ANMORE
Is a suburban and rural village that sprawls on the north side of Burrard Inlet on the eastern outskirts of Vancouver and just adjacent and nearby to Port Moody. It was incorporated in 1987 and is named after original and local homesteader F.J. Lancaster after his wife Annie and daughter Leonore to make Annore, in which the locals modified the name into Anmore, shortly afterward. Anmore’s city hall used to house legendary newspaperwoman; Ma Murray and her husband George. Buntzen Lake is popular recreation and swimming area as well as being used to power two hydroelectric stations that are located on nearby Indian Arm. Tourism and the oil and gas industry (including a oil refinery at IOCO) are the main mainstays of Anmore’s economy.
ANMORE’S POPULATION: 1,992
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