Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park — Attraction in Area A (Cassidy/Cedar)

Five out of five all day. Must see it is The only remaining above ground mining structure Canada and it is massively historic and fundamental for the history of our neighborhood here in the area of Morden and what we call South Wellington the related areas of cedar cinnabar. Cassidy yellow point Southgate Harewood downtown Nanaimo Jingle pot all the way to lantzville And Ladysmith they have some photos that if I'm not mistaken date back to around the 1940s or '50s in the Jingle pub but they might not be on the wall still and the gas and go store on the corner of Marden road and the highway was the original general store that supported this small settlement that was called South Wellington and we were a thriving mining settlement all the way back In the '50s, my house alone was built in the '60s and had an add-on in the late '70s. Every house in this neighborhood has history and every Street in this neighborhood has a little bit of Morden minds related to them. Everyone in Nanaimo has a little bit of Morden mines in them and nobody knows what it is or the historical significance. Everyone knows about the bastion. Nobody knows about Morden mines. It was a coal mine and it was one of the central trading hubs for the rest of the island and that is how our city came to be what it is today. They also decided to start a restoration project on it a couple years ago and I'm not sure if they finished it which is A bit disheartening so I love this place. It is right beside the Nanaimo River. It is in a very quiet, very peaceful neighborhood. It is out of the way from homes. It is out of the way from public streets It's off a very very short Ravel road into a large parking lot that you can bring your big vehicles down and park and it is a public park. It does have public park rules but you can walked you can bike. You can bring your dog. You can walk to the river and you could even try and go fishing or you could go swimming or you could even set up and go tubing and go float down the river and get picked up downstream near the cedar bridge. But I'm telling you if you don't know about modern mines then you're missing out because this is an integral part of our history. Our city and it is a beautiful spot to visit, especially in the summertime. You have these really nice gravel And Forest pathways. I think there's about a 1 km trail or a 1 km loop so there's a decent walk that isn't too long. But they're definitely enough that you can spend some time there and have some fun and look around. Especially if you go and look at the mining structure you go and follow the trails and then you go and you follow the other trail you go to the river. You look at that and then maybe you try and find and walk along the river for a little while. See where you can go. It's a really fun place. I've been here for a while and it's one of the best places I've been. I love Morden. I love the story. I love the idea and I love the place. It's so nice. Quiet, peaceful private. You can go anytime. It's not even 5 minutes away from the highway. It is really easy to get to and you're probably not going to run into more than one person. Do what research you can and check this place out. Ladysmith archives has good information. Jingle pot pub has some pictures South Wellington people know some information about it. Ruckledge gas n go was the original general store. South Wellington elementary was built in I think the '60s or '70s That school has a total of six classrooms one receptionist/secretary's office and one dedicated principals office all of it is of an older construction where it's cantilevered and overhung and angled on a massive 30° natural ground Stone slab of rock and it runs a old giant gas furnace in the basement. I remember when that school closed. the gym for the school is across the street in the fire hall and that fire hall is a community fire hall and that has also been there since the 1960s or '70s again and integral part to modern mines and South