Guidebook for Nanaimo

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Guidebook for Nanaimo

Food Scene

It is right on the island, well, not exactly ON the island, it is the only floating pub in BC, so it is attached to the island. They serve lunch and dinner and often have live performers. Thursday nights are music trivia nights. The sunsets are great!
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Dinghy Dock Pub
8 Pirates Ln
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It is right on the island, well, not exactly ON the island, it is the only floating pub in BC, so it is attached to the island. They serve lunch and dinner and often have live performers. Thursday nights are music trivia nights. The sunsets are great!
Best coffee and French pastries on the island.
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Mon Petit Choux
120 Commercial St
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Best coffee and French pastries on the island.
Funky. Often has great events. https://www.facebook.com/thevaultcafe/
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The Vault
499 Wallace St
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Funky. Often has great events. https://www.facebook.com/thevaultcafe/
East Indian food that will not disappoint.
Tandoori Junction Indian Cuisine
489 Wallace St
East Indian food that will not disappoint.
Right on the dock downtown Nanaimo. Not far up the dock from the Protection Island ferry.
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Trollers Fish & Chips
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Right on the dock downtown Nanaimo. Not far up the dock from the Protection Island ferry.
On the dock close to Protection Connection ferry. When the sun is shinning this is the best.
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Penny's Palapa Restaurant
10 Wharf St
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On the dock close to Protection Connection ferry. When the sun is shinning this is the best.
I have been going here for 25 years! Great atmosphere and great food. A five minute walk to the Protection Connection ferry.
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Gina's Mexican Cafe
47 Skinner St
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I have been going here for 25 years! Great atmosphere and great food. A five minute walk to the Protection Connection ferry.

Parks & Nature

Great beaches, wonderful trails and wildlife: deer, raccoons, birds, otters, and seals, sealions and whales are often seen from the shore.
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Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park
668 Centre Street
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Great beaches, wonderful trails and wildlife: deer, raccoons, birds, otters, and seals, sealions and whales are often seen from the shore.
Kayaking - during the summer season there is usually a kayak hut near the docks which rent kayaks by the hour or day.
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Newcastle Island
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Kayaking - during the summer season there is usually a kayak hut near the docks which rent kayaks by the hour or day.

Arts & Culture

Small but interesting and they have a great gift shop. Plus it is located right next to Starbucks on Commercial Street at the Conference Centre.
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Nanaimo Museum
100 Museum Way
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Small but interesting and they have a great gift shop. Plus it is located right next to Starbucks on Commercial Street at the Conference Centre.

Essentials

Liquor store, groceries, drug store and a few more. 5 minute walk from the Protection Island ferry dock.
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Port Place mall
650 Terminal Ave
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Liquor store, groceries, drug store and a few more. 5 minute walk from the Protection Island ferry dock.

Getting Around

Ferry to/from Vancouver.
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BC Ferries Departure Bay Terminal
680 Trans-Canada Hwy
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Ferry to/from Vancouver.
Ferry to/fromTwassen
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Duke Point Ferry Terminal station
400 Duke Point Hwy
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Ferry to/fromTwassen
Floatplanes to downtown Vancouver and the river next to Vancouver International Airport.
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Harbour Air Seaplanes
90 Front St
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Floatplanes to downtown Vancouver and the river next to Vancouver International Airport.
Ferry to Protection Island
The Protection Connection
The Protection Connection
Ferry to Protection Island

Shopping

Cool stuff, landmark cooking, living, and furniture store.
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Flying Fish
180 Commercial St
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Cool stuff, landmark cooking, living, and furniture store.

Entertainment & Activities

The Port theatre has listings for events held at venues all over Nanaimo: blues, dance, jazz and theatre.
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Port Theatre
125 Front St
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The Port theatre has listings for events held at venues all over Nanaimo: blues, dance, jazz and theatre.