Sho’aríshon Park

A civic landscape that honours history, engages the community, and creates a place for reflection, learning, and connection.

Sho’aríshon Park in Jordan Hollow is a public space designed for gathering, learning, and reflection. Rooted in the land’s history, the park honours the Neutral Nation and connects visitors to Twenty Mile Creek through culturally and ecologically significant design elements.

The park features interpretive signage, public art, a native species rain garden, and a modern longhouse interpretation that reflects historic scale while blending traditional inspiration with contemporary materials. A new pedestrian bridge integrates Indigenous artwork, creating a pathway that guides visitors through stories, culture, and landscape.

Every element was guided by curiosity, collaboration, and care, creating a meaningful civic space where community, ceremony, and everyday interaction can flourish.

Under construction wooden structure with a curved roof, supported by brown poles, on a concrete foundation, surrounded by trees and construction materials.
A garden with young plants in blue buckets, surrounded by trees and construction equipment in the background.
Construction workers and equipment installing a curved metal shelter at a park or outdoor area, with trees and partially cloudy sky in the background.
A rustic outdoor woven wooden fence along a curved sidewalk with a dense green forest in the background.
Construction workers and equipment working on a landscaping project in a park, with trees and a small structure with a shingled roof.
A garden with newly planted small plants and shrubs, a decorative wooden fence, surrounded by trees with green leaves, and a pickup truck driving on a road in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Construction site with a new wooden structure, a small tree with red leaves, a worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest, and construction equipment such as a mini excavator and tools on the ground.
Construction site with plants in the foreground, wooden beams, construction equipment, a worker wearing a helmet, and a backhoe in the background, surrounded by trees.