The park forms a narrow 2.5 km strip, but has a width varies between 5 and 15 metres.
The eastern section forms the north side of Byron Avenue, but does not extend to Richmond Road.
A War Memorial, commemorating the dead of Westboro, is on the Strip, visible from Richmond road, near Golden.
The City of Ottawa is currently building a cut-and-cover subway tunnel along a 1.3 km stretch between Cleary and Richardson avenues as part of the western extension of the Confederation O-Train Line.
This stretch will include two open trench stations at Sherbourne and New Orchard.