for what it is: four grounds confirmed, two candidates, and the equation labelled a hypothesis in the frame article.

Sources

1. Walkerton Parks Department, Soccer Plex page, walkertonparks.com; 2020 Spring Soccer Practice Schedule via RecDesk (Maine and Emerald).
2. Washington Park directory/place listing (Washington St; Parks Department telephone; coordinates) — aggregator strength only.
3. Town of Walkerton, former website, Veterans Park page (walkerton.org/veterans.html) — search-surviving description only; live page unreachable 11 November 2026.
4. Census geocoder tests, 11 November 2026: 308 Maine Street (in town); Washington Park coordinates (in town); Roosevelt/Washington corner point (in town, approximate point as stated).