Ioco, Port Moody

Ioco, an abbreviation of Imperial Oil Corporation,[1] is an area of Port Moody, British Columbia. It is located on the northern shore of the Burrard Inlet. Ioco was originally a townsite for an Imperial Oil refinery.

The refinery began operation in January 1915. By 1917, there were 200 people living in a shack town, which had a school and 2 grocery stores. The company wanted to buy land from the Federal government to build a townsite, but due to the land being a military reserve they refused. Instead they bought land from a private seller. The land was cleared and construction on houses began in 1920. In all there were 83 houses built. The townsite also had a grocery store, community hall, a tennis court and lawn bowling green, and 2 churches.[2]

By 2015, the Ioco site has been sold to a Vancouver developer.[3][4]

  1. ↑ City of Port Moody Website "Industry Profiles - Imperial Oil" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ City of Port Moody Website "The Ioco Townsite Story" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ioco Townsite sold to novice developer". Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Metro Vancouver land package including Ioco townsite sold". Retrieved 15 January 2015.


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