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Les Prince
Park is located on Trinidad Island in
Huntington Harbour. It includes a greenbelt,
a bench to sit and watch boats go by on the
bay and a cement walkway perfect for a
stroll.
Les Prince
Park
Venture Drive at Typhoon Lane
Huntington Beach, California 92649
Prince Park is
not widely publicized. It doesn't even
appear on Yahoo maps; it is fairly small and
the parking is limited. The park includes a
beautiful greenbelt and large cement bench
overlooking Huntington Harbour, the perfect
spot to sit and eat a sack lunch, drink your
Starbucks or just watch the boats go by.
This hidden neighborhood gem on Trinidad
Island provides spectacular views of the
channels and manmade islands of Huntington
Harbour. It's not suited for groups and
picnics and doesn't offer restroom
facilities.
There is a
beautiful park on Trinidad Island that
features public restrooms, a small beach,
children's playground and huge shade trees.
Eugene B. French
Park is a half-acre public park located
at Aquarius Drive and
Trinidad Lane. During the summer and warm
winter weekend days you will see lots of
parents with their children at this park.
About Prince
Park's namesake Officer
Leslie J. Prince, Huntington Beach
Police Department
At the time of his death, Leslie James
Prince was a four-year veteran with this
Department. He served as a uniformed
patrol officer from 1970 until his death
in 1974. He died at age 26, in the line
of duty, after having been struck by a
vehicle driven by a 26 year old male who
was subsequently arrested and charged
with driving under the influence of
alcohol and vehicular manslaughter.
Officer Prince and his partner were
assigned to assist a traffic officer in
traffic control at the intersection of
Beach and Adams. There had been a power
failure which caused the traffic signals
at the intersection to malfunction. The
intersection was dark as a result of a
lack of illumination attributed to the
power failure.
Shortly after his arrival, officer
Prince took up a position in the
intersection to direct traffic. Other
officers were deployed at the
intersection as well and the situation
was well controlled.
After only a short period of time,
Officer Prince was struck by a speeding
pick-up truck which had entered the
Intersection against the direction of
another officer. Officer Prince was
thrown onto the hood of the vehicle,
carried for a distance and rolled into
the street when the vehicle came to
rest. Officer Prince was treated at the
scene by paramedics and transported to
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital. He
sustained two broken legs, broken ribs,
head injuries and other internal
injuries.
Officer Prince was survived by his wife
Linda, and infant child, along with his
parents Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Prince, and
a brother and sister.
The Huntington Beach City Council and
Recreation and Parks Commission
memorialized the death of Officer Prince
with the dedication of Les Prince Park
on April 6, 1979.
Huntington Beach
Parks
The City of
Huntington Beach (California) is the caretaker
and steward of the Huntington Beach public park
system. Two departments involved with Huntington
Beach parks are the Community Services
Department and Park Maintenance. Park Maintenance is
responsible for maintaining approximately 67
parks and public facilities, totaling 598 acres,
169 playground apparatus and irrigation
systems.
Park
Maintenance is also an
integral component in
special events in the City,
closely working with
Community Services to set up
for events and activities
that take place on or near
park facilities. Community Services not only
handles the rental of the
park facilities but also
operates programs for the
public that include softball
leagues, exercise classes,
cooking, dancing and other
types of interesting and fun
things to do.
For more
information on park
maintenance call (714)
536-5480. For information
on park facilities or to
make a reservation call
Community Services at (714)
536-5486 or the phone
numbers provided on the
featured parks pages.
Huntington Central Park
Huntington Beach
Parks List
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