Ioco Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. N side of Port Moody at E end of Burrard Inlet, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

Ioco: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Ioco

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ioco

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Ioco Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ioco

References to Ioco that document the origin of its place name

Ioco (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939. Form of name changed to Ioco (Post Office & Station) 3 May 1951 on 92G. Form of name changed to Ioco (Community) 15 April 1982 on 92G/7.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Ioco Post Office was opened 1 June 1916; closed 20 July 1970 (at the time of closing, the post office was situated on Lot 13, subdivision of Parcel "B", DL 256, Gp 1, Map 3830).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"Town on the north shore of Burrard Inlet opposite Port Moody, belonging to the Imperial Oil Company; the name is composed of the initials I-O-Co...."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

Ioco and Ioco Junction were separate CPR stations (Ioco Junction located at the head of Port Moody)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26