Nanoose Bay

Nanoose Bay is best known in British Columbia for the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges, a naval research facility on Vancouver Island’s east coast. The community occupies a sheltered inlet of the Strait of Georgia, part of the Salish Sea, between Nanaimo and Parksville. Forested residential shores, small coves and marinas give the area a distinctly coastal, low-density character, while the mainland Coast Mountains can appear across the water on clear days. Nanoose Bay is closely associated with the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation, whose reserve borders the community. It is a quiet base for following Vancouver Island’s southeastern shoreline rather than an urban destination. Move on to other webcams in British Columbia to compare coastal settings around Nanoose Bay and eastern Vancouver Island.

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