Nanaimo Bastion
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Tomorrow – Friday Nov 27 at 11 am at the Nanaimo Bastion, the descendants of the original Princess Royal settlers will gather for a ceremony outside. Everyone is welcome to attend.
You can learn more about these early newcomers to Nanaimo here.
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Looking over the harbour is the Nanaimo Bastion - They used a French-Canadian construction method called “poteau-sur-sole”. The advantage of this technique was its strength which allowed the use of logs that varied in thickness. The Bastion was originally thirty-six feet in height, octagonal in shape with three floors. The first and second floors are [...]
