Ioco, Port Moody
Ioco, an abbreviation of Imperial Oil Corporation, 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.
As of 2015, the Ioco townsite has been sold to a Vancouver developer.
