Soccer Player chase a ball during the practice on one of the soccer pitches of Moody Park in New Westminster. Moody Park was originally conceived 1863 with construction starting in 1889 is valued for its association with early surveying and urban planning in New Westminster. The park was created in honour of Colonel Richard Clement Moody of the Royal Engineers, who is important in the early development of British Columbia, in part for having selected New Westminster to be the capital of the colony of British Columbia.