| City of Port Moody | |||
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| Coordinates: 49°16′59″N 122°49′54″W / 49.28306°N 122.83167°W | |||
| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  British
Columbia |
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| Regional District | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Incorporated | 1913 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Joe Trasolini | ||
| - Governing Body | Port Moody City Council | ||
| - Councillors | Mike Clay Diana Dilworth Bob Elliott Meghan Lahti Karen Rockwell Gerry Nuttall |
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| - School Trustees | Keith Watkins Melissa Hyndes |
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| Area | |||
| - Total | 26.21 km2 (10.1 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 40 m (131 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 27,512 | ||
| - Density | 953.83/km2 (2,470.4/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 | CityOfPortMoody.com | ||
Port Moody is a small, crescent-shaped city in Metro Vancouver, located at 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.
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The construction of a transcontinental railroad was the condition that prompted British Columbia to enter into confederation in 1871. The little 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.
While many people lost a great deal of money and moved on, others, including real estate tycoon and ship captain, James A. Clarke, and several lumber mills, decided to remain. On April 7 1913, Port Moody's Council met for the first time as a city. Some prominent early families were Ottley, Bennett, Johnson, Axford, Howard-Gibbon, Thurston, Roe, Abernathy, Elsdon, Campbell, Clarke, Murray and Appleyard.
In 2006, the City of Port Moody had 27,512 people in 10,125 private dwellings living within its borders . This population growth was a 15% increase from the last census taken in 2001.[1 ] Booming residential construction may account for part of this population growth; 8,015 residential dwellings are owned while 2,115 are rented.[1 ] Port Moody also has the fourth highest municipal median family income at $70,239, with its largest employers being Eagle Ridge Hospital and School District 43.[2]
Of its total population, 45% of Port Moody residents are legally married, 6.25% are in common-law relationships, 5.72% are divorced and 24% are single.[1 ] 30% of its residents identify themselves as immigrants, slightly higher than the 27% Canadian average.[1 ]
Port Moody’s City Council consists of Mayor Joe Trasolini, Meghan Lahti, Bob Elliott, Karen Rockwell, Mike Clay, Diana Dilworth and Gerry Nuttall. School Trustees representing Port Moody are Melissa Hyndes and Keith Watkins. Elections are held province-wide on the third Saturday of November every three years. At that time, Port Moody residents will be asked to elect one mayor, six councillors and two trustees to the School District 43’s board.
Port Moody's City Manager is Gaetan Royer. The Corporate Leadership Team includes: Brad Parker, Chief Constable, PMPD; Jeff Lambert, Fire Chief, PMFD; Paul Rockwood, Director of Finance & IT; Ron Higo, Director of Community Services; Heather Scoular, Chief Librarian; Colleen Rohde, Director Strategic Planning & Culture; Tim Savoie, Director of Planning & Development; Eugene Wat, Director of Engineering.
Council meetings are held every second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Council Chambers (Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Drive). They begin at 7 p.m. and are taped and later broadcast on Shaw Cable 4 at 9:00 am the following Saturday.
| Weather data for Port Moody | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) |
16.5 (62) |
19 (66) |
23 (73) |
28 (82) |
34.5 (94) |
33.5 (92) |
33.5 (92) |
34 (93) |
32.5 (91) |
28 (82) |
19 (66) |
15.5 (60) |
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| Average high °C (°F) |
5.5 (42) |
7.5 (46) |
9.9 (50) |
12.8 (55) |
16.4 (62) |
18.9 (66) |
21.9 (71) |
22.3 (72) |
19 (66) |
13.7 (57) |
8.3 (47) |
5.6 (42) |
13.5 (56) |
| Average low °C (°F) |
0.6 (33) |
1.6 (35) |
3.1 (38) |
5.1 (41) |
8.2 (47) |
10.8 (51) |
12.9 (55) |
13.3 (56) |
10.9 (52) |
7.3 (45) |
3.5 (38) |
0.9 (34) |
6.5 (44) |
| Record low °C (°F) |
-14 (7) |
-13 (9) |
-7.8 (18) |
-1 (30) |
1.7 (35) |
4.4 (40) |
6.7 (44) |
7.2 (45) |
1 (34) |
-7 (19) |
-15.5 (4) |
-16 (3) |
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| Precipitation mm (inches) |
249.6 (9.83) |
199.7 (7.86) |
181.4 (7.14) |
142.6 (5.61) |
107.7 (4.24) |
90.2 (3.55) |
67.9 (2.67) |
66.1 (2.6) |
91.1 (3.59) |
186.5 (7.34) |
297 (11.69) |
275.6 (10.85) |
1,955.4 (76.98) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3] 2009-07-11 | |||||||||||||
Port Moody is served by School District 43, and offers two public high schools, plus several more middle schools and elementary schools.
Simon Fraser University is located in nearby Burnaby, while Douglas College maintains a campus in Coquitlam's Town Centre.
Port Moody's public library is located in the City Hall complex.
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Over 41 streams flow through Port Moody to Burrard Inlet.[4] The City of Port Moody Stream Stewardship Program manages urban streams, streamside vegetation and watersheds to support the production of fish and insect life for present and future generations. The Port Moody Ecological Society (PMES), a not-for-profit organization, works alongside the city to promote ecological awareness in the area. PMES volunteers operate a salmon and trout hatchery, a water quality lab and public awareness & community outreach programs.
