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124:, and then levelled and serviced the lands to create the industrial park, three sawmill sites, and a 2 berth shipping terminal (only one berth was built). The 350 acre Duke Point Industrial Park was built by the BC Development Corporation from 1980 to 1983, under the Federal/Provincial Industrial Subsidiary Agreement ("TIDSA"). The Duke Point Ferry Terminal was built on Provincial land outside the TIDSA lands, and sits on land that was originally called "Jack Point", but which was amalgamated with the Duke Point Land. Originally, the Jack Point land was separated from the Duke Point land by Canoe Pass, that connected the Northumberland Channel to the waters of the Nanaimo Estuary. 71: 63: 242: 112:
Before Duke Point became an industrial park, there were searches for archaeological sites on the peninsula. Several sites were found and these examinations found that the settlements on Duke Point belonged to the
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Analysis of artifacts from four Duke Point area sites, near Nanaimo, B.C. : an example of cultural continuity in the southern gulf of Georgia Region
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and were around 4,000 years old. The site also revealed that Duke Point was used as a seasonal ground for the Coast Salish.
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In 1980, the BC Development Corporation bought the Jack Point land from private owners, and the Duke Point land from then
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An industrial park is located at Duke Point, which includes one sawmill. The
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is a geographical location in the extreme southeastern part of the city of
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Early chipped stone industries of the central coast of British Columbia
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is also located here, but there are no public transit connections.
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estuary, just across the Northumberland Channel from
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Duke Point
49°09′41″N 123°53′30″W / 49.161389°N 123.891792°W / 49.161389; -123.891792


Nanaimo
British Columbia
Nanaimo River
Gabriola Island
Duke Point ferry terminal
Coast Salish
MacMillan Bloedel
Nanaimo Harbour
"Nanaimo Regional Transit System map"
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Early chipped stone industries of the central coast of British Columbia


Analysis of artifacts from four Duke Point area sites, near Nanaimo, B.C. : an example of cultural continuity in the southern gulf of Georgia Region
"Duke Point"
BC Geographical Names
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Coast of British Columbia
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expanding it
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Categories
Neighbourhoods in Nanaimo
British Columbia Coast geography stubs

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