The body of water was named by
Captain George Richards in 1860 after
Colonel Moody, who commanded the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers in
BC from 1858-63.
2 The land around it became the original terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway;
however, the terminus was quickly moved to
Vancouver, which slowed the Port’s economic growth.
3Port Moody’s first main industries were an oil refinery and a sawmill, but it was
developed primarily as a residential suburb of
Vancouver.
4 It maintains an active port as well as many important industrial facilities.
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