British Columbia

Nanaimo, 2023

Archive of hometown notes from Nanaimo: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.

December 2023

Basement air context for Nanaimo

How Nanaimo sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Nanaimo follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Nanaimo in national context first.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island keeps Nanaimo lively · December 2023

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

December 2023 in Nanaimo: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

City Score neighbours for Nanaimo

How Nanaimo compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Nanaimo's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Nanaimo: Nanaimo introduces itself as the Harbour City, a mid-Island

Nanaimo introduces itself as the Harbour City, a mid-Island centre on Snuneymuxw First Nations land where the slogan beat out Hub City even

Maffeo Sutton Park still orients Nanaimo. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

November 2023

November 2023: property tax in Nanaimo

Published residential mill-rate context for Nanaimo.

Residential mill rates for Nanaimo appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Nanaimo beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island, Nanaimo · November 2023

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island comes up. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Bastion, Nanaimo · November 2023

Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour

Bastion still orients Nanaimo. Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour edge.

Serauxmen Stadium is celebrating 50 years of baseball and community investment.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo: The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine · November 2023

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

November 2023 in Nanaimo: Maffeo Sutton Park. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023

October 2023: building permits in Nanaimo

Where Nanaimo sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.

Construction intent in Nanaimo shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Nanaimo permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

A named place in Nanaimo

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island still orients Nanaimo. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Why Bastion still draws people in Nanaimo

Bastion is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

October 2023 in Nanaimo: Bastion. Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour edge.

Serauxmen Stadium is celebrating 50 years of baseball and community investment.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

What stands out in Nanaimo

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Maffeo Sutton Park comes up. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023: property tax in Nanaimo

Published residential mill-rate context for Nanaimo.

Residential mill rates for Nanaimo appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Nanaimo beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

September 2023

Worth knowing in Nanaimo: City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at

Nanaimo News Bulletin covers Best of the City votes beside Timbermen lacrosse, Commercial Street Night Market nights, and the usual

September 2023 in Nanaimo: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo water: Much of the watershed is privately managed forest land;

Nanaimo draws municipal drinking water from South Nanaimo River (Jump Creek Reservoir) and South Fork Reservoir, treated at South Fork Water Treatment Plant.

Ask where Nanaimo drinking water begins and the answer is South Fork Reservoir, then South Fork Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

Gravity-fed membrane ultrafiltration plant online since late 2015; screening, flocculation as needed, UV on secondary membranes, chlorine disinfection. Peak capacity about 116 ML/day.

See the Nanaimo water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Landmark: Maffeo Sutton Park

Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

Maffeo Sutton Park still orients Nanaimo. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo on the hazard board

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Nanaimo.

Nanaimo appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

August 2023

A lesser-known corner of Nanaimo

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island comes up. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo broadband availability

Advertised broadband availability for Nanaimo.

Broadband rows for Nanaimo come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Nanaimo internet page.

Nanaimo: The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine · August 2023

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

August 2023 in Nanaimo: Maffeo Sutton Park. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo on the radon map

How Nanaimo sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Nanaimo follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Nanaimo in national context first.

July 2023

A bright spot in Nanaimo

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island still orients Nanaimo. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

How Nanaimo compares nearby

How Nanaimo compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Nanaimo's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Nanaimo: People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Maffeo Sutton Park comes up. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

July 2023: property tax in Nanaimo

Published residential mill-rate context for Nanaimo.

Residential mill rates for Nanaimo appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Nanaimo beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Nanaimo: City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

July 2023 in Nanaimo: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023

Landmark: Bastion

Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Bastion comes up. Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour edge.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

What still surprises about Nanaimo

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

Maffeo Sutton Park still orients Nanaimo. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023: building permits in Nanaimo

Where Nanaimo sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.

Construction intent in Nanaimo shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Nanaimo permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Landmark: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island comes up. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023

Bastion keeps Nanaimo lively

Bastion is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

Bastion still orients Nanaimo. Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour edge.

Serauxmen Stadium is celebrating 50 years of baseball and community investment.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo: Nanaimo News Bulletin covers Best of the City votes beside

Nanaimo News Bulletin covers Best of the City votes beside Timbermen lacrosse, Commercial Street Night Market nights, and the usual

May 2023 in Nanaimo: Maffeo Sutton Park. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023: property tax in Nanaimo

Published residential mill-rate context for Nanaimo.

