Departure Bay

49°11′31″N 123°57′16″W / 49.192011°N 123.954556°W / 49.192011; -123.954556

Departure Bay. To the right of the image is Newcastle Island. A BC Ferries ship can also be seen entering the bay, with two other ships already docked at the terminal.
This article is about the bay and neighbourhood in Nanaimo. For the ferry terminal of the same name, see Departure Bay ferry terminal.

Departure Bay[1] is a bay in central Nanaimo, British Columbia, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The surrounding neighbourhood is also referred to as "Departure Bay"[2] —once a settlement of its own, it was amalgamated into the City of Nanaimo in the 1970s.

  1. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Departure Bay". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Departure Bay". www4.rncan.gc.ca.