Nanaimo Archives

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!

FLETCHER'S
Now the site of the Nanaimo Convention Center.

Nanaimo Tidesman Barbershop Chorus Singing Group in full swing.

BOAT OR CAR?

HOT TIME FRIDAY NIGHT?

BEFORE DOOR DASH.....
This guy delivered the bread.

Nostalgia Hit!
So many people remember this restaurant fondly so we thought it was a nice way to go into the weekend.

COMMERCIAL STREET UPGRADE 2024
As the City prepares to do some upgrading on Commercial Street, here's a look back at the area in 1980.

Perfect summer activity......

When there was a theatre downtown......

Hope you enjoy this pic from my last summer vacation. See you in August!

What fun!

WOW! There's an international day for everything! Have some fun!

Yes please!!!

Another great article by historian Kelly Black.....

The role of animals in Vancouver Island’s early logging and mining history — Kelly Black Animals were key to resource extraction operations on Vancouver Island throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries… STORY CONTINUES AT THEDISCOURSE.CA

A dip in a pool (or lake or river) is really appealing today!

NATIONAL OCEANS DAY--JUNE 8

CANADA AT D-DAY JUNE 6 1944
Canada was a full partner in the success of the Allied landings in Normandy (‘D- Day’). Determined to end four years of often-brutal German occupation, on 6 June 1944, Allied forces invaded Western Europe along an 80-kilometre front in Normandy, France. Of the nearly 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area, 14,000 were Canadians. They assaulted a beachfront code-named “Juno”, while Canadian paratroopers landed just east of the assault beaches. Although the Allies encountered German defences bristling with artillery, machine guns, mines, and booby-traps, the invasion was a success.

Other Canadians helped achieve this victory. The Royal Canadian Navy contributed 110 ships and 10,000 sailors in support of the landings while the R.C.A.F. had helped prepare the invasion by bombing targets inland. On D- Day and during the ensuing campaign, 15 R.C.A.F. fighter and fighter-bomber squadrons helped control the skies over Normandy and attacked enemy targets. On D-Day, Canadians suffered 1074 casualties, including 359 killed. (courtesy Canadian War Museum)

Think of the LGBTQIA2S+ generations before us who could not even imagine gay pride month!

NATIONAL CHEESE DAY, JUNE 4 (WHO KNEW?)
We don't have any photographs of cheese but I found the next best thing.
Here's a little girl milking a cow in Chase River. So sweet!

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN....
The recent rain has brought a flush of lush to our gardens.