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1. Lantzville (District)
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Lantzville - After Harry Lantz, an American who invested in a coal mine at Nanoose. |
2. Arbutus Grove Park
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3. Jayem
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4. Nanoose
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5. Bryn (Nanoose Bay, 9km)
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6. Gerald Island Park (Nanoose Bay, 9km)
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7. Nanoose Bay / Enos Lake / Richard Point / Wallis Point / Ballenas Islands (Nanoose Bay, 9km)
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Enos Lake - After John Enos, the name adopted by a Portuguese who pre-empted here in 1864. Captain Walbran has a story that, when the Indians began to harass Enos, he flitted around them, dressed in white, playing a ghost in the night, |
8. Cameron Land District (Nanaimo, 14km)
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9. Cedar (Nanaimo, 14km)
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10. Cedar Land District (Nanaimo, 14km)
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11. Chase River / Extension / Gallows Point (Nanaimo, 14km)
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In November 1852 Peter Brown, a young Orkneyman employed as a shepherd in the Saanich area, was murdered by two Indians. One of them, a Cowichan, was soon captured. |
12. Cinnabar Valley (Nanaimo, 14km)
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13. Cranberry Land District (Nanaimo, 14km)
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14. Departure Bay (Nanaimo, 14km)
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So named by J.D. Pemberton in 1852 because it was the site of an abandoned Indian village. During his survey Pemberton also spotted that here was a good exit for ships leaving Nanaimo harbour. |
15. Drumbeg Park (Nanaimo, 14km)
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16. East Wellington (Nanaimo, 14km)
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17. Extension (Nanaimo, 14km)
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18. Harmac (Nanaimo, 14km)
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Harmac - After H.R. MacMillan (1885-1976), founder of the H.R. MacMillan Export Co. Ltd. (now part of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.), which in 1948 built the pulp mill here. |
19. Hemer Park (Nanaimo, 14km)
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20. Hudson Rocks Ecological Reserve (Nanaimo, 14km)
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21. Morden Colliery Historic Park (Nanaimo, 14km)
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22. Mountain Land District (Nanaimo, 14km)
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23. Nanaimo (City) / Dodd Narrows / Duke Point / Harewood / Holden Lake / Jack Point / Nanoose Harbour (Nanaimo, 14km)
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Dodd Narrows - After Captain Charles Dodd, who came to the Pacific coast in 1835 as second officer on the HBC'S steamboat Beaver, which he commanded from 1843 to 1852. Subsequently he became a Chief Factor in the Company's service. |
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24. Nanaimo Land District / Mount Benson / Hammond Bay (Nanaimo, 14km)
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After Dr. A.R. Benson, a physician in the service of the HBC between 1857 and 1862. Lieutenant Charles Wilson, RE, remembered Dr. Benson as 'a great character, never seen without a pipe in his mouth & |
25. Nanaimo River 2 (Nanaimo, 14km)
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26. Nanaimo River 3 (Nanaimo, 14km)
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27. Nanaimo River 4 (Nanaimo, 14km)
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28. Nanaimo Town 1 (Nanaimo, 14km)
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29. Newcastle (Nanaimo, 14km)
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30. Newcastle Island Marine Park (Nanaimo, 14km)
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Newcastle Island - In 1853, very aware of the importance of the coal discovered in this area, the HBC officers surveying Nanaimo harbour named this island after Newcastle-upon-Tyne, proverbial for its exports of coal. |
31. Petroglyph Park (Nanaimo, 14km)
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32. South Wellington (Nanaimo, 14km)
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33. Starks (Nanaimo, 14km)
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34. Stockett (Nanaimo, 14km)
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35. Wellington Land District (Nanaimo, 14km)
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36. Gabriola / Descanso Bay / Gabriola Island / Orlebar Point (Gabriola, 19km)
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Spanish for 'rest' or 'ease.' Galiano and Valdes left a record of how they came to give this name in June 1792 to this haven on Gabriola Island: |
37. Gabriola Island 5 (Gabriola, 19km)
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38. Gabriola Sands Park (Gabriola, 19km)
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39. Ma-Guala 6 (Gabriola, 19km)
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40. Pirates Cove Marine Park (Gabriola, 19km)
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