Bowen Park is a major park, smack in the middle of Nanaimo. There are a number of cool features to this park. In the appropriate season, rose enthusiasts can admire the garden near the park's entrance. Even more impressive, in early spring, is the vast rhododendron garden just beneath the slope leading down from Bowen Road. However, the key attraction to Bowen Park has to be the Millstone River. An interesting feature of the Millstone is the way it reflects the seasons. In early September it can be but a trickle. Come the January rains, it's a raging torrents with spectacular waterfalls. So it was on this particular day.
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| The Millstone River near the lower reaches of Bowen Park. (2016-01-13) |
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Further upriver, the waterfalls roar and send mists
into the surrounding forest. (2016-01-13) |
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Coming from the duck pond, this creek adds to the
torrent that is the Millstone. (2016-01-13) |
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Seeing the power of this river in January, it's no wonder that,
in earlier years, there was an electricity-generating
power station on the Millstone River. (2016-01-13) |
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The duck pond. Always a Bowen Park
favourite with the kids. (2016-01-13) |
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