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Ben Paris Restaurant storefront. Benjamin M. Paris (July 15, 1884 – January 8, 1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, conservationist, and owner of a landmark restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Paris founded the Seattle Ben Paris Salmon Derby. [1] He is inurned at the columbarium at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park.
Port Place Shopping Centre is a hybrid indoor/outdoor shopping mall located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space, which reduced its floor space to approximately 134,478 square feet [1] prior to the addition of new retail and office space.
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 ...
Nanaimo-Lantzville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1] It was created out of parts of Nanaimo and Parksville-Qualicum.
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.
Woodgrove Centre [2] is a shopping centre on Vancouver Island in the harbour city of Nanaimo, British Columbia.. Woodgrove Centre features 724,713 square feet (67,328.0 m 2) of retail space and is Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre. [3]
Duke Point is a geographical location in the extreme southeastern part of the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia. It is located on a thin peninsula to the east of the Nanaimo River estuary, just across the Northumberland Channel from Gabriola Island. An industrial park is located at Duke Point, which includes one sawmill.
Protection Island [2] is a small island located 1.5 km north-east of downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in the Nanaimo Harbour. The island was originally named Douglas Island, after James Douglas the first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. It was renamed Protection Island in 1960. The permanent year-round ...