Residential mill rates for Nanaimo appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Nanaimo beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island in Nanaimo

Nanaimo introduces itself as the Harbour City, a mid-Island centre on Snuneymuxw First Nations land where the slogan beat out Hub City even

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island still orients Nanaimo. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo water via South Fork Water Treatment Plant

Nanaimo draws municipal drinking water from South Nanaimo River (Jump Creek Reservoir) and South Fork Reservoir, treated at South Fork Water Treatment Plant.

May 2023 is a good week to revisit Nanaimo's source: South Nanaimo River (Jump Creek Reservoir) and South Fork Reservoir. Treatment at South Fork Water Treatment Plant sits between the intake and the tap.

Gravity-fed membrane ultrafiltration plant online since late 2015; screening, flocculation as needed, UV on secondary membranes, chlorine disinfection. Peak capacity about 116 ML/day.

See the Nanaimo water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

April 2023

Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo

Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Maffeo Sutton Park comes up. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Natural hazards near Nanaimo

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Nanaimo.

Nanaimo appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

Still finding Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

April 2023 in Nanaimo: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Internet coverage in Nanaimo

Advertised broadband availability for Nanaimo.

Broadband rows for Nanaimo come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Nanaimo internet page.

March 2023

Maffeo Sutton Park still surprises

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

Maffeo Sutton Park still orients Nanaimo. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Indoor radon around Nanaimo

How Nanaimo sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Nanaimo follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Nanaimo in national context first.

Why Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island still draws people in Nanaimo

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island comes up. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo beside its neighbours

How Nanaimo compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Nanaimo's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

February 2023

Worth knowing in Nanaimo: The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine

Nanaimo News Bulletin covers Best of the City votes beside Timbermen lacrosse, Commercial Street Night Market nights, and the usual

February 2023 in Nanaimo: Maffeo Sutton Park. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

February 2023: property tax in Nanaimo

Published residential mill-rate context for Nanaimo.

Residential mill rates for Nanaimo appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Nanaimo beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island, Nanaimo

Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island still orients Nanaimo. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Bastion, Nanaimo

Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour

February 2023 in Nanaimo: Bastion. Downtown landmark the city lights in civic colours for awareness days and holidays. A quick orientation point if you are new to the harbour edge.

Serauxmen Stadium is celebrating 50 years of baseball and community investment.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023

Nanaimo: The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

Walk or drive through Nanaimo long enough and Maffeo Sutton Park comes up. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

People still grin about the Nanaimo Bar Trail, but the municipal About page is quick to stack coal-town, timber-town, and port-town chapters behind the dessert joke. Serauxmen Stadium is marking fifty years of baseball, the Stadium District keeps adding amenities, and Loudon Park and Rotary Bowl show up in the same recreation upgrade beat. The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre and a big parks-and-trails inventory keep island recreation practical year-round, not just brochure-deep.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023: building permits in Nanaimo

Where Nanaimo sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.

Building-permit value for Nanaimo comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.

Open the Nanaimo permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island keeps Nanaimo lively

Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island is a reason people stay fond of Nanaimo.

January 2023 in Nanaimo: Saysutchun (Newcastle) Island. Harbour island day trip by boat or kayak, named in city lifestyle copy beside Mount Benson climbs. A short hop that still feels like leaving town.

City parks inventory includes destination waterfront space at Maffeo Sutton Park with an inclusive playground.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Nanaimo and South Fork Reservoir

Nanaimo draws municipal drinking water from South Nanaimo River (Jump Creek Reservoir) and South Fork Reservoir, treated at South Fork Water Treatment Plant.

Ask where Nanaimo drinking water begins and the answer is South Fork Reservoir, then South Fork Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

Gravity-fed membrane ultrafiltration plant online since late 2015; screening, flocculation as needed, UV on secondary membranes, chlorine disinfection. Peak capacity about 116 ML/day.

See the Nanaimo water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo

Nanaimo introduces itself as the Harbour City, a mid-Island centre on Snuneymuxw First Nations land where the slogan beat out Hub City even

Maffeo Sutton Park still orients Nanaimo. Destination waterfront park with an accessible playground and rotating public art. It is the easy meet-up when guests arrive off the ferry.

The World Championship Bathtub Race has been part of Nanaimo Marine Festival lore since 1967.

More on Nanaimo: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.