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Community in the Tri-Cities: Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.

A tourtiere, the traditional French Canadian meat pie served at Festival du Bois
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Maillardville and Festival du Bois: Coquitlam's French heart

Maillardville was founded in 1909 by French Canadian mill workers recruited to Fraser Mills. Their legacy lives on in Festival du Bois each March.

The Terry Fox statue outside BC Place in Vancouver
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Terry Fox's Port Coquitlam: the hometown behind the Marathon of Hope

Terry Fox grew up in Port Coquitlam, starred at the high school now named for him, and planned the Marathon of Hope here. The story of PoCo's famous son.

Evergreen Cultural Centre beside Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park
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Evergreen Cultural Centre: the Tri-Cities' stage beside Lafarge Lake

Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park has a 257-seat black box theatre, art gallery and studios. What is on and when the gallery is open.

The restored Vorce tram station at Burnaby Village Museum
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Burnaby Village Museum: the free 1920s village at Deer Lake Park

Burnaby Village Museum recreates a 1920s village with 31 buildings, a 1912 carousel, and a restored interurban tram. Admission is free, at Deer Lake Park.

The restored Stewart Farmhouse on Crescent Road in Surrey
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Historic Stewart Farm: Surrey's 1890s farmhouse on the Nicomekl River

Historic Stewart Farm preserves an 1890s farmhouse and 54 acres on the Nicomekl River in South Surrey, once the heart of a 440-acre family farm.

Historic brick building on the Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam
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Riverview Hospital: the story of Coquitlam's Essondale grounds

Riverview Hospital opened in 1913, once housed 4,725 patients, and shaped Coquitlam for a century. Its history, 2012 closure, and what stands there now.

The Ioco townsite in Port Moody, photographed around 1914 to 1920
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Ioco: the company town Imperial Oil built on Port Moody's shore

Ioco began in 1914 as housing for Imperial Oil's new refinery and grew into a planned townsite. It is now a protected heritage area in Port Moody.

The historic CPR station building housing the POMO Museum in Port Moody
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POMO Museum: Port Moody's railway station that became a time capsule

The POMO Museum occupies Port Moody's second CPR train station, moved by truck in 1978. Inside: a 1921 sleeper car and a barrel of postcards.

Historic view of the Canadian Tug Boat Company works at Fraser Mills on the Fraser River
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Fraser Mills: the sawmill town that built Coquitlam rises again

Fraser Mills was a company sawmill town and its own municipality from 1913. Its mill closed in 2001; now a 5,500-home waterfront community rises there.