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2. Nanaimo Bastion - Wikipedia

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   The Nanaimo Museum also hosts a daily cannon firing at noon during the summer months, just a few feet away from the Bastion. [5] The Bastion is the main image on HMCS Nanaimo's ships crest. HMCS Nanaimo is a Kingston-class Coastal Defence vessel that has been serving in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1997.

3. List of coal mines and landmarks in the Nanaimo area

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   The area was first known as Wintuhuysen Inlet and then Colvile Town (named for HBC Governor Andrew Colvile) but became known as Nanaimo in 1860. The first church opened in 1861. In 1853 the population was 125. By 1869 it was about 650 and by 1874 it was close to 1,000. By 1859, 25,000 tons of coal had been shipped from Nanaimo, mostly to San ...

4. List of historic places in the Nanaimo Regional District

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   121 Bastion Street Nanaimo BC Nanaimo municipality Craig Street Residence ...

5. Joseph William McKay - Wikipedia

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   Plaque crediting MacKay as builder of the Nanaimo Bastion and founder of Nanaimo. McKay was instrumental in the discovery of coal at Nanaimo. He moved there in 1849 and took possession of the coal fields for the HBC in 1852. [3] While in charge there McKay opened a coal mine, a sawmill, a saltern, and a school in the settlement.

6. Regional District of Nanaimo - Wikipedia

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   The Regional District of Nanaimo is a regional district located on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is bordered to the south by the Cowichan Valley Regional District, to the west by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, and to the northwest by the Comox Valley Regional District.

7. Nanaimo - Wikipedia

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   Nanaimo (/ n ə ˈ n aɪ m oʊ / nə-NY-moh) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada."The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel, and to its relatively central location on Vancouver Island.