Albert "Ginger" Goodwin was a British coal miner who worked in Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island. He was known for advocating unionized labour and led the strike for the 8-hour workday. His controversial death sparked a general strike on August 2,1918

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The civic indoor area was built in 1939. It hosted both the BC Hockey League's Nanaimo Clippers and Nanaimo Timberman Lacrosse Club. The arena officially closed on September 9, 2006.

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The dam was built in 1910 / $1911 by the Western Fuel Company to supply water for coal washing and for use by the miners.

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*Layered to look like the dessert*

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James Douglas was the Governor in 1854 when he ordered the first census to be conducted. Nanaimo had 52 houses, 6 outhouses, 3 shops, and 1 school.

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The Harewood Mine originally opened in 1875 and was operational until 1894. It ran again from 1902-1904. In 1917 it was reopened yet again and in the following 6 years it produced 769,500 tons of coal.

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Coal was discovered on Newcastle Island in 1849. The Canadian Pacific Railway purchased it in the 1930's and built a Steamship resort. Newcastle Island is now a provincial park!

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The city of Nanaimo grew from a Hudson's Bay Company coal town into a thriving port city.

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A local waterfall named for the fossils that can be found in the sedimentary stacks of rock kept slick by the falls. The ammonite resembles a nautilus.

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The Occidental Hotel was a very popular destination due to its proximity to the train station.

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One of the many farms still standing today offered to miners on a rent-to-own.

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Nanaimo has has four distinct Chinatowns. The first was founded during the goldrush years of the 1860s. In 1884, the Dunsmuir Company helped move Chinatown to a location outside the city limits. With the help of 4,000 shareholders from across Canada, the community combined forces and bought the site for the third Chinatown on Pine Street. The Pine street location burned down on September 30, 1960. A fourth Chinatown also called Lower Chinatown or New Town, also boomed for a while on Machleary Street in the 1920s.

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Built in 1853 to protect the harbour. In 1985 it was designated an official heritage site.

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The year that "Colville" was officially renamed Nanaimo.

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The name of the ship that carried the first immigrants to Nanaimo from England in 1854. The journey took 179 days.

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Areas including Northumberland, Nanaimo harbour & Departure Bay were names "Bocas de Winthuysen" by a Spanish Naval Officer named Francisco de Eliza in 1791.

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A small manmade salt water lagoon connected to the ocean during high-tide and situated in Maffeo Sutton Park. The park features a covered band shell where music and dance events take place in the summer.

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The original name for the City of Nanaimo. The name was changed to Nanaimo in 1860. It is a rough adaptation of the original First Nation's name: Snuneymuxw.

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Nanaimo was previously known as the "Hub City" which has been distributed to its original layout in which the streets radiated out from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel.

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Nestled in the foothills of Mount Benson, Westwood Lake is a favourite destination. It is popular with swimmers in the summer and the 6.1km trail around the lake make it popular with walkers and runners year-round.

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