Contact
Local:	(250) 754-6626
Toll Free:	1-866-765-2925
Email:	nanaimo@albernioutpost.com
What:
Nanaimo Adventure Center
Where:
Brechin Boat Launch (1840 Steward Avenue), kitty corner from Departure Bay BC Ferries Terminal, Nanaimo
When:
Open Now
Hours
9:00 am till dusk 7 days a week
Why:
Urban Paddle, History Parks, and Island Expeditions

Located on the Nanaimo waterfront at the Brechin Boat Launch. This Adventure Center is a stones throw from the historic 336 hectare (830 acres) New Castle Island Provincial Marine Park (external). Seriously, you could stand on the end of the warf throw a stone and hit the island. It does annoy the Harbour Patrol and can get you in trouble, but it is possible.

Following the coast to the North is the dream of urban paddling. Beautiful homes perched above small parks and lagoons and tiny islets with mysterious sandstone formations.

To the South through the old Nanaimo Harbour lies Dodds Narows a tidal rapid which is the gatekeeper to the Gulf Islands. Rich in ancient and modern history these islands stretch the length of southern Vancouver Island.

The Gulf Islands are home to First Nations historical sites, old staging grounds for the Rum Runners and abandon compound of 1920's cult of Brother XII.