Little Mountain Neighbourhood
Little Mountain takes its name from the large park (130 acres) just to its west. Although the park is now known as Queen Elizabeth Park, in the beginning it was a city landmark known as Little Mountain because its summit was just over 501 feet high. An extinct volcano, it is the highest point of land in the city. City roadbuilders at the beginning of the 1900s used the rock from Little Mountain to build Vancouver's first roadways. It also served as the site for two holding reservoirs for Vancouver's drinking water. In 1929 the Vancouver Park Board bought the property which had by then become an abandoned eyesore and turned it into sunken gardens. Dedicated in 1939 by King George VI of Great Britain, it was named Queen Elizabeth Park after the Queen Consort Elizabeth, mother of the current Queen Elizabeth II.

Nearby is Nat Bailey Stadium, named after Nat Bailey, restaurateur, White Spot founder and lifelong promoter of local baseball. Nathaniel Ryal Bailey was born in 1902 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and died in Vancouver in 1978, at the age of 76. He opened his first "drive-in"-a log hut, in 1928 at Granville and 67th, and in 1968, he sold the 13 White Spots and his other interests to General Foods for $6.5 million. Nat Bailey Stadium opened in 1951, just two years before Little Mountain Housing was developed. It is home to the Vancouver Canadians baseball team

Riley Park Community Centre is just north of Little Mountain. For information about the Centre, go to Riley Park Community Centre

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