Port Moody
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| City of Port Moody | ||
Port Moody City Hall and Library
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| Coordinates: 49°16′59″N 122°49′54″W / 49.28306°N 122.83167°WCoordinates: 49°16′59″N 122°49′54″W / 49.28306°N 122.83167°W | ||
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 Canada
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 British Columbia
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| Regional District | Metro Vancouver | |
| Incorporated | 1913 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Mike Clay | |
| • Governing Body | Port Moody City Council | |
| • Councillors | Zoë Royer Robert Vagramov Barbara Junker Rick Glumac Meghan Lahti Diana Dilworth |
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| • School Trustees | Keith Watkins Lisa Park |
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| • MP | Fin Donnelly (NDP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 25.89 km2 (10.00 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 34,000 | |
| • Density | 1,273.8/km2 (3,299/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) | |
| Postal code span | V3J to V3H | |
| Area code(s) | +1-604, +1-778 | |
| Website | portmoody.ca | |
Port Moody is a city in Metro Vancouver, enveloping the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. Port Moody is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south, and Burnaby on the west. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, along with the rugged Coast Mountains, lie to the northwest and north respectively. It is named for Richard Moody, the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
Port Moody, is named for Colonel Richard Clement Moody, Royal Engineers. It was established at the end of a trail that connected New Westminster with Burrard Inlet to defend New Westminster from potential attack from the US. After 1859, the town grew rapidly following land grants to Moody’s Royal Engineers after the sapper detachment was disbanded in 1863.
The construction of a transcontinental railroad was the condition that prompted British Columbia to enter into confederation in 1871. The small town received little attention until it was declared the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1879.
By 1881, the survey of Port Moody had begun. Both John Murray Sr. and Jr. assisted and, in fact, it was John Murray Jr. who named many of the streets after members of his family. The population quickly grew through the early 1880s. As the Western Terminus of the CPR almost everyone had high hopes that Port Moody would become a major west coast metropolis.
The railway was completed with the last spike driven at Craigellachie on November 7, 1885 and a train arriving at Port Moody the next day. The first scheduled passenger transcontinental train arrived on July 4, 1886, a date which is still celebrated during Golden Spike Days. Real estate prices soared, but soon fell flat when a branch line was built to Vancouver in 1887.
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