Nanaimo - Bastion (Closed Temporarily)
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THE BASTION IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.
Standing on Front Street is a small wooden tower known as the Bastion. The only remaining one of its kind it was built by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1853 as protection for the settlement's pioneer miners in the event of Indian attack. Inside today is a little museum. Every noon throughout July and August soldiers in period uniform fire one of the two cannon with appropriate ceremony.
Standing on Front Street is a small wooden tower known as the Bastion. The only remaining one of its kind it was built by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1853 as protection for the settlement's pioneer miners in the event of Indian attack. Inside today is a little museum. Every noon throughout July and August soldiers in period uniform fire one of the two cannon with appropriate ceremony.
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Address:
Nanaimo Bastion Museum Society, 100 Cameron Road, Nanaimo, BC V9R2X1, Canada
Phone: 1 (250) 753-1821, Fax: 1 (250) 518-0125
Phone: 1 (250) 753-1821, Fax: 1 (250) 518-0125
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