Colliery Dam

There's much to recommend the Colliery Dam Park. Easy access, at the south end of Nanaimo, with plenty of convenient parking (at two locations) is one plus. While none of the elevation gains are too onerous, there's enough variety to keep a walk along the trails from being boring. At all times, walkers are never far from water; mostly the lake, but occasionally the river and it's falls over the dam. (2017-03-27)

(2017-03-27) Just meters from the parking lot, this placid lake view...

Colliery dam; I've seen people swimming here in the summer...

Newly updated egress...

Colliery dam; just past the bridge, the water rushes downward...

Colliery Dam Park; a well-maintained trail around the lake(s)...

Plenty of shades of green where the Chase River enters the lake...

Regardless of the time of year, there's some great reflection photographs to be taken...

Take a load off; one of many benches along the paths...