Articles
Guides, discoveries and original local stories from Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody.
Al Sholund and the stories a city remembers
A local historian’s collected insights help bring Port Moody’s industrial and everyday past into view.
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A railway station with a second life as a museum
The POMO Museum turns a working station building into a place for local stories.
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Rocky Point, one stop and many ways to spend a day
The pier, trails and inlet make Rocky Point a flexible starting place for exploring Port Moody.
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The train that put Port Moody on the map
An 1886 arrival gave Port Moody a remarkable place in the railway story—and a lesson in how plans change.
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The person behind the name Maillardville
Father Maillard’s name survives in a neighbourhood shaped by many families and cultures.
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Lafarge Lake: from quarry ground to city landmark
Coquitlam’s Town Centre lake gives a former industrial landscape a new community life.
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Step inside a different Coquitlam at Mackin House
A preserved house offers a close-up view of the city’s industrial and neighbourhood past.
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Maillardville: a neighbourhood with a French-Canadian voice
The Fraser Mills workforce helped create a community whose language and traditions remain part of Coquitlam.
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Gates Park: where Port Coquitlam comes to play
Soccer, softball and shared green space make Gates Park a lively community landmark.
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Terry Fox and the hometown that remembers him
Port Coquitlam honours Terry Fox through public art, exhibits and a continuing story of local determination.
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A city-sized walk on the Traboulay PoCo Trail
The loop around Port Coquitlam connects waterways, neighbourhoods and the memory of a long-serving mayor.
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How Westminster Junction became Port Coquitlam
A railway junction, an ambitious town and a 1913 vote helped shape the PoCo we know today.
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A slower morning at Colony Farm
A real wetland landscape connects walking and wildlife close to the city.
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Follow the Coquitlam River through PoCo
A riverside route reveals the moving landscape beside Port Coquitlam’s neighbourhoods.
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The urban forest at Mundy Park
A Coquitlam woodland has room for quiet walks, family outings and careful wildlife watching.
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Fraser Mills and the many people who built Coquitlam
A former mill town opens up stories of work, migration and changing municipal borders.
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Walk the Shoreline Trail between two parks
A route from Rocky Point toward Old Orchard makes the inlet the centre of the day.
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When Port Moody’s waterfront was a working shore
A historic logging-camp photograph invites a different view of the inlet.
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