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Nanaimo History 150
NEW NANAIMO HISTORY PODCAST
In December 1874, the City of Nanaimo became the sixth municipality to be incorporated in British Columbia. Fast forward to 2024 and Nanaimo is known to be one of the fastest growing cities in Canada. 150 years of incorporation provides a chance to highlight the City's success and recognize its citizens and community partners who have contributed to Nanaimo’s vibrancy over the last 150 years.
Nanaimo has a rich history dating back before its time as a coal mining, forestry, tech and tourist hub. The Snuneymuxw First Nation resides in the centre of Coast Salish territory on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island and encompasses one of the most magnificent and resource rich areas at the heart of the Salish Sea. Since time immemorial, the Snuneymuxw People have resided in Snuneymuxw Territory as the first peoples.
In the booth is City of Nanaimo's Planner for community and heritage, Chris Sholberg and Christine Meutzner, the Manager of Nanaimo Archives
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Hasty Histories1: Nanaimo BC
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We get asked to provide a brief history of Nanaimo a lot! It's a serious challenge because Nanaimo has such a rich history but here's our attempt. For more information, please contact us a nanaimoarchives@gmail.com Happy Viewing!
Our popular facebook posts, Jan - June 2024
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We recognize that many people interested in Nanaimo history do not use facebook or instagram so we've prepared a compilation of our most popular posts from those platforms. Enjoy!
Victoria Day Parade, 1946
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Enjoy these photographs of the annual Victoria Parade, taken by photographer Len Lovick.
Nanaimo Gardens Through Time
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It's that time of year! Enjoy this ramble through some of Nanaimo's historic gardens. #nanaimoarchives
Green Mountain Ski Hill, 1961
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Enjoy this short video about the grand opening of Green Mountain. The film also includes skiing scenes and some groovy dancing. Film was produced and donated by Barbara Davies, an original Green Mountain Snowbird and ski instructor. #nanaimoarchives #greenmountainski
Introduction to Climate Change & Historic Preservation
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Check out this brief video about the effects of climate change on our historic buildings and sites. Food for thought!
Nanaimo Archives Collection Sample
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We recently put this video together for an event and also wanted to share it with you. Happy Watching!
Top Ten 2022
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This video features the most popular 2022 posts. Here's additional information about 2 posts but you can view all the posts in the video and many more but just scrolling through our page. Post 8 BEFORE & AFTER In 1965, Scotchman's Bluff (circled in red) was blown up to make way for an expansion at Harbour Park (now Port Place) shopping centre. According to local legend, it was called Scotchman'...
The Queen in Nanaimo
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Please enjoy some of the photographs of Queen Elizabeth in our collection.
Heritage House Renovation Awards 2022
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Enjoy this short video showing the winners of our 2nd Annual Heritage House Renovation Awards! Kudos to all the homeowners who make sure that our beautiful heritage homes are restored and maintained. See you next year!
What we're up to.....
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Douglas Harding and Christine Meutzner discuss their latest project adding 100s of archival descriptions to the Nanaimo Archives website. Lots of work but a great way to make the Archives' wide range of collections known and accessible to more people.
Streetwise Nanaimo EP02
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Welcome to Streetwise Episode 2! In this series, we present 2 different versions of the origins of Nanaimo street names and you guess which one you think is correct. Have fun and remember to like and subscribe.
Best of 2021
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Recognizing that many of you do not use Facebook or Instagram, we decided to make a video of our most popular 2021 FB posts. Hope you enjoy the show and contact us at nanaimoarchives@gmail.com if you have any questions on any of the images shown here. REMEMBER TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. THANKS!
Our Latest Project
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We have been working hard to digitize our huge collection of negatives so that everyone has access to our images. A big thank you to Douglas Harding who has done all the technical work with good humour and grace. At the end, we will have about 2500 images available including many that have never been public before! Please remember to like and subscribe!
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nanaimo Fly-over, ca 1972, Part 2
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Nanaimo Fly-over, ca 1972, Part 2
Nanaimo Fly-over, Part 1
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Nanaimo Fly-over, Part 1
Archives Manager Wins Provincial Award
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Archives Manager Wins Provincial Award
History, She Wrote: A Virtual Conversation with Author Haley Healey
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History, She Wrote: A Virtual Conversation with Author Haley Healey
Remembering the 1887 Nanaimo Mine Disaster
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Remembering the 1887 Nanaimo Mine Disaster
Streetwise Nanaimo EP01
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Streetwise Nanaimo EP01
Heritage House Renovation Award-615 Prideaux Street
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Heritage House Renovation Award-615 Prideaux Street
Heritage House Renovation Award Winner: 250 Pine Street
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Heritage House Renovation Award Winner: 250 Pine Street
HeritageAwards2021Final
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HeritageAwards2021Final
Nanaimo Archives Celebrates Elsie Hall
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Nanaimo Archives Celebrates Elsie Hall
Wellington's Black Community
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Wellington's Black Community
After the Great War Nanaimo Veterans Back Home
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After the Great War Nanaimo Veterans Back Home
Wellington Cemetery
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Wellington Cemetery
A little stay-at-home distraction...
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A little stay-at-home distraction...

