This 23-acre park was created in 1970, following Bunn’s Creek from the Red River to Raleigh Street. In 2018 a community public art project was installed along the trails. It is a collaborative effort of the Knowles Centre, artist Becky Thiessen, Winnipeg Arts Council, John G. Stewart School, and the City of Winnipeg Parks and Open Space Division. The seven trail signs feature traditional and contemporary responses to the Seven Teachings created by students who attended the nearby John G. Stewart School and Knowles Centre programs.
The park is named after John Bunn (ca. 1800-61), a prominent Metis physician in the Red River Settlement. He received an annual salary from the Council of Assiniboia to compensate for his medical work with the poorer folks of the settlement. Bunn supported orderly administration and the development of local infrastructure, especially roads, and was regarded by Governor Eden Colvile as “the most sensible man in the Settlement.” He served in a number of administrative and legal positions, including recorder of Rupert’s Land. In 1847 he won a prize for the best cheese in the settlement.