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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.
Colonial Despatches: The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Humanities Computing and Media Centre, University of Victoria; The California Sea Otter Trade, 1784-1848, Appendix: Identified Vessels Engaged in the California Sea Otter Trade 1786-1848. Provides details for numerous ships listed on this page
Departure Bay [1] is a bay in central Nanaimo, British Columbia, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The surrounding neighbourhood is also referred to as "Departure Bay" [2] —once a settlement of its own, it was amalgamated into the City of Nanaimo in the 1970s.
County of Nanaimo; County of Prince Rupert; County of Vancouver; County of Victoria; County of Westminster; County of Yale; Prior to 1895, the districts of the province of British Columbia and its predecessors, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, were separated into districts for county courts, supreme courts and shrievalties.
Spain relinquished all claims to Vancouver Island in 1795, paving the way for British colonisation and development. View of Nanaimo Harbour showing the Bastion and passenger vessels. In 1849 the Colony of Vancouver Island was established and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) was given a ten-year lease over it. By this time, HBC was transitioning ...
It was used as an automobile ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo until the Princess Elaine took over. It was the first ship used on Newcastle Island as a hotel, and the first ship in British Columbia to have electric lights. People could stay there for a week for $7.50.
The history of an island railway [2] and a functioning island railway in perpetuity started with the colony of Vancouver Island joining British Columbia in 1866, Canadian Confederation in 1867, and the incorporation of British Columbia (BC) into Canada in 1871.
The following is a list of radio stations in the Canadian province of British Columbia, as of 2024.Radio stations are listed here by their legal city of licence.Some stations popularly associated with the Vancouver market may in fact be licensed to outlying communities such as New Westminster, Burnaby or North Vancouver.