Nanoose Bay is a community on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Around 1910, the Nanoose Bay train station opened,[10] and was a flag stop when Via Rail on Vancouver Island ceased in 2011.

[11] At the railway crossing on Nanoose Beach Rd,[12] not even a signpost marked the flag stop location in its final years.

[13] Along NW Bay Rd, was the community of Brynmarl (south of Sanders Rd intersection), which had a post office (1886–1935),[14] stage stop, and train station.

The Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range (CFMETR) is in a restricted area at the wharf terminus of Powder Point Rd.