Artists: Steve Stanczyk, Jordan Woodrow, Doug Cariou (Cyrus Art)
Date: May 2, 1998
Location: 2332 Marpole Avenue, at the original site of Aggie Hall and May Day celebrations until the 1970s [map]
Dimensions: 84′ w x 12’4” h
Information: This mural commemorates the May Days celebration in Port Coquitlam, the only surviving celebration of its kind in British Columbia. It was painted for 75^th May Day celebrations. It depicts the original site of the Agricultural Hall (Aggie Hall), which stood at this location until the early 1970s. The cars and costumes are typical of 1923, when the first Port Coquitlam May Days was celebrated.

This mural is dedicated to the citizens of Port Coquitlam by the PoCo BIA.

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Artists: Doug and Lori Cariou (Cyrus Art)
Date: 1997
Location: Marpole Avenue at Shaughnessy Street on the Coastal Insurance Awning [map]
Dimensions: 49’4″ w x 3’10” h
Information: The mural was funded by Mike Thompson, Coastal Insurance.

Artists: Tammy Pilon and Dumitry Barliga
Date: Fall 1997
Location: Whyte Avenue at Shaughnessy Street [map]
Dimensions: 12′ w x 8′ h
Information: In the 1910s merchants such as the local blacksmith and the general store owner had the first businesses in what was then known as the Kingsway Business area. The farming community made up a huge majority of the merchants selling dairy and produce at farmers’ markets. Prizes were given to the farmer who grew the largest cabbage and pumpkin. This mural, which depicts that history, was painted in studio and mounted in 1997.

Artists: Richard Tetrault and Dan Bushnell
Date: 2004
Location: Elks Hall at Leigh Square [map]
Dimensions: 30′ w x 16’10″ h
Information: The theme for Culture Wave came out of a community-engaged wood relief project for the Port Coquitlam Recreation Centre. The mural was designed as a collage-like representation of cultural activity as it can be seen in and around Leigh Square. The work reflects a cross-section of various cultural activities, compressed into a wave motif. Some of the figures were derived from performers during the time that the mural was created. The pervasive coloration of gold and yellow was used to generate a positive overall energy.

Artists: Richard Tetrault and Dan Bushnell
Date: 2004
Location: European Bakery at Leigh Square [map]
Dimensions: 33’6″ w x 14’7″ h (plus triangular upper section)
Information: The theme for The Salmon Cycle came out of a community-engaged wood relief project for the Port Coquitlam Recreation Centre, and from studies and research carried out by the Hyde Creek Hatchery. The mural follows the evolution of salmon’s life cycle, starting from the left, as eggs, fry, fingerlings, smolt and mature salmon. The fish ladder is portrayed in an underwater perspective, with a large spawning salmon arching over the entire wall. A cut out relief wood crow frieze was added to the upper part of the front wall. Behind this wall, on the second story of the adjacent building, the upper part of a female figure, flanked by natural forms, becomes the ‘source’ for the river. The mural projects both the life force and the fragility of this ecosystem, giving spectators a close-up perspective of the local hatchery and salmon.

Artists: Tammy Pilon with 30 community volunteers
Date: Summer 1997
Location: Shaughnessy Street at Elgin Avenue [map]
Dimensions: 48′ w x 15′ h
Information: When the Canadian Pacific Railway established Westminster Junction as an extension of the transnational rail line into New Westminster, it provided the nucleus around which the City of Port Coquitlam grew. Engine 371, depicted in the mural, brought the first passenger train across Canada, and was a frequent visitor to the growing city. The original Westminster Junction station was located on Kingsway Avenue, and it was used until it was destroyed by fire in the 1960s.

Artists: Brandie Rawluk, creator, with Carol Ham and Adrian Hrytzak, assisting painters
Date: October 24, 1998
Location: 2320 Elgin Avenue at Shaughnessy Street [map]
Dimensions: 77’10″ w x 9’10” h
Information: This mural commemorates the history of the City of Port Coquitlam, and the ‘span of time’ from the early settlers of the 1860s to the incorporation of the City of Port Coquitlam in 1913, and on to the present day. It depicts Chief Kwikwetlem William, the first schoolhouse and the first fire truck. The ‘span of time’ is completed with the Red Bridge and the arrival of the Westcoast Express to the City of Port Coquitlam.

This mural is a gift to the citizens of Port Coquitlam by the PoCo BIA.

Artists: Bert Monterona with extensive community engagement
Date: December 11, 2009
Location: On the Shaughnessy Street Underpass [map]
Information: This mural is one of 8 murals created by Bert Monterona as Port Coquitlam’s contribution to the Necklace Project. Monterona established a comprehensive plan for community engagement, leading workshops with youth and community residents over four months. The workshops were multi-layered in their purpose, developing community pride, artistic skills and social awareness. The murals enhance the main gateway to the City’s downtown and provide a deterrent for vandalism. The eight murals provoke thoughts on peace, environment, gender equality, diversity, active living and heroism.

The Necklace Project is an inter-municipal collaboration in 10 municipalities throughout Metro Vancouver. It incorporates 10 public art projects threaded together as individual jewels on a necklace of common purpose. Revealing an inner light of each community – its history, its diversity or a truth of its underlying nature, exceptional in day and night, each work is integral to its strategically selected site.

View the other murals in the project: 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 8G 8H

Artists: Bert Monterona with extensive community engagement
Date: December 11, 2009
Location: On the Shaughnessy Street Underpass [map]
Information: This mural is one of 8 murals created by Bert Monterona as Port Coquitlam’s contribution to the Necklace Project. Monterona established a comprehensive plan for community engagement, leading workshops with youth and community residents over four months. The workshops were multi-layered in their purpose, developing community pride, artistic skills and social awareness. The murals enhance the main gateway to the City’s downtown and provide a deterrent for vandalism. The eight murals provoke thoughts on peace, environment, gender equality, diversity, active living and heroism.

The Necklace Project is an inter-municipal collaboration in 10 municipalities throughout Metro Vancouver. It incorporates 10 public art projects threaded together as individual jewels on a necklace of common purpose. Revealing an inner light of each community – its history, its diversity or a truth of its underlying nature, exceptional in day and night, each work is integral to its strategically selected site.

View the other murals in the project: 8A 8C 8D 8E 8F 8G 8H

Artists: Bert Monterona with extensive community engagement
Date: December 11, 2009
Location: On the Shaughnessy Street Underpass [map]
Information: This mural is one of 8 murals created by Bert Monterona as Port Coquitlam’s contribution to the Necklace Project. Monterona established a comprehensive plan for community engagement, leading workshops with youth and community residents over four months. The workshops were multi-layered in their purpose, developing community pride, artistic skills and social awareness. The murals enhance the main gateway to the City’s downtown and provide a deterrent for vandalism. The eight murals provoke thoughts on peace, environment, gender equality, diversity, active living and heroism.

The Necklace Project is an inter-municipal collaboration in 10 municipalities throughout Metro Vancouver. It incorporates 10 public art projects threaded together as individual jewels on a necklace of common purpose. Revealing an inner light of each community – its history, its diversity or a truth of its underlying nature, exceptional in day and night, each work is integral to its strategically selected site.

View the other murals in the project: 8A 8B 8D 8E 8F 8G 8H