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @AndreaSanders-e1q
    @AndreaSanders-e1q 4 місяці тому

    And the Italians???

  • @todmaffinvideo
    @todmaffinvideo 5 місяців тому

    What’s the RSS feed for the podcast? And it’s not listed in Overcast so I can’t subscribe to it.

  • @TheWolfsnack
    @TheWolfsnack 6 місяців тому

    Damn...you missed Brother Twelve!

  • @lmiddleman
    @lmiddleman 6 місяців тому

    Why tarnish Robert Dunsmuir without presenting any evidence? Wellington Cemetery and Mount Benson School sit on land he donated to the community, just like the Harewood stuff via VCML. Robert was voted in as MLA for the Nanaimo district, twice in a row, and at his funeral procession in 1889, attended by 12000 when the population of Victoria was but 16000, the hearse was led by a large group of Wellington miners and E&N employees.

  • @todmaffinvideo
    @todmaffinvideo 6 місяців тому

    Love it! Please do more of this series 🙂

  • @l.5832
    @l.5832 6 місяців тому

    I remember many of those building s and I wish they built homes that looked like that now. I much prefer them to the appearance of the current homes.

  • @Crystal-rk9yg
    @Crystal-rk9yg 7 місяців тому

    Not one god damn effing homeless polluting our city. No immigrants either !!!

  • @blackfloyd2454
    @blackfloyd2454 8 місяців тому

    Wow. Great music too. This is so cool.

  • @adamsnyder-gt9sd
    @adamsnyder-gt9sd Рік тому

    Bruce ave?

  • @gregkurtz994
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    Wow, exactly what it used to look like. One of the first McDonalds on the island I worked at, I was 16. Watching the ferries from the top grandstand at Grandview Bowl, headed out to Vancouver. Vics Foodliner, Jack Harris Chev, S Madill, schools we went to. Living near Nanaimo Golf Course on Wedge Pl. Meeting my girlfriend now wife of 45 years at the diner at Country Club Mall. The drive in movie theatre you can see in the distance. NDSS, Nanaimo Shipyard and the massive amount of properties that haven't been built on yet. The fuel tankers that blew up on the waterfront. This film does move pretty fast and just when you think you've figured something out it changes. It's pretty cool anyways.

  • @linkfan160
    @linkfan160 Рік тому

    This cemetery is really close to my parents house where I grew up. I used to go walk over to visit all the time. My family has lived in what used to be "Wellington" for the past 25 years.

  • @JaniceLodge
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    Amazing footage, brings back many memories of being at Green Mtn. with, Barb, and the Peetz clan, Bud, Judy, my dad Ivan. The old skis and clothing were something.

  • @peffs37
    @peffs37 Рік тому

    Please research rosstown rd

  • @aimeegreenaway7955
    @aimeegreenaway7955 Рік тому

    Great video of an interesting part of Nanaimo’s history! Thank you for digitizing this video and making it available online.

  • @rickszabo4312
    @rickszabo4312 Рік тому

    Wow , I've been waiting a long time for this , would be in a line up behind the dozer as it plowed the way up to the lodge, I bet it would have gone by the wayside with the now current weather , even if there was no marmots up there. Thank you Ms Davies.

  • @rodkrell1
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    Awsome

  • @rodkrell1
    @rodkrell1 Рік тому

    how about Howard Ave ?

  • @hawaii3100
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    There was a North Ward school in Victoria as well.

  • @lmiddleman
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    This is rather silly.

  • @jameslacey858
    @jameslacey858 2 роки тому

    Bathtub races 1972?

  • @hfkvancouver
    @hfkvancouver 2 роки тому

    I moved to Nanaimo in 1987, it's great to see old photos! Keep up the good work, Thank You

  • @sn8323
    @sn8323 2 роки тому

    I heard credible evidence that the abducted school children in BC. The children were never seen again.

  • @sn8323
    @sn8323 2 роки тому

    Is This when they abducted, raped, and murdered the schoolchildren or a different visit?

  • @gocanadanow
    @gocanadanow 2 роки тому

    Tell us the story of Cilaire Subdivision! Thanks for the history lesson!

  • @lmiddleman
    @lmiddleman 2 роки тому

    This is great stuff, keep it up!

  • @DOW-E
    @DOW-E 2 роки тому

    I liked the false narrative more so These are terrific! Good work

  • @sailcat662
    @sailcat662 2 роки тому

    Have these films been retouched or upscaled?

  • @iiambheo8356
    @iiambheo8356 2 роки тому

    Do drake street by departure bay ferries

  • @iiambheo8356
    @iiambheo8356 2 роки тому

    Keep it up 👍

  • @rodkrell1
    @rodkrell1 2 роки тому

    Nice looks great

  • @rickszabo4312
    @rickszabo4312 2 роки тому

    Green Mountain, what an adventure. Hope the marmots are doing well.

