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1880 |

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great gram's time |
1901 |

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1950 I'm here now |

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you wouldn't recognize it would you? |

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church where I was married & the war memorial |

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burned down I remember the day well 1960 |

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Nanaimo's third Chinatown is destroyed by fire on September 30th. |
see history of Bastion
it was an old mining town Bastion is still here |

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Hudson Bay fort |
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Mom
near Departure bay now full of homes |

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this doesn't look much like now |

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I can remember this |

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dad's here at this time |

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it was a quiet place |

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hotel is gone now so much changed |

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nice to have pix of the old city |
Learn about China town
this was the fort way back redone now |

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now there is a walkway all along the harbour |

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dad worked here in 50-60's |

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this was north side of town now it is the main |

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area to shop |

Nanaimo is changing drasticly |

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before & after below |
The arena near the water used for a lot of things |

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my memory of May day, sports & ice skating |
nothing there right now |

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It stayed the same for many years now a |

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convention building going in |
I miss the old buildings only half finished right |

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now will update later |
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