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The Tri-City News is a Canadian online community based in Port Coquitlam and published by Glacier Media, and serving the Tri-Cities region of British Columbia's Lower Mainland. It was established in 1985 as a weekly printed newspaper.
Coquitlam Dam is a hydraulic fill embankment dam on the Coquitlam River in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Although it has no powerhouse of its own, its waters divert to Buntzen Lake, making it part of BC Hydro's electrical generation infrastructure. [1] It is also one of the main reservoirs for the Greater Vancouver Water District.
The Cape Horn Interchange is a major interchange that connects British Columbia Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) to Lougheed Highway (Highway 7), a heavily signalized thoroughfare in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Burnaby, and the Mary Hill Bypass (Highway 7B), bypassing the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam sections of Lougheed Highway and forming the quickest route to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.
Coquitlam Lake is a reservoir located just north of Coquitlam, British Columbia. It is one of the three main water sources for Metro Vancouver , and part of the Coquitlam watershed . It is also a part of BC Hydro 's power generation system.
In 1903, the Vancouver Power Company (now BC Hydro) built a 3.6 km (2 mi) long, 1.2 km (1 mi) deep tunnel under Eagle Mountain from Coquitlam Lake to Buntzen Lake to supply water to Vancouver's first hydroelectric power plant on Indian Arm. [2] This tunnel, and the power plants on Indian Arm are still operational.
Coquitlam Now was a bi-weekly community newspaper, based in Coquitlam, and served the Tri-Cities region of British Columbia's Lower Mainland from 1984 to 2016. The Coquitlam Now is no longer in circulation. The paper was part of the Van-Net chain owned by Glacier Media Group.
The median age of Coquitlam's population was 41.1 years, slightly younger than the British Columbia median of 43.0 years. Coquitlam had 85.6% of its residents 15 years of age or older, less than the provincial average of 87.5%. [40] According to the 2016 census, about 44% of Coquitlam residents were foreign-born, much higher than the 28% ...
The Coast Meridian Overpass is a four-lane cable stayed bridge [1] in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, crossing the Canadian Pacific railyard. It is 25 metres wide and 580 m long, with a bike lane on the northbound side and a separated pedestrian walkway on the southbound side of the overpass.