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Memorial Gardens is part of a chain of parks leading eastwards along Blythwood Ravine Park, Sherwood Park and Sunnydene Park to Bayview Avenue. The Gardens are part of the self-guided tour: Northern Ravines & Gardens Discovery Walk. On the south side of the Gardens, Alexander Muir
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Click the "Sciences" tab; then click the "Helen Sawyer Hogg" tab to see a photo of the plaque. Plaque text: "The astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905-1993) lived here from 1962 to 1965."
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