This is a list of landmarks and historic locations, mostly related to coal mining, in the vicinity of the City of Nanaimo in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Most of these landmarks relate to the city's history as a coal-mining town.
Joseph William McKay took possession of the deposits for the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1852 at the direction of Governor James Douglas.
By 1859, 25,000 tons of coal had been shipped from Nanaimo, mostly to San Francisco.
[2] Locations shown are generally for the main shaft entrance although some mines, Extension No.