Groups Site

Groups Site is a campsite in British Columbia, Canada. Groups Site is situated nearby to the ruins Pulpstone Quarry, as well as near the marina Saysutshun Newcastle Island Docks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport and Nanaimo Harbour ferry terminal.

Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport

Aerodrome

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Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome is a seaplane base serving the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Nanaimo Harbour, right downtown.

Nanaimo Harbour ferry terminal

Station

Nanaimo Harbour, often associated with and referred to as the "Gabriola Island Ferry", is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia that goes from downtown Nanaimo across the Northumberland Channel to Descanso Bay on Gabriola Island. Nanaimo Harbour ferry terminal is situated 2 km south of Groups Site.

Nanaimo Bastion

Building

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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. Nanaimo Bastion is situated 2 km south of Groups Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nanaimo and Gabriola Island.

Nanaimo

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Nanaimo is the central hub city of Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. It is the second largest city on the island and has the second biggest harbour. In many ways it is the smaller cousin of Victoria.