The site on which this school is built was originally part of a 100-acre land grant that was conveyed to John Gould by Letters Patent from the Crown in 1806.

Among the names of early settlers of this area are found, as recorded by the Registrar of Deeds, those of: Merritt, Woodruff, Rykert, Macdonald, Mettleberger, Bullivant, Adams and Brown.

In 1963, the Board of Education for the City of St. Catharines took steps towards the building of West Park bypassing the motion that the Board approve in principle that a secondary school site of approximately fifteen acres would be purchased in an area bound by Louth Street, Rykert Street and Powerview Avenue.

The city made available to the Board about seven acres of the unopened Homeland Plan subdivision, and jointly the Board and the city acquired another acre from the rear of the lots on Louth Street, For the building project the firm of Macbeth, Williams, Woodruff and Hadaway was chosen as architects and the general contract was awarded to Newman Brothers Company Limited.

West Park students made use of the swimming pool, football and soccer fields, tennis courts and baseball diamond.

The Communication Technology lab and television arts studio provided students with the opportunity to bring together their artistic creativity and academic strengths.

"[2] From its beginnings in 1970 well into the 80's, "West Park's rowing program was a powerhouse, winning 12-13 CSSRA combined team titles and producing 43 athletes who represented Canada internationally at the junior and senior level.