Directions
We begin our walk behind the Leigh Square Community Arts Village, home to art exhibitions, classes, concerts, and the PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives! Parking can be found on McAllister Avenue or in a lot in between PoCo Bowl and Me-n-Eds Pizza.
Follow the buttons below to go to the next stop, the previous stop, or the homepage for this walk.
Each stop on the map is colour-coded. For this first stop, look for the dark red pin. You can also click to view the map in full screen. In this view you can see each of the stops and the art listed on the left side.
Info
| Address | 2253 Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 3B8 |
| Colour Pin on Map | Dark Red |
| # of Art Pieces | 1 |
The Map
The Art
Our Journeys
Location: Behind Leigh Square Community Arts Village (i.e. South Side of building)
Title: Our Journeys
Artist: Lewis Lavoie and Phil Alain
Details:
Created for Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017, this mosaic is made from 600 tiles hand painted by community members that represent different parts of Port Coquitlam’s history. Communities across Canada installed similar murals as part of the country wide celebration. Themes in PoCo’s mural include symbols and representations of kʷikʷəƛəm First Nations, Terry Fox, nature scenes, which all are connected by the railway. 
McAllister Crosswalk
Location: In front of the Leigh Square Community Arts Village
Title: McAllister Crosswalk
Artist: Sandeep Johal
Details:
Painted over the course of five days in 2023 by artist Sandeep Johal, this mural crosswalk represents the river and the salmon that make up such an important part of the ecosystem in Port Coquitlam. Fittingly, not a block from this mural in the early 1900s, there was a branch of the river where Donald Street is today, which has been inching deeper underground ever since.
Johal’s work centers on themes of brightness, hope, and resilience in the face of bleakness, and with this mural, she aimed to honour the natural history of PoCo while bringing colour to the neighbourhood.
