The Port Moody Historica] Society

26 KYLE ST. ;
PORT MOODY BC. V3H 3N7 TEL. 939-1648

April 7, 1982
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Mr. R. A. Freeman 7
City Clerk
City of Port Coquitlam

2272 McAllister Avenue “D4
Port Coquitlam, B.c. APR 13 1982
V3C 2A8

Dear Mr. Freeman:

Please consider this letter a brief description of |
the Port Moody Historical Society: its past and present
activities, and its future objectives.

The Port Moody Historical Society was incorporated
under the Societies Act in 1969 for the purpose; of collecting
and preserving objects, documents and photographs relating to
the history of Port Moody and the Surrounding area. Since
that time, the Society and its collections have been housed-in
various temporary locations around Port Moody. , recog-
nizing the need to have a permanent museum building in which to
house its collections, the Society began negotiations with the
C.P.R. with the aim of acquiring the Port Moody C.P.R. Station,
which was being phased out of cperation. In 1978, the Society
finally acquired the station, and with the financial assistance
of the City of Port Moody, moved the structure from the foot of
Queen's Street to its Present site on Murray Street, adjacent

to Rocky Point Park.

‘For .the last foux years, the Society has been engaged
in the external restoration of the station, and its conversion
into a Museum building. This work was budgeted at $150,000; of
which $48,000 has come from a Recreation and Fitness Grant (for
internal renovations), $15,000 from the B.C. Heritage Trust
(for external restoration), and $28,000 from the City of Port
Moody (primarily for moving and a new foundation). The remain-
ing $59,000 has been raised by the Historical Society from
private and corporate donors, and through the contributed labour
Of dedicated volunteers. With the completion of the Station
Museum in sight, and the Official Opening scheduled for June 26,
1982, the Society is giving more of its attention to the proposed

Operation of its new museun. .

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