Hushan Wilderness Park (湖山原野樂園) - Spectral Codex
湖山原野樂園

A former wilderness park built by Chen Zhaobing (陳釗炳), the entrepreneur behind Datong Water Park (大同水上樂園) in Banqiao, probably in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It was one of many wilderness parks ringing the Taipei Basin in those days, and it featured a natural environment with trails and rope courses as well as a barbecue area and swimming pool. Its exact history of operation is not readily available, but it is obvious it went out of business long ago, and perhaps only the faint trace of the name on a reinforced concrete wall near the entrance remains.

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