Canoe Landing Park – Toronto, Ontario

Date

2009

Client
Concord
Category
Architecture
[!](http://www.pfs.bc.ca/)[canoe_landing_park](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canoe_landing_park-e1360245239336.jpg) [!](http://www.publicartmgmt.com/about/)[canoe_landing_park2](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/canoe_landing_park2-e1360245334613.jpg)[!](http://www.douglascoupland.com/)[p423484000-3](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p423484000-3-e1360245351603.jpg)[!](http://www.douglascoupland.com/)[p373500755-3](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p373500755-3-e1360245362845.jpg) The park is a 20 acre purpose built bluff, dotted with urban art by Coupland: a large red canoe, a set of oversize fishing bobs, a white beaver dam and water pond, programmed tree lighting, a pair of iceberg benches, and a heart-shaped bronze cast from a stone retrieved by Terry’s brother at the end of his journey and a one-mile run called the Terry Fox Miracle Mile.