qapoje Park on Comox Road improves resiliency, honours cultural heritage

qapoje Park on Comox Road improves resiliency, honours cultural heritage

The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and partners joined to celebrate the re-opening of a park on Comox Road, promoting the park redesign, shoreline improvements and project’s collaborative approach as well as celebrating the park’s new name: qapoje Park. qapoje (kah-poh’-jeh) means “spring salmon in a creek flowing south.” It is the traditional ayajusem term for Coho Creek, which flows from Back Road, under Comox Road, through the park and…