A harbor ( American English ), or harbour ( Australian English , British English , Canadian English , Irish English , New Zealand English ; see spelling differences ), is a sheltered body of water where ships , boats , and barges can be moored . The term harbor is often used interchangeably with port , which is a man-made facility built for loading and unloading vessels and dropping off and picking up passengers. Harbors usually include one or more ports. Alexandria Port in Egypt, meanwhile, is an example of a port with two harbors.
33-578: Nanaimo Harbour , also known as the Port of Nanaimo , is a natural harbour on the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The city of Nanaimo runs along the west side of the harbour. Three islands, Newcastle , Protection , and Gabriola , along with Duke Point , form the eastern edge. The Port of Nanaimo includes the Inner Harbour, Nanaimo River estuary , Departure Bay ,
66-399: A body of water is protected and deep enough to allow anchorage. Many such harbors are rias . Natural harbors have long been of great strategic naval and economic importance, and many great cities of the world are located on them. Having a protected harbor reduces or eliminates the need for breakwaters as it will result in calmer waves inside the harbor. Some examples are: For harbors near
99-698: A competing claim from when Captain James Cook landed at Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island in 1778. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver sailed into the Salish Sea as well and unexpectedly met up with another Spanish expedition, led by Jacinto Caamaño . With both Spain and Britain claiming the region, tensions were building. This led to the Nootka Crisis and eventual Nootka Convention . Spain relinquished all claims to Vancouver Island in 1795, paving
132-406: A larger location in the newly added mall portion, while Fields opened in the former Safeway space and Cunningham Drug (which was bought out by Shoppers Drug Mart in 1971) joined the tenant list. Harbour Park underwent expansion again in the early 1980s with the construction of more retail space. In the following years, Safeway and Shoppers Drug Mart closed their locations at the mall and Sears
165-459: A lengthy delay in renovating that part of the mall, the renovations were finished and the food court opened in 2004. That same year, the mall name was changed to the present Port Place upon completion of the mall renovation project. In a 2009 recent announcement, Port Place owner First Capital Corp. revealed plans to redevelop much of the present Port Place site. In those plans, London Drugs and Thrifty Foods remained at their present locations, while
198-643: Is Long Beach Harbor , California , United States, which was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century. In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides by land. Examples of natural harbors include Sydney Harbour , New South Wales, Australia, Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada and Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka. Artificial harbors are frequently built for use as ports. The oldest artificial harbor known
231-401: Is 12.4 m deep while "C" is 11.7 m deep. The Duke Point Wharf has one berth that is 170 m long and an alongside depth of 13.5 m. Two line dolphins add 54 additional metres north and south for a total of 278 m. There is also a roll on/roll off (RORO) barge ramp that can handle barges up to 51 m long. The Port of Nanaimo includes Departure Bay , the Inner Harbour, and Northumberland Channel, which
264-469: Is contained within the body of water between downtown Nanaimo, Newcastle Island, Protection Island, Gabriola Island, Duke Point, and the Nanaimo River estuary. The following is a list of named rivers and creeks that flow into Nanaimo Harbour: Nanaimo Harbour is serviced by several ferry terminals, two main highways, a Seaplane terminal, and a freight railway. BC Ferries operates three routes from in
297-561: Is the Ancient Egyptian site at Wadi al-Jarf , on the Red Sea coast, which is at least 4500 years old (ca. 2600–2550 BCE, reign of King Khufu ). The largest artificially created harbor is Jebel Ali in Dubai . Other large and busy artificial harbors include: The Ancient Carthaginians constructed fortified, artificial harbors called cothons . A natural harbor is a landform where a section of
330-460: Is the body of water between Gabriola Island and Duke Point. The defined limits of the port run from Horsewell Bluffs at Stephenson Point, on the north-east shore of Departure Bay, to Malaspina Point on Gabriola Island. On the south end of Northumberland Channel, the harbour limits are Dodd Narrows and False Narrows at Mudge Island . The bay of Nanaimo Harbour itself, often called the Inner Harbour ,
363-647: The Canada Marine Act . The act created port authorities across Canada to manage the operation of 19 of Canada's 20 most economically important seaports . The Nanaimo Port Authority is located in the Inner Harbour at the Commercial Inlet Basin and Marina in downtown Nanaimo. The Nanaimo Port Authority, also known as the Port of Nanaimo, administers, controls, and manages the harbour, waters and foreshore adjacent to Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. In August 2013
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#1733092514196396-565: The Lower Mainland . Out of the harbour, right downtown Nanaimo, Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome operates seaplanes that have regularly scheduled routes to the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast as well as charters to Tofino . Two main highways service various parts of the port. Highway 19 services the terminals at Duke Point, including the BC Ferries terminal, and Highway 1 services
429-460: The North and South poles , being ice-free is an important advantage, especially when it is year-round. Examples of these are: The world's southernmost harbor, located at Antarctica 's Winter Quarters Bay (77° 50′ South), is sometimes ice-free, depending on the summertime pack ice conditions. Although the world's busiest port is a contested title, in 2017 the world's busiest harbor by cargo tonnage
462-410: The BC Ferries, two other passenger ferries operate in the harbour, both of which are foot passenger only. From the marina downtown Nanaimo, a small ferry travels a regularly scheduled route to Dinghy Dock Pub on Protection Island. The other is one that travels from Maffeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo to Newcastle Island. Seaspan operates a ferry terminal at Duke Point that transports cargo to and from
495-640: The BC Liquor Store and the Medical Arts Centre moved to new locations across from the two anchor stores, CIBC and Subway moved to new locations in the London Drugs/Thrifty Foods block, and the remaining stores closed and others moved elsewhere in Nanaimo. Beginning in early 2010, much of the former indoor part of the mall between the London Drugs/Thrifty Foods block, including the food court and
528-496: The Nanaimo Port Authority hosted a North American conference of port authorities. Then Canada's Minister of Transport , Lisa Raitt , was one of the keynote speakers. The Port of Nanaimo features two seaports, one downtown Nanaimo called Nanaimo Assembly Wharf and the other at the south-east corner of the harbour at Duke Point . The Nanaimo Assembly Wharf has two deep sea berths, "B" and "C", each 200 metres in length. "B"
561-432: The addition of new retail and office space. Port Place began as a two-store strip mall that was built in 1952 on the site of the former Nanaimo Sports Grounds in the downtown area, with Simpsons-Sears and Safeway as the original anchor tenants. The facility was expanded in 1967 by attaching an indoor mall (the second one in Nanaimo, after Northbrook Mall ), which was then named Harbour Park Mall . Safeway moved into
594-463: The area around the entrance to the inlet was filled in with tailings by the Canadian Western Fuel and Electric Company. Nanaimo Central Sports Field was built on the newly filled in area. The city of Nanaimo bought the sports field in 1948 for $ 1.00 and a portion was sold in 1951 for commercial uses while the rest became Piper Park in 1952. Currently Port Place Shopping Centre occupies most of
627-444: The area surrounding the harbour had an abundance of other natural resources, such as timber, fish, and sandstone. Soon multiple saw mills, canneries, and quarries sprung up. The deep, sheltered natural harbour made an excellent port to export the resources to market. Coal mine tailings were used to fill in the harbour in and around downtown Nanaimo starting in the late 1800s, most notably the filling of Commercial Inlet. Commercial Inlet
660-544: The downtown terminals and the Departure Bay Ferry terminal. Southern Railway of Vancouver Island provides freight rail service to the downtown Nanaimo Assembly Wharf. Rail service is not provided to Duke Point. The Pacific Biological Station , located on the north shore of Departure Bay, was established in 1908. It is the oldest fisheries research centre on the Pacific coast . Operated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada ,
693-588: The governor James Douglas to visit the future site of Nanaimo. In 1853 the Hudson's Bay Company built a fort called the Nanaimo Bastion in the Nanaimo Harbour to protect the new coal mining interests in the region. Twenty-four settlers from England arrived in 1854 marking the first European settlement on the harbour. They named the new community Colvile Town, which by 1860 would be renamed Nanaimo. Besides coal,
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#1733092514196726-466: The harbour. The first European in the area was a Spanish Naval Officer in 1791 named Juan Carrasco . He named the bay Bocas de Winthuysen . Carrasco also named several other places in the area such as Gabriola Island, Galiano Island , Valdes Island , and Porlier Pass. Though the Spanish had claims in the region since the early 1500s, they did not exert any significant control over the area. The British had
759-702: The harbour. The Nanaimo Harbour ferry terminal has service from downtown Nanaimo in the Inner Harbour across over to Descando Bay on Gabriola Island. Duke Point ferry terminal services a route across the Strait of Georgia to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal on the Lower Mainland. The third BC Ferries route leaves from the Departure Bay ferry terminal and goes to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver . Besides
792-479: The old Sears location were forced to vacate their spaces to allow the Great Canadian Casino to move in. The only business that was not forced to move was Subway , which had a long-term lease at its then-location. Plans for renovation and refurbishment of Harbour Park by its owners were begun in 2000, most notably the demolition of several former retail spaces near Fields to make way for a food court . After
825-462: The original land while Piper Park, which is the location of the Nanaimo Museum , has been reduced to a 1.1-acre green knoll above Front St and adjacent to Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Filling in of the harbour continued late into the 20th century with the additions of Swy-A-Lana Park in 1984 and the waterfront promenades beginning in 1988. The Nanaimo Port Authority was created in 1998 by
858-413: The other notable parks around the harbour include: [REDACTED] Media related to Nanaimo Harbour at Wikimedia Commons Harbor Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters , sea walls , or jetties or they can be constructed by dredging , which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor
891-482: The station forms a network with eight other scientific facilities. In 1967 the first annual bathtub race took place in Nanaimo. The race originally went from downtown Nanaimo across the Strait of Georgia to Vancouver . From the mid-1990s onward, the course was changed to a route that travelled just around the Nanaimo Harbour. Three ships have been sunk around Nanaimo Harbour to create artificial reefs. HMCS Saskatchewan
924-406: The waters on the east side of Newcastle and Protection Islands, and Northumberland Channel. The port is under the management of the Nanaimo Port Authority. Long before Europeans arrived, the indigenous Coast Salish lived in the area and used the harbour, its islands, bays, and inlets for hunting, fishing, gathering, and shelter. They built longhouses from the abundant supply of timber surrounding
957-575: The way for British colonisation and development. In 1849 the Colony of Vancouver Island was established and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) was given a ten-year lease over it. By this time, HBC was transitioning from the fur trade to resource development. In 1850 Coal Tyee, chief of the Snuneymuxw First Nations , travelled from his village on the Nanaimo Harbour to Fort Victoria with coal , prompting
990-538: Was a 366-foot Canadian destroyer that was scuttled in 1997. HMCS Cape Breton was a 442-foot World War II Victory Class ship that was scuttled in October 2001. The 150-foot tugboat Rivtow Lion , originally Christened HMRT Prudent , was sunk in 2005 and was a World War II ship from the British Navy. There are several parks around the harbour, with the largest being Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park . Some of
1023-442: Was a tidal ravine that divided downtown along modern-day Terminal Avenue . The Nanaimo Port Authority and the Commercial Inlet Basin and Marina sit at the entrance to Commercial Inlet. From that point, the inlet went inland along the modern-day roads of Museum Way and Gordon Street to the intersection of Terminal Avenue and Commercial Street. From there it banked north along Terminal Avenue to just past Campbell Street. In 1923, more of
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1056-400: Was relocated to Rutherford Mall in north Nanaimo. Thrifty Foods took over as the supermarket anchor in 1988, London Drugs opened a location next to Thrifty Foods, and after a period of use as a bingo hall, the former Sears space was divided and renovated to accommodate Liquidation World , a fitness gym, and other retail spaces. In 1997, Liquidation World and most of the other businesses in
1089-478: Was the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan . The following are large natural harbors: Port Place Shopping Centre Port Place Shopping Centre is a hybrid indoor/outdoor shopping mall located in Nanaimo , British Columbia , Canada. It previously had a total retail floor area of 145,000 square feet prior to partial demolition of the mall space, which reduced its floor space to approximately 134,478 square feet prior to
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