Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo

Name: Vancouver Island University
Address: 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, Canada

#16 among attractions in Nanaimo

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Vancouver Island University is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Starting as Malaspina College in 1969, it has grown into a university that plays an important role in the educational, cultural, and economic life of the region. The main campus is located in Nanaimo, and there are regional campuses in Duncan and Powell River, as well as a centre in Parksville. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°9'27"N, 123°57'58"W

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900 Fifth StreetNanaimo Canada

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Nearby attractions include: Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo Bastion, Port Place Shopping Centre, Beban Park Golf Course & Driving Range.

6.7 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Woodgrove Centre, Nanaimo
170 min walk • Woodgrove Centre is a shopping centre on Vancouver Island in the harbour city of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Woodgrove Centre features 724,713 square feet of retail space and is Vancouver Island's largest shopping centre.
1.5 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Nanaimo Bastion, Nanaimo
39 min walk • The Nanaimo Bastion is a historical octagon-shaped blockhouse located at 98 Front Street in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The Hudson's Bay Company, which then held a royal lease on all of what was then the Colony of Vancouver Island, built it between 1853 and 1855 to defend its coal mining operations in Nanaimo.
1.6 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Port Place Shopping Centre, Nanaimo
40 min walk • Port Place Shopping Centre is a hybrid indoor/outdoor shopping mall located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
2.7 miN
49°11'37"N • 123°59'17"W
Beban Park Golf Course & Driving Range, Nanaimo
69 min walk • Golf
5.5 miNE
Park
Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, Gabriola Island
140 min walk • Gabriola Sands Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park includes Taylor Bay, Pilot Bay, a fielded area, and the Malaspina Galleries, an unusual rock formation that resembles a breaking wave.
1.5 miNE
Church
Christian Science Society, Nanaimo
39 min walk • Christian Science Society, also called the Christian Science Society Building, is an historic single storey style Christian Science church edifice located at 20 Chapel Street in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It was built between 1900 and 1910 as a single-family house and was known as the McDonald Property.
1.4 miE
Convention center, Entertainment, Library
Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo
37 min walk • The Vancouver Island Regional Library is the fourth-largest library system in British Columbia. It serves more than 430,000 people on Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and the Central Coast through 39 branch libraries and a books-by-mail service. Administrative offices are located in Nanaimo.
2.5 miNE
Island
Protection Island, Nanaimo
65 min walk • Protection Island is a small island located 1.5 km north-east of downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in the Nanaimo Harbour.
1.9 miE
Harbor
Nanaimo Harbour, Nanaimo
49 min walk • Nanaimo Harbour, also known as the Port of Nanaimo, is a natural harbour on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The City of Nanaimo runs along the west side of the harbour. Three islands, Newcastle, Protection, and Gabriola, along with Duke Point, form the eastern edge.
3.4 miE
49°9'42"N • 123°53'31"W
Duke Point Ferry Terminal, Nanaimo
86 min walk • Boat or ferry, Bridge
1 miN
Area
Buttertubs Marsh, Nanaimo
25 min walk • Buttertubs Marsh is a bird sanctuary in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Located in the middle of the city of Nanaimo, the marsh covers approximately 100 acres. Within this is the 46 acre Buttertubs Marsh Conservation Area, owned by the Nature Trust of British Columbia.