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History
In 1973, the City Of Surrey discussed land expropriation for Hawthorne Park. On April 6, 1987, Surrey City Council carried a motion for Parks and Recreation to delete a budget of $113,000 for the construction of Phase I of Hawthorne Park until it has been investigated further. The Surrey-Guildford Rotary Club presented a $20,000 cheque to Hawthorne Park on November 25, 1991 in honour of having the park named as Hawthorne Rotary Park. Satellite imagery shows that during 2004-2005 a gazebo was built as a central point for Hawthorne Gardens. One year later, the playground was in the process of being renovated and was finished in the years during 2011-2012. In the summer of 2000, the City Of Surrey Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department recommended the acquisition of two properties for the expansion of Hawthorne Park. The City of Surrey was seeking to acquire land from private residents along the corner of 108 Avenue and 144 Street. The community surrounding Hawthorne Park had experienced periodic flooding because of blockages in the storm water management system. Therefore, in 2011, the City of Surrey planned to replace the storm sewage in Hawthorne Park proposing to construct a sanitary trunk sewer along 106 Avenue and through a section of the park to 144 Street. There was an additional installation of storm sewers on 141 Street, 141A Street, and 142 Street that will drain water into Hawthorne Creek along 106 Avenue that was to be completed on September 16, 2011. .

Bon Accord Background Information
Bon Accord Creek, which flows through Hawthorne Park, was named after a steamboat dock that was used in the late 1800s. Bon Accord was a piece of land northeast of New Westminster on the the southern shoreline of the Fraser River which was pre-empted by William Ross, John Hasselwood and Robert Halloway. One of the uses of the land was for delivering cordwood up the Fraser River to Yale. In 1885, a fish Hatchery also existed at this location next to Bon Accord Creek. Donald Mann, who worked in Canadian Northern Railway, purchased the land from the New Westminster Southern Railway. The name of Bon Accord then changed to Port Mann.