The shoreline that people visit for recreation today was once intensely connected to work. Timber, rail and shipping shaped Port Moody’s early development around Burrard Inlet.
A photograph of a local logging camp from 1886 makes that past tangible. It shows workers and equipment in a place that can otherwise be remembered only for its later parks and neighbourhoods. The picture does not tell every story, but it gives us a reason to ask who worked on this shore and how industry changed it.
On your next waterfront walk, look across the inlet with both views in mind: a present-day gathering place and an older industrial landscape. The City’s historical insights and museum offer more routes into that history.