Heritage designation

Bastion

In French: Bastion de Nanaimo

On a provincial or municipal heritage registerone of 2 in Nanaimo

OOther placesBBuilt 1855O4 old views

DirectionsIts record on historicplaces.ca ↗Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

★ Then & now

Bastion, c. 1905 and today

Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.

c. 1905Today

c. 1905: Public domain. Today: Photo: KenWalker [email protected] · CC BY-SA 3.0.

About

About Bastion

A provincial or local register lists Bastion, one of 2 such places paged in Nanaimo. Bastion dates from 1855. Another historic place stands within 400 m of it.

A provincial or local register lists it; open data covers only its number, through Wikidata.

In old photographs

4 old views of Bastion

Made before 1950, from 1896 to 1907: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.

Nanaimo Harbour and Bastion, British Columbia, circa 1905

Old Bastion in Nanaimo, British Columbia, circa 1905

View of Nanaimo Harbor showing the bastion and shipping (HS85-10-18676) original — View of Nanaimo Harbor showing the bastion and shipping (HS85-10-1867…

From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.

Visit

Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes

Nanaimo · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies

Directions Walk the tour in Google Maps

1BastionStart here
2Christian Science SocietyListed in a community heritage register · 300 m on

Farther afield

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Station, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station600 m

Questions about Bastion

Is Bastion protected?

Its listing is provincial or local, and protection varies by province.

When was Bastion built?

By its record, Bastion dates from 1855.

Can you visit Bastion?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

What is Bastion?

Bastion is on its province’s or municipality’s heritage list.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).