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While Port Moody is not known for having a strong military presence, the city and its surrounding area does have a military history. In the mid-late 1800s, when British navy ships came up the inlet, they would fire cannonballs into Port Moody's north shore Naval Reserve as target practice. Some of these cannonballs have been found in backyards and are now housed in the Port Moody Station Museum.
The port has also hosted other military vessels, mainly for refuelling including gunships and a World War One submarine, which was first brought to the navy base at Esquimalt during the height of fear that German conspirators were planning on attacking the base.
More recently in 2010, the port welcomed navy ships visiting to celebrate the Navy Centennial.

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Neil Laidlaw Remembers the Military Presence at Ioco
20th Century, Circa 1999
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1999.021.062

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A Sailor on the Gunship, 'H.M.S. Curlew'
1920s
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.067.013

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Sailors on the Gunship, 'H.M.S. Curlew'
1920s
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.067.014

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Sailors on the Gunship, 'H.M.S Curlew'
1920s
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc # 1009.067.015

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The Gunship, 'H.M.S Curlew'
1920s
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc # 1009.067.016

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Sailors aboard the Gunship, 'H.M.S. Curlew'
1920s
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc # 1009.067.017

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Cannonball
Circa 1886
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1989.066.001

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Jim Buckley Remembers the Cannonballs
20th Century, Circa 1999
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1999.021.055

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World War One Submarine
20th Century, Circa 1915
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1984.086.014

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Naval ship at Ioco for Fuelling
20th Century, Circa 1945
Ioco, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2009.012.018