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Scaffold and Screening All That Remains
On Site Where Bastion Stood
If you have not been downtown in some time you might wonder what has happened to the iconic building on Front Street.
Not to worry, it is being well taken care of and should be back on site in about six weeks time. The company responsible for repairing rot which had caused the building to lean to one side are experts in such repairs. It is the same company that worked on the Kinsol Trestle which spans the Koksilah River in the Cowichan Valley, which is the longest wooden trestle bridge anywhere.
The refurbishing project will salvage 90% of the original structure which is 150 years old and was built by the Hudson Bay Company in 1853. Two cannons provided defense from a possible attack on the new settlement of Nanaimo however, the noon firing of cannons at Pioneer Square is the only cannon fire Nanaimo has experienced.
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