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The Royal Engineers (Sappers) were dispatched from England to the new colony of British Columbia in 1858. They surveyed, built roads and established the capital of the Mainland to be New Westminster. As the Fraser River would freeze over in the winter, a defensive, ice free port was built to the North on the Eastern end of Burrard Inlet in case of an American invasion. This port was named Port Moody in honour of their commander, Colonel Richard Clement Moody.

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Col. Richard C. Moody
1865-1880
England

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum
Royal B.C. Museum Corporation - # A-01724

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Royal Engineers Survey Ship, HMS Plumper
1858 - 1863
Eastern Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum
B.C. Archives - call # A-00238, catalogue # HP000532

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An American invasion never happened and little was done with the port until the Canadian Pacific Railway named Port Moody as its Western Terminus in 1879. Development was rapid starting with the 1882 construction of the first Station and wharf. The first steam engine was shipped in by boat along with construction materials to build the railway headed East.
Tea was an important commodity shipped in when the railway was completed in 1885. However, the port for the Western Terminus was short lived as a branch rail line was built on to Vancouver in 1887. Shipping lumber was the only use of the port for the next 30 some years.

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The First CPR Station
Late 1880s-1990
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2010.049.001
Glenbow Archives # na-4140-85

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Drawing of a Ship Carrying the First Shipment of Canadian Pacific Railway Iron
1880s
Eastern Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1971.057.003

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Ship Docked at First CPR Wharf
1886
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2010.049.002
Glenbow Archives # na-4967-133

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The W.B. Flint Brings First Shipment of Tea
19th Century, 1886
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2006.006.003 (c)

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Scene at the CPR Station and Wharf
19th Century, 1886
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1981.131.006

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A Train Passes by the Canadian Pacific Lumber Mill
20th Century, 1903 - 1908
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc # 1009.066.001
Vancouver Public Library #3426

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Early Scene of Port Moody
1900-1920
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.032.004

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Remnants of the CPR Wharf, the First CPR Station in Background
1887-1908
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1974.001.007
Vancouver Archives

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Remnants of the CPR Wharf, First CPR Station in Background
1887-1908
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1986.008.003

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The First Station was utilized by oil refineries from 1908 up until 1960. Unfortunately, it was torn down in 1961 as not enough community support could be found to save it as a heritage building.