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Nanaimo is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 90,504. It is known as "The Harbour City".


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1 - Maffeo Sutton Park

Newcastle Island is a provincial park located on a small island off the coast of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

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2 - Westwood Lake Trail

Pinecone Burke Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It extends from the southwest corner of Garibaldi Provincial Park, west of Pitt Lake and Pitt River to include Burke Mountain in the City of Coquitlam.

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3 - Buttertubs Marsh Park

Nanaimo is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 90,504. It is known as "The Harbour City".

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4 - Newcastle Island

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5 - Vancouver Island

   18 km away

Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 456 km in length, 100 km in width at its widest point, and 32,134 km² in area.

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6 - Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park

   30 km away

Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the east end of the town, the 347-hectare park features a two-kilometre long stretch of sandy beach, a stand of old-growth Douglas fir trees and 174 vehicle-accessible and 25 walk-in camping spaces.

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7 - Englishman River Falls Provincial Park

   31 km away

Englishman River Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Parksville and borders the small community of Errington on Vancouver Island.

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8 - Galiano Island

   32 km away

Galiano Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.

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9 - Parksville

   32 km away

Parksville is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Census, Parksville's population was 12,514, representing a 4.5% increase over the 2011 Census.

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10 - Sechelt

   37 km away

The District Municipality of Sechelt is located on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, it is accessible from mainland British Columbia by a 40-minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25-minute drive from Langdale along Highway 101, also known as the Sunshine Coast Highway.

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11 - Cowichan Lake

   39 km away

Cowichan Lake is a large freshwater lake located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the Cowichan Valley in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, with its eastern shore about 28 km west of Duncan, British Columbia.

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12 - Gibsons

   40 km away

Gibsons is a coastal community of 4,605 in southwestern British Columbia, Canada on the Strait of Georgia. Although it is on the mainland, the Sunshine Coast is not accessible by road.

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13 - Crofton

   43 km away

Crofton, British Columbia, is a small coastal town that is part of the District of North Cowichan on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The town has a population of 1,373 people as of 2016. It is about 74 km north of Victoria.

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14 - Gulf Islands

   46 km away

The Gulf Islands are a group of islands located in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia.

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