Duke Point

Duke Point is a land area in the outrageous south-eastern piece of the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia. It is situated on a thin promontory toward the east of the Nanaimo River estuary, right over the Northumberland Channel from Gabriola Island. A modern stop is situated at Duke Point, which incorporates one sawmill. The Duke Point ship terminal is likewise situated here, however there are no open travel associations.

In 1980, the BC Development Corporation purchased the Jack Point arrive from private proprietors, and the Duke Point arrive from that point MacMillan Bloedel, and after that levelled and overhauled the terrains to make the modern park, three sawmill locales, and a 2 compartment shipping terminal (just a single billet was manufactured). The 350 section of land Duke Point Industrial Park was worked by the BC Development Corporation from 1980 to 1983, under the Federal/Provincial Industrial Subsidiary Agreement ("TIDSA").

The Duke Point Ferry Terminal was based on Provincial land outside the TIDSA lands, and sits ashore that was initially called "Jack Point", yet which was amalgamated with the Duke Point Land. Initially, the Jack Point arrive was isolated from the Duke Point arrive by Canoe Pass that associated the Northumberland Channel to the waters of the Nanaimo Estuary.