  • @David-fg3lr
    @David-fg3lr 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much for the wonderful images you have given us. I am born and raised in Nanaimo and am now 70 years old. Still living in the 'old city' area and still loving it. These are the images of my youth and I remember them all very well. They bring back such great memories. Thank you again for your ongoing work and efforts.

  • @grumpymedik
    @grumpymedik 2 роки тому

    I remember many of these buildings

  • @grumpymedik
    @grumpymedik 2 роки тому

    wow incredible, some pictures i recognize as the Nanaimo I grew up in. seeing the old theater on the east side of the bastion bridge made me smile.

  • @oldradiosnphonographs
    @oldradiosnphonographs 3 роки тому

    Wasn’t this filmed the same day as the moon landing?

  • @boatnut64
    @boatnut64 3 роки тому

    Oh My God... That is So Beautiful... ❤❤❤ That was My Grandparents Home, Peter and Ivy Scott. Grama sold it in 1970 (if memory serves me) and I have many fond memories of Grampa and Gramas home. My Grampa, hand dug the basement, as there was none, when they bought it. He would crawl under the house, every night after supper, and dig and drag the dirt out, until he finally had the basement dug out. The last time I was in Nanaimo, I went by to see the house, and was horrified to see it looking like a Crack-Shack... I was sick to my Stomach, to see it in that condition. Grampa and Grama always kept it looking so beautiful. Thank You So Much, for making it Beautiful Again... ❤❤❤ Allan Lundquist

  • @MurrayLundberg
    @MurrayLundberg 3 роки тому

    Covers the community nicely - lots of changes! Best viewed with the "music" turned off.

  • @marvelus10
    @marvelus10 3 роки тому

    I remember seeing you film this, I was curious as to what you were up to that day, I should have stopped and asked then.

  • @BB-wm6ng
    @BB-wm6ng 3 роки тому

    Thank you for publishing these photos. If I may offer a comment, a non-animated slide show is far preferable to this distracting zooming in and out; and captions on all photos would be most helpful!

  • @mwestaway211
    @mwestaway211 3 роки тому

    Is there somewhere we can see all the submissions?

  • @ronstead145
    @ronstead145 3 роки тому

    The music well typifies the atmosphere and relief after the 300 victims and their belonging had been transported to the sea cadet hall and the drill hall

  • @bee-bop6679
    @bee-bop6679 3 роки тому

    Thanks you-tube for ruining the last images with you annoying bloody thumb-nails !

  • @aimeegreenaway7955
    @aimeegreenaway7955 3 роки тому

    Congratulations, Christine! A well-deserved award

  • @David-fg3lr
    @David-fg3lr 3 роки тому

    It is so nice to see the recognition you have received for the great work and effort you put into the Nanaimo Archives !!!!! I am a Nanaimo born and raised man, at 70 years of age I still live near the neighbourhood I was born an grew up in. I subscribe to the Nanaimo Archives website and always look forward to new and interesting content about our town. Nanaimo is a great town, warts and all ... lol. We are blessed to live here on the island in such a wonderful location and environment with such interesting history. I thank you for making so much of that history available to us. Thank you again, and congratulations !!!!!

  • @andrewhomzy6859
    @andrewhomzy6859 3 роки тому

    Please include a link to Haley's book -

  • @andrewhomzy6859
    @andrewhomzy6859 3 роки тому

    Christine - you have done so much regarding Nanaimo history and its preservation. This is a great interview with Haley. Merci beaucoup

  • @David-fg3lr
    @David-fg3lr 3 роки тому

    Fantastic !!!!! It is so nice to see folks who still value the lifestyle of days gone by and are willing to renovate and renew older homes in the 'Old City'. I am 70 years old and was born and raised in the Old City and still live in the area. I will never live any where else. Kudos to you Ms. Bajan, I wonder if you are related to Marco Bajan who owned and developed property in the old city. One of the first rentals I had as a young man was owned my Marco. Probably around 1973 ???? Thanks again for preserving our City.

    • @christinemeutzner3357
      @christinemeutzner3357 3 роки тому

      Thank you for your lovely comments. I will pass them on to Tereza. I do believe that Marco was her father. Cheers!

  • @aimeegreenaway7955
    @aimeegreenaway7955 3 роки тому

    Fun concept. I hope you get lots of requests for street names. Great start to the series!

  • @aimeegreenaway7955
    @aimeegreenaway7955 3 роки тому

    Great initiative!

    • @christinemeutzner3357
      @christinemeutzner3357 3 роки тому

      Thanks Aimee. It was a fun project for us and we're amazed by the work people have done.

  • @dennis7511
    @dennis7511 3 роки тому

    I downvoted because of that annoying "wondershare"!