The city has also banned the use of pesticides, and holds annual seminars on how to garden naturally at its Inlet Theatre. City Hall has been pesticide free since 1988.[5]
Port Moody won a large number of provincial, national and international awards. In 2004, the city received a prestigious award from the UN sponsored International Awards for Liveable Communities in the category Planning for the Future. The city also received third place overall for cities of its size.
In 2008, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business highlighted Port Moody as the most fiscally responsible among British Columbia's 28 largest cities.
The traditional industrial sector in Port Moody is characterized by a deep-sea bulk loading terminal, two petrochemical distribution operations, a large wood products manufacturer, and a thermal electric generating station. Light industry, home-based business, and crafts and cultural businesses are also common in Port Moody, along with a growing health and social services sector.[6 ]
Port Moody’s economic development focus in recent years has been on the arts and culture sector, including the development of a new Port Moody identity as the “City of the Arts.” An estimated 6% of employment in Port Moody is in arts and culture, which is one of the highest concentrations of arts and culture employment in the region. [6 ]
In addition to Vancouver-based media outlets, Port Moody is served by several community newspapers including the Tri-City News.
Port Moody's CKPM-FM will be the first radio station dedicated to the Tri-Cities area when it takes to the air in 2009.
On June 16 2004, Port Moody was officially trademarked as the “City of the Arts.” Historically, Port Moody was a destination for artists because of its low rent, beautiful scenery and ambient lighting. Today, it is home to annual festivals, arts groups and diverse facilities that help foster a creative community.
The Port Moody Arts Centre offers a number of fine arts and photography classes for residents of all ages, and has three diverse art galleries that feature a number of constantly changing works. The Port Moody Station Museum hosts a wide assortment of artifacts from Port Moody’s past, and has restored a heritage train venosta for tours. Arts Connect is an organization that connects artists from the Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody), and hosts regular artists’ circles. Artists can find studio space in Port Moody at 2709 Esplanade, with open house tours taking place every year in April.
Popular festivals in Port Moody include the Canadian Film Festival (February), the Festival of the Arts (September), Golden Spike Days (July), the Wearable Art Awards (yearly, next is May 9 & 10, 2009) and the CP Rail Holiday Train (December). Port Moody is also home to the Inlet Theatre, an intimate 200 seat venue.
Port Moody is home to beautiful Rocky Point Park. 3.8 hectares of space, the park has hiking trails, a newly renovated spray park, a skate park, a bike trials park, a playground, a picnic shelter, a boat launch and a recreational pier. Home to Golden Spike Days, the park is a popular destination in the summer.
Bert Flinn Park is a mountain bikers’ paradise. 138 hectares of largely undeveloped parkland, there is an extensive unmarked trail system along old logging roadbeds: look closely to see evidence of this industry which flourished here in the early 1900s. The park also has an off-leash dog walk.
Finishing construction in 2008, Port Moody has renovated its recreation complex. Home to an Olympic size ice rink, this new facility will have an indoor running track, a state-of-the-art gym, a curling rink and an athlete’s lounge. The Port Moody Happening, a quarterly publication, features all recreation programs offered at this new facility.
The traditional phonetic spelling of Port Moody translated as "graveyard" in Chinese. In 1998, the City of Port Moody adopted a new phonetic spelling of Port Moody in Chinese which translates as Land Full of Treasures [7].
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Port Moody [1] is a city in the Vancouver eastern suburbs of British Columbia, Canada. Set on the eastern end of the Burrard Inlet, it has some fine waterfront property. It's primarily a residential community, just close enough to commute to Vancouver for work. Recent high-rise developments on the water, such as NewPort Village, have also spurred retail and entertainment districts.
The Barnett Highway (Highway 7A) leads in from Burnaby and Vancouver to the east and Coquitlam to the west.
Several buses from the Translink regional transit system serve the Port Moody area. The 97 B-Line is a very useful bus; it runs from the Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to the Coquitlam Centre bus terminal roughly every ten minutes on weekdays, covering the whole of St. John's Street. Most areas in Port Moody aren't more than a ten-minute walk from the closest 97 B-Line stop to the destination. The #160 bus runs through Port Moody, providing a direct route to downtown Vancouver.
The nearest SkyTrain station is Lougheed Town Centre. Take the 97 B-Line (faster) or the C24 into Port Moody.
St. John's Street is the main street in, out and through Port Moody. Several community buses get away from St. John's Street into the surrounding neighbourhoods. The C25 bus serves Ioco. The C27 serves the Heritage Mountain area and parts of Westwood Plateau (Coquitlam), running from Port Moody station to Coquitlam station. The C28 provides similar service to the C27, except with more focus on the Westwood Plateau area.
Walk along the Shoreline Trail, which runs from Rocky Point to behind the Port Moody Rec Centre (across from Newport Village). It runs along the Burrard Inlet and is very scenic.
There are many stores along St. John's Street. There is also shopping in Newport Village, and Suter Brooke across from it. There's like, three or four Starbucks, man! Coquitlam Centre shopping mall is a seven minute bus-ride away, containing 200 stores.
Popular pubs/bars include St. James' Well in Newport Village, The Point on St. John's Street, and The Golden Spike, also on St. John's.
Accomodation options within Port Moody itself are limited. There is a larger selection of hotels in nearby Coquitlam, Burnaby and New Westminster.
Anmore and Belcarra, two villages north of Port Moody, offer pretty regional parks that have good hiking trails and sandy beaches. To get there by car, head north on Ioco Rd or take bus C26.
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