Ioco is an area of Port Moody, British Columbia, located on the northern shore of the Burrard Inlet. Ioco, an abbreviation of Imperial Oil Corporation,[1] 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 two 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 two churches.
As of 2015, the Ioco townsite has been sold to a Vancouver developer.[2][3]
References
- Industry Profiles - Imperial Oil City of Port Moody, retrieved January 2, 2014^
- Ioco Townsite sold to novice developer retrieved January 15, 2015^
- Metro Vancouver land package including Ioco townsite sold retrieved January 15, 2015^