# How Coquitlam Was Founded

> The Corporation of the District of Coquitlam was incorporated by Letters Patent on July 25...

**Source:** https://soldbycraig.ca/coquitlam-incorporation-history/  
**Author:** Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BC Licence V99960) · The MACNABS · Royal LePage Elite West  
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Coquitlam History

## Coquitlam — incorporated July 25, 1891.

The Corporation of the District of Coquitlam was incorporated by Letters Patent on July 25, 1891 — predating the City of Vancouver as a District municipality. Pre-incorporation name: 'Westminster Junction.' The first municipal council met at Kelly's Hall on August 22, 1891.

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The Corporation of the District of Coquitlam was incorporated by Letters Patent on July 25, 1891 — predating the City of Vancouver as a District municipality. Pre-incorporation name: **Craig Johnston, Top 1% Team Member — Greater Vancouver REALTORS®** and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident, can walk you through the local context. Free Strategy Call ends with a written one-page plan in 24 hours.

Verified facts · Coquitlam History

## The fact sheet.

Incorporated

July 25, 1891

Form

Corporation of the District of Coquitlam

Pre-incorporation name

Westminster Junction

Originally encompassed

Today's Port Coquitlam was part of the original district

First council meeting

August 22, 1891 at Kelly's Hall, Westminster Junction

1808 explorer

Simon Fraser passed through the region

European settlement begins

1860s

Fraser Mills founded

1889 — Canadian Western Lumber Company / Fraser Mills

1909

Maillardville settlement begins

Coquitlam History · Real estate connection

## What it means for buying or selling near here.

Coquitlam is older than the City of Vancouver as a municipality. That history is woven into the older neighbourhoods — Maillardville, Como Lake, Austin Heights, Mundy Park-edge — in ways the post-1990s neighbourhoods cannot replicate.

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