Guidebook for Nanaimo
Entertainment & Activities
Only licensed and registered floating pub in Canada. Also the only pub on the island to grab some eats, music trivia and live music.
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Dinghy Dock Pub
8 Pirates LnOnly licensed and registered floating pub in Canada. Also the only pub on the island to grab some eats, music trivia and live music.
Provincial park famous for coal mining and sandstone quarry back in the 1800s. Now a beautiful nature reserve accessible by ferry or walking across from Protection Island at low tide
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Newcastle Island
Provincial park famous for coal mining and sandstone quarry back in the 1800s. Now a beautiful nature reserve accessible by ferry or walking across from Protection Island at low tide
Essentials
The grocery store within walking distance to the Protection Island ferry.
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Thrifty Foods
114 Purvis LnThe grocery store within walking distance to the Protection Island ferry.
Everything Else
London Drugs
650 Terminal AveIf you need any thing for the house, chances are London Drugs has it.
If you do fly into Nanaimo via sea plane this is your port of call. Easy access to Nanaimo and Vancouver for only $80 each way.
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Harbour Air
If you do fly into Nanaimo via sea plane this is your port of call. Easy access to Nanaimo and Vancouver for only $80 each way.
The Departure Bay terminal sits just down the road from the Protection Island ferry and services the mainland via Horseshoe Bay.
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BC Ferries Departure Bay Terminal
680 Trans-Canada HwyThe Departure Bay terminal sits just down the road from the Protection Island ferry and services the mainland via Horseshoe Bay.
The other BC Ferries terminal that services Nanaimo is Duke Point. It's these ferries that you will see silently gliding past the front yard of our home.
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Duke Point Ferry Terminal station
400 Duke Point HwyThe other BC Ferries terminal that services Nanaimo is Duke Point. It's these ferries that you will see silently gliding past the front yard of our home.
Lots of interesting shops, heritage buildings and coffee stops. Lots to see, do and eat.
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Commercial Street
Commercial StreetLots of interesting shops, heritage buildings and coffee stops. Lots to see, do and eat.
Arts & Culture
Live theatre venue where any of the big acts play on their way through Nanaimo
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Port Theatre
125 Front StLive theatre venue where any of the big acts play on their way through Nanaimo
Food Scene
Fantastic Mexican food right on the docks of the Nanaimo Harbour. Perfect for a margarita while you wait for the Protection Island ferry.
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Penny's Palapa Restaurant
10 Wharf StFantastic Mexican food right on the docks of the Nanaimo Harbour. Perfect for a margarita while you wait for the Protection Island ferry.
A nice place to grab a coffee while you wait for the Protection Island ferry.
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Javawocky Coffee House
90 Front StA nice place to grab a coffee while you wait for the Protection Island ferry.
Good coffee and nutritious food. Also available are world famous Nanaimo Bars
15 abantu bendawo batusa
Bocca Café
427 Fitzwilliam StGood coffee and nutritious food. Also available are world famous Nanaimo Bars