City of Nanaimo invites residents to take a walk through Old City Neighbourhood

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed October 21, 2015 11:08 AM

Summary

In partnership with the Nanaimo Old City Association (NOCA), the City of Nanaimo has released another self-guided heritage tour brochure entitled "A Walk Through Time: Your Guide to Nanaimo's Old City Neighbourhood". At approximately 6.1 km total, the self-guided tour meanders through Nanaimo's historic Old City neighbourhood, highlighting a number of key heritage buildings and sites along the way.

Link to Strategic Plan: Heritage walk tours further the goals of the Cultural Vitality (Creativity, Diversity, Heritage and Innovation) pillar of the Strategic Plan.

Key Points

The Old City "Walk Through Time" is the seventh addition to Nanaimo's series of self-guided heritage tour brochures produced by the Culture & Heritage Department.
The series includes walking tours of Downtown, Harewood, Newcastle, South End, Nob Hill/Chinatown, as well as a bike tour of Downtown.
Copies are available free of charge at City facilities, or can be sent directly to residents upon request by contacting the Culture & Heritage Department.