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Colúmbia Britânica · Canada
In the destination Victoria.
In the photo: Nanaimo harbour and downtown
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Port city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, on Snuneymuxw territory, facing the Strait of Georgia. It began in 1852 around the Hudson's Bay Company coal mines; the Bastion, the city’s oldest building, is a remaining remnant. From the waterfront a path runs along the marinas to Maffeo Sutton Park, where the passenger boat to Saysutshun departs. It is also the city that gives its name to the Nanaimo bar.
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The local experience
Three-storey octagonal wooden tower, built from 1853 by the Hudson’s Bay Company to protect the coal mining post. It is Nanaimo’s oldest building, located on the downtown waterfront.
City history museum downtown, covering the Hudson’s Bay Company era, coal mining, a miner’s house and a steam locomotive. It also manages the Bastion.
Island in Nanaimo harbour protected as a provincial park and jointly managed with the Snuneymuxw, a few minutes by boat from downtown. It has coastal trails, beaches, a lake and remains of former mines and quarries.
Path along Nanaimo’s harbourfront that links downtown to the marinas, the seaplane terminal and Maffeo Sutton Park, with views of Saysutshun Island and the mainland mountains.
Small provincial park in south Nanaimo that protects Snuneymuxw carvings made in sandstone, over a thousand years old, and replicas that help make the designs visible.
