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Nanoose Bay

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Near the point, at Brickyard Cove, a brick plant existed in 1911. Clay came from the grounds of the present golf course. Bricks intertwine the roots of giant trees in Brickyard Park. At Dolphin Beach, the Fairwinds Schooner Cove Marina has 360
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In 1862, John Enos (Joao Ignacio) became the first European settler on the Nanoose Bay Peninsula. The bay was spelled Noonooa on an 1864 map. The current anglicized spelling was adopted by the early 1870s.
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Along NW Bay Rd, was the community of Brynmarl (south of Sanders Rd intersection), which had a post office (1886–1935), stage stop, and train station. The Rocking Horse Pub lies among rural holdings.
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In 1911, along today's Powder Point Rd, the peninsula was called "Powder Point" when the Giant Powder Company established a plant, community, and a 4.8-kilometre (3 mi)
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called the peninsula Berry Point. In the early 1800s, a rival tribe massacred many members, who were berry picking. A child survivor was later known as "Nanoose Bob".
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and other naval warfare and listening equipment has operated since 1965. During the 1970s and 1980s, a protest camp along the highway targeted the facility.
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The Nanoose Bay community was formerly called Arlington after the Arlington Hotel, the post office name from 1906, until adopting Nanoose Bay in 1916.
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is in a restricted area at the wharf terminus of Powder Point Rd. The joint Canadian-American testing facility for
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that connected the complex. In 1918, an explosion caused extensive damage, and the plant relocated in 1925.
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ceased in 2011. Adjacent stops were about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south to
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Around 1910, the Nanoose Bay train station opened, and was a flag stop when
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In 1957, Yvonne and John Ruggles opened a store on the hill in the
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Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range (CFMETR)
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is by road about 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of
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Nanoose Bay, British Columbia
Nanoose Bay is located in Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Nanoose Bay is located in British Columbia
49°15′N 124°11′W / 49.250°N 124.183°W / 49.250; -124.183
Canada
British Columbia
Regional district
Nanaimo
Time zone
UTC-8
DST
UTC-7
Area codes
250
778, 236, & 672
Vancouver Island
BC Highway 19
Nanaimo
Parksville
Nanoose First Nation
Qualicum National Wildlife Area
Via Rail on Vancouver Island
Wellington

narrow gauge railway
berths
Red Gap
Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range (CFMETR)
torpedoes

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