Nanaimo, 1858

• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University 1858
• Subjects: British Columbia; Cameron Island; Canada; Douglas Island; The Bastion
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10613/441; https://viuspace.viu.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/441/NanSlide9-1.jpg?sequence=3

By 1858, the town of Nanaimo had between 50 and 60 buildings. In this photograph many features of the town are identified. The town at this time was called Colviletown after the Governor of the H.B.C., Andrew Colvile. On the left is Newcastle Island which is now crisscrossed with miles of undergroun...