Course Adventure #4: Port
Moody
By Owen Friz

Port Moody
Rec Centre
Port Moody Rec Centre picture from sportsa website
Address: 300 Ioco Road, Port Moody, BC V3H 2V7
The Rec Centre is in the public sector. The Rec Centre is
a place where anyone can go. It contains ice rinks where
hockey and ringette are played, as well as a gym, library,
theatre, and many more facilities. It does have programs
which do cost money, but it also has free programs such
as the library where anyone can go if they like.

Port Moody Rec Centre
The Port Moody Rec Centre has a recreational, and coaching
connection. It has a recreational connection through the ice rinks, library
and the gym. In Course Adventure #4: Service Sectors in Your
Community, Ed Lunn explains how the job of the municipal government
is ”to encourage the development of recreation programs and facilities”
(pp 5, 2020). The Rec Centre is run and owned by the municipal
government and offers many different types of recreational programs to
the public. It also offers a coaching connection through personal
training. At the Rec Centre gym, there are personal trainers who coach
and teach people so they can learn how to properly do exercises safely
without injuring themselves.

Rocky Point
Park
(Personal Photo taken by me of my mom at rocky point park)
Address: 2800 Murray Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 1X2
Rocky Point Park is in the public sector as it’s a free park for
anyone to go to if they would like. It has a nice beach right down
near the ocean as well as a boardwalk, spray park, ice cream shop,
and many more attractive amenities!

Rocky Point Park
Rocky Point Park has a SPSC 2210 connection through recreation. It is a
public park and offers many cool attractions. The recreation connection
is by walking along the boardwalk, walking through the woods and
running through the spray park. It also has a public pool where people
can go swimming as well as kayaking and canoeing lessons and
opportunities. Rocky Point Park also has festivals year-round such as
their Canada Day festival. These festivals bring the community together
to celebrate. ”Recreation services play a significant role in the creation
of cohesive and quality communities” (Lunn, 2020, pp 5). The
recreational opportunities at Rock Point Park help create a cohesive
community in Port Moody for everyone to enjoy.

HeritageWoods
Secondary
(Picture of Heritage Woods Secondary taken from SD43 website)
Address: 1300 David Ave, Port Moody, BC V3H 5K6
Heritage Woods Secondary is a part of the public sector as it
is a public school where students grades 9-12 go to learn.
Since it is a high school, it’s free for students to attend. The
money which the school makes comes from taxpayers and as
Lunn states “the financial base of the public sector comes
from taxpayers” (pp 3, 2020).

Heritage Woods Secondary
Heritage Woods Secondary School is a public high school in Port
Moody which offers a physical education connection. High schools
teach physical education to their students. Students do workouts in P.E.,
play games, and learn about how to be physically active for life.
Heritage woods is part of the public sector meaning all the money which
they make comes from taxpayers. Public sectors get their financial base
from tax revenue, (Lunn, 2020). All the money which Heritage Woods
gets would be coming from taxpayers meaning the families don’t
directly pay for schooling, instead the parents pay through their taxes.

Port Moody
Minor Hockey
Address: 300 Ioco Road, Port Moody, BC V3H 2V7
It is a non-profit sector as most of the people are volunteers
who spend their own time helping run the league making
sure that the kids can play. All the money the league takes
in goes back to paying league fees such as ice times,
referees, and other fees.
(Personal Photo of me with my grade 12 ice hockey team)

Port Moody Minor Hockey offers a coaching connection to SPSC 2210.
The minor hockey association is a volunteer/non-profit run association
which ensures kids have a place to play hockey. All the money which is
brought in comes from “donations, user fees & fundraising, and funding
for kids from organizations such as Jumpstart” (Lunn, 2020, pp 9). It’s
non-profit because any money they take in they put back into the league
to pay for various expenses. The coaching connection comes from adults
volunteering to coach the kids and teach them important life lessons
about not just the game but everything. Without coaches, the league
would be unable to run therefore resulting in tons of young athletes and
kids being unable to play ice hockey.
Port Moody Minor Hockey

Volunteer
Firefighters
(Picture of firefighters taken from Facebook website)
Address: 150 Newport Drive
The volunteer firefighters fall under the volunteer sector as they
volunteer their time to help the first responders put out fires and
give back to our community. The firefighters aren’t being paid
and any money that comes in goes back to helping get
equipment for the fire station.

Volunteer firefighters have a recreational and physical education
connection to SPSC 2210. To become a volunteer firefighter there are
multiple fitness tests they must pass. These fitness tests become harder
and harder as they go. The physical education connection is they learn
about how to get in good shape and how to keep their bodies healthy and
strong. The recreational connection comes from being out in the
community putting out fires and helping people. The nature of service is
public good which allows them to generate enough profit from local
government to cover costs (Lunn, 2020). They are out helping people
and risking their lives in our community without getting anything back
in return.
Volunteer Firefighters

Port Moody
Ecological
Society
(Picture taken from tri-city news website)
Address: 340 Ioco Road, Port Moody, BC V3H 2V7
The Port Moody Ecological Society is in the non-
profit/volunteer sector. They take volunteers to help operate
Noon’s Creek Salmon hatchery as well as test the waters and
make sure they are safe. They get thousands of volunteers
and any money they take in goes back into helping the
hatchery grow and thrive.

Port Moody Ecological Society
The Port Moody Ecological Society is a volunteer organization which
takes care of Noon’s Creek Salmon Hatchery as well as does laboratory
tests on water and other environmental tasks. One of they key
components of a volunteer/non-profit sector is ”a group of individuals
who have a similar interest and form into a society” (Lunn, 2020, pp 9).
The society has a recreational connection to SPSC 2210. They are
helping make our Salmon Hatchery a cleaner and better place so our
community and salmon population can thrive. They are out in the public
cleaning and making sure our salmon hatchery can succeed. The
recreational activities which this society does, makes our community
more cohesive and stronger together.

Koko’s (Personal photo taken by me in front of Koko’s)
Address: 3210 St. John’s St, Port Moody, BC V3H 2C9
Koko’s is a private business otherwise meaning it is part of the
commercial sector. As Lunn states “the nature of service for a
commercial business is to provide for a cost or profit oriented”
(pp 6, 2020). Koko’s provides recreational activities for kids,
but at a cost.

Koko’s
Koko’s is a commercial business which offers physical activity and
recreation through running through jungle gyms and playing games with
friends. It does cost money to access the facility but when inside is a
very fun play place for young kids. “Commercial recreation is defined
as recreation for which the consumer pays for and for which the supplier
expects to make a profit” (Karlis, 2011, pp 79, as cited in Lunn, 2020,
pp 6). Koko’s is exactly that. People will go there for there for a couple
hours and have their kids run through the jungle gym, but they will have
to pay for it. The recreational connection is the kids getting exercise
playing in the jungle gym.

OxygenYoga (Picture of Oxygen yoga taken from their website)
Address: 2732 St. John’s St, Port Moody, BC V3H 2B7
Oxygen yoga in Port Moody is another business in the
commercial sector as they provide physical activity and
recreation but for a cost. They are profit oriented.

OxygenYoga
Oxygen Yoga is another commercial business which offers recreational
activity in the form of yoga, but it costs money to do. There is a both a
recreation connection as well as a coaching connection. The recreational
connection is doing yoga to be more flexible as well as they offer full
body workouts. The coaching connection is that usually they will have
an instructor running the sessions for the people to follow them and
learn. The instructor teaches the clients about how to properly do the
correct movements.

Starbucks (Personal Photo of Starbucks Tree Ornament)
Address: 176 Brew St. Port Moody, BC V3H, 0E7
Starbucks falls under the commercial sector as well. They
provide food and beverages to customers. Starbucks is covered
as one of “the five categories of commercial recreation services:
hospitality/food services” (Lunn, 2020, pp 6).

Starbucks
Starbucks is a commercial business which sells food and beverages to
people. They have a recreational connection. ”There are 3 types of local
commercial recreation: outdoor commercial recreation, indoor
commercial recreation, and clubs” (Lunn, 2020, pp 6). Starbucks falls
under the indoor commercial recreation as they offer food and beverages
to people in return for money, but they are still apart of the 5 categories
of commercial recreation, one of which being hospitality/food services.

References
Lunn, E. (2020). Adventure #4 – Service Sectors in your community. In
E. Lunn (Ed.), SPSC 2210: Foundations of Physical Education,
Recreation, & Coaching course pack (pp1-10). Douglas College.
Picture of the Port Moody Rec Centre:
https://sportsa.com/find/rink/V90Q_port_moody_sport_recreation_centr
e.html
Picture of Heritage Woods Secondary:
https://www.sd43.bc.ca/school/heritagewoods/Pages/default.aspx#/=
Volunteer Firefighters Picture: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Port-
Moody-Volunteer-Firefighters-Association-
449992058422373/community/
Picture of Oxygen Yoga: https://oxygenyogaandfitness.com/tabata-at-
port-coquitlam-oxygen/
Picture of Ecological Society: https://www.tricitynews.com/local-
news/like-salmon-attend-the-port-moody-ecological-society-agm-
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