The name Chase River is at the centre of a growing debate.

May 6, 2026 Watch a video below on the Nanaimo you never learned about in school! The Nanaimo Historical Society recently hosted a presentation by author T.W. Paterson, about his excellent book Nanaimo Unknown: History You Never Learned in School. From the Nanaimo Historical Society: In this presentation, well-known author TW (Tom) Paterson explains how his newest book, Unknown Nanaimo, is an introduction to his latest and most ambitious project to date, a detailed history of

Now we are really going back in time!

Another round of birds-eye-view photos of Old Harewood.

March 3, 2026 Feast your eyes on these amazing old aerial photos taken high above Harewood. All of the photos were taken by Englefield Studios – presumably from an airplane – and were found by me while digging through the Nanaimo Archives . Big thanks to Archive Manager Danica for retrieving the high-quality versions. The really fun part is zooming in to these highly-detailed shots to see how much has changed from the Harewood of today. CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO ZOOM! The photo

Harewood's historical connection to the E&N Railway

Harewood Mall in the 1980s and 90s was a wonderful place

Remember the Nova Store?

Old motel and restaurant just at the edge of Harewood

On the corner of 4th Street and Bruce Avenue in Harewood

Everyone Wins At The Savings Game – at Harewood Mall in the 1980s!

Harewood remembers those taken from us in War.

Before the skatepark, before the sports centre, before the astroturf field, before the old lacrosse box, and even before the band room: this birds-eye-view photo shows what John Barsby School looked like in 1970.

Step back in time to 1966 and take a drive through Nanaimo.

The Fun Centre was the place all the kids in Harewood wanted to hang out.

This video of Nanaimo's harbour in about 1968 shows that things haven't changed a heck of a lot down there.

This is a cool collage of old signs from before Harewood and Wellington were dissolved and amalgamated into Nanaimo in 1975.

The Harewood Arms Pub closed at the end of 2014

Happy Birthday Harewood Mall!

This is a photo of Harewood Plaza in the 1960s.