Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia, Canada.
Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. Located 27 km (17 mi) east of Vancouver, it is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it to the north and west. Pitt Meadows lies across the Pitt River from it. Port Coquitlam is bisected by Lougheed Highway and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway. Port Coquitlam is often referred to as "PoCo". It is Canada's 93rd-largest municipality by population.
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Worth seeing in and around Port Coquitlam
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Como Lake
Como Lake is a small lake in Como Lake Park in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. It forms the headwaters of the Como watershed and is an urban fishing and recreation area in the city of Coquitlam as well as the Lower Mainland.
5.6 km · lake in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Mount Burke
Mount Burke, 1,270 m, is a mountain located in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, north of Port Coquitlam on the ridge system leading to Coquitlam Mountain. Most of the mountain is part of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park.
7.2 km · mountain in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Lafarge Lake
Lafarge Lake is a five-hectare, man-made lake located in Town Centre Park, in central Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. It was originally a gravel pit formed from gravel extraction from the 1950s until 1965.
2.8 km · lake in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Burnaby Mountain
Burnaby Mountain, elev. 370 m, is a low, forested mountain in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, overlooking the upper arms of Burrard Inlet.
9.5 km · mountain in Canada · Wikipedia - 05Percy Perry Stadium
Percy Perry Stadium is a multi-purpose, fully lit stadium in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It was built for the 1991 B.C. Summer Games, as part of the district's 100th anniversary, and has featured events with crowds of over 4,000 spectators.
3.1 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Town Centre Park
Town Centre Park is a park in central Coquitlam, British Columbia, just north of the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall. The park is surrounded by Coquitlam's city hall, main police station, main fire hall, City Centre Aquatic Complex, and the David Lam campus of Douglas College, Pinetree Secondary School, as well as many houses and apartments.
2.9 km · park in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Surrey Bend Regional Park
Surrey Bend Regional Park is an 860-acre park in Surrey, British Columbia. It is located along the Fraser River and Parsons Channel, and most of its area is a floodplain.
7 km · park in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Minnekhada Regional Park
Minnekhada Regional Park is a natural park situated in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, alongside Pitt-Addington Marsh and the Pitt River. It is over 200 hectares in size and features trails, rock knolls, abundant trees, birds, and other wildlife.
7.6 km · natural park in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia · Wikipedia - 09Coquitlam Public Library
Coquitlam Public Library is a public library that serves Coquitlam, British Columbia.
4.8 km · public library system in British Columbia · Wikipedia - 10Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex
Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex is a 190,000-square-foot multi-purpose all-season recreation complex in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
4.7 km · building in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
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From Wikivoyage: Port Coquitlam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Traboulay PoCo Trail
A 25 km (16 mi) walking and cycling trail that circles Port Coquitlam.
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Where to eat
- 01Pallas Athena
Traditional Greek cuisine with some pizza and Italian dishes.
- 02Wah Wing
Popular restaurant that serves a varied menu of traditional Chinese dishes.
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Getting to Port Coquitlam
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 30 km · Victoria (YYJ), 83 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 205 km
- Stations
- Pitt Meadows Airport, 7.1 km · Pitt Meadows station, 7.9 km · Port Coquitlam station, 500 m · Tri-Cities, 500 m · Maple Meadows station, 9.8 km
- Victoria → Port Coquitlam102 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · C$21–28
- Kelowna → Port Coquitlam246 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · C$45–60
- Calgary → Port Coquitlam649 km · quickest by air, 5h 36m · C$190–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Port Coquitlam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port Coquitlam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSurrey can be reached by traveling east from Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) ferry terminal and Vancouver, and can be reached from by traveling west from Kamloops and the Fraser Valley.
- Get inVancouver (Horseshoe Bay) ferry terminal is the point of arrival for travelers from Bowen Island, Vancouver Island, and the Sunshine Coast Highway 10.
- Get inTerminates in Surrey after traveling from Vancouver (Tsawwassen) ferry terminal in Delta, about 30 minutes away from Surrey.
- Get inVancouver (Tsawwassen) ferry terminal is the point of arrival for travelers from Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.
- Get aroundDuring overnight hours, there is one bus route serving Surrey: N19 - Between downtown Vancouver and Surrey Central station via Burnaby and New Westminster Ferry serving Surrey:
From Wikivoyage: Surrey (British Columbia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam is 18 km from Surrey, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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