| Feature Type: | 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. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Port Moody at E end of Burrard Inlet, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'59"N, 122°52'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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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. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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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). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"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...." Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |
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Ioco and Ioco Junction were separate CPR stations (Ioco Junction located at the head of Port Moody) Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |