Port Moody Placer Diggings

From the Weekly British Columbian, summer 1889

Mr. John Murray has a large flock of ducks which feed in the water at the extreme head of the [Burrard] Inlet, and a stream and at the mouth of a stream that empties into the salt water at this point. One of the ducks was killed on Tuesday for table use and on opening the crop Mrs. Murray was astonished to find a handsome gold nugget, which, when weighed, indicated a value of $1.25. Much speculation was the result of the find and many where the opinions and theories expressed by old miners on the subject. The result of the discovery is that several claims on the creek and at the head of the inlet have already been staked, and immediate steps will be taken to test their richness.