Colliery Dam Park

Colliery Dam Park is a park in Nanaimo, British Columbia which is located on Nanaimo Lakes Road. Colliery Dam Park is situated nearby to the military installation Nanaimo Military Camp, as well as near Kentwood Park.

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Type: Park
Description: park in Nanaimo, British Columbia
Also known as: “Colliery Dam”
Address: 801 Nanaimo Lakes Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nanaimo District Secondary School and Nanaimo Museum.

Nanaimo District Secondary School

School

Nanaimo District Secondary School or Nanaimo District Community School is a public high school in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada built in 1952. Since then it has undergone several renovations, most notably the 1981 construction of the "tower", which houses a number of computer classes and several classrooms. Nanaimo District Secondary School is situated 1¼ km north of Colliery Dam Park.

Nanaimo Museum

Museum

The Nanaimo Museum is a museum located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada; it opened in November 1967. Nanaimo Museum is situated 2½ km northeast of Colliery Dam Park.

Petroglyph Provincial Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Petroglyph Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park located at the south end of the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia. The park was established on August 24, 1948, to protect a collection of petroglyphs found near the estuary of the Nanaimo River. Petroglyph Provincial Park is situated 3 km east of Colliery Dam Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nanaimo and Extension.

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.

Extension

Village

Extension is an unincorporated community near the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The location off BC Highway 19 is about 107 kilometres by road northwest of Victoria, and 10 kilometres south of Nanaimo. Extension is situated 6 km south of Colliery Dam Park.

Cedar

Village

Cedar is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located near the east coast of Vancouver Island — about 8 kilometres south-east of Nanaimo — along the banks of the Nanaimo River. Cedar is situated 8 km southeast of Colliery Dam Park.

Colliery Dam Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Nanaimo, Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.14943° or 49° 8′ 58″ north

Longitude

-123.96493° or 123° 57′ 54″ west

Open location code

84XR42XP+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 360972248

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q120060415

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Colliery Dam Lower Lake and Nanaimo Military Camp.

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