Bastion (Nanaimo, British Columbia)

Infobox Historic building
name = Bastion

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location_town = Nanaimo, British Columbia
location_country = Canada
architect = unknown
client = Hudson's Bay Company
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construction_start_date = 1853
completion_date = 1855
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structural_system = 3-storey, log, with projecting 3rd floor
style = Octagon Mode.
size = The Bastion, also known as the Nanaimo Bastion, is an historic octagonal shaped bastion or fortification located at 94 Front Street in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The Hudson's Bay Company, which then held a royal lease on all of what was then the Colony of Vancouver Island, built it between 1853 and 1855 to defend its coal mining operations in Nanaimo. Square logs were used for the walls of the three-storey building whose third floor extends out over the lower floors. It has been called "Nanaimo's premier landmark", because of its shape and its "high visibility from both land and sea." [ [http://www.nanaimo.ca/residents/heritage_detail.asp?her_id=5&id=287&parent=19&sub_collection=51 Nanaimo Heritage Register listing for the Bastion] ] In 1891 and again in 1979 it was moved a short distance for historic preservation purposes. [ [http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=1351 Canada's Historic Places full listing for the Bastion] ]

On December 12, 1985, the city of Nanaimo designated it a local heritage site. [ [http://www.nanaimo.ca/residents/heritage_detail.asp?her_id=5&id=287&parent=19&sub_collection=51 Nanaimo Heritage Register listing for the Bastion] ] Today the Bastion is under the supervision of the Nanaimo District Museum and is open to visitors during the summer. [ [http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/index.html Nanaimo Museum - Contact page] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/bastionpage.htm Nanaimo Museum - History of the Bastion]