King George V's Coronation Day, June 22 1911 at Recreation Park in Vancouver. This parade was the first public appearance of the Regiment. From the Regimental History (page 6 and 7 ): "The first public appearance of the regiment took place on Coronation Day, Thursday, June 22nd, 1911, the ceremonies in connection with the occasion being held in Recreation Park, Vancouver. With a hot sun beating down on the largest crowd of civilians and soldiers ever gathered in Vancouver, [estimated to be in the neighbourhood of 30,000 people] the Coronation was fittingly celebrated. The weather, which had been threatening in the morning, could not have been better when the ceremonies began in t'he afternoon, and a crowd of about 30,000 people covered every foot of space in the park, and filled the grand stand to overflowing. the display of troops was something previously unknown in Vancouver, and the new Highland regiment especially drew forth favourable comments". Recreation Park was bounded by Homer, Smithe, Hamilton and Nelson, a site now totally occupied by high rise apartments. There once stood a stadium and playing field called Recreation Park. For a number of years this was the home field of the Vancouver Vets (later Beavers) baseball team and also was the site of a number of lacrosse competitions between Vancouver, New Westminster and Victoria.