The local councillor says residents are upset about the damage at the "beloved" park and have been asking how the "intricate network of trenches" wasn't discovered sooner.

The discovery was made at Gage Park, a large community park located at Main Street and Gage Avenue in East Hamilton. The park, which hosts gay pride events and summer outdoor movies, includes a rose garden, a large greenhouse, a bandstand and Hamilton’s Children’s Museum. It has also become the site of homeless encampments in recent years.

Police say they have discovered a series of man-made holes and tunnels in Gage Park Tuesday during a proactive encampment check.

Hamilton police say that they discovered a series of “man-made holes and tunnels” during a patrol of a downtown encampment earlier this week.

Police say they were patrolling encampments in Gage Park Tuesday when they discovered a hole nearly two metres deep.

Hamilton Police made quite the discovery during a proactive encampment check in Gage Park on Tuesday. Cops say they discovered a series of man-made holes and tunnels that allegedly enabled electricity to be supplied to multiple campers in the area.