Gerald Island Provincial Park
Gerald Island Provincial Park is a nature reserve in Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia. Gerald Island Provincial Park is situated nearby to the village Nanoose Bay, as well as near the locality Red Gap.Places of Interest
Highlights include Unconformity and Ballenas Island Light.
Unconformity
An unconformity is a buried erosional or non-depositional surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous.Ballenas Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ballenas Island Light is an operational lighthouse built in 1900 and moved to its current location in 1912, on West Ballenas Island, Canada. It is a white, octagonal concrete tower with a red lantern 27 metres in height.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nanoose Bay and Red Gap.
Nanoose Bay
Village
Nanoose Bay is a community on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The location off BC Highway 19 is by road about 26 kilometres north of Nanaimo, and 16 kilometres south of Parksville.
Red Gap
Locality
Red Gap is southeast of Nanoose Bay on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The ghost town on BC Highway 19 is by road about 22 kilometres north of Nanaimo, and 16 kilometres south of Parksville.
Gerald Island Provincial Park
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.3114° or 49° 18′ 41″ northLongitude
-124.1627° or 124° 9′ 46″ westOpen location code
84XQ8R6P+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 621875473OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Highlights include Gerald Island and Douglas Island.
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