Tourism Nanaimo

While the resort towns on Canada’s west coast roll up their beach towels on Labour Day, Nanaimo keeps its lights on Right in the middle of Vancouver Island, where the ferries dock and the fog rolls in just right, this harbour city stays wide awake. The coffee’s strong here, and the weather’s warmer than you’d expect this far north. Fall is when the art gets louder, the salmon gets smokier, and the only thing slowing down is the ferry lineup. Nanaimo is cardigan-clad and a little chaotic, but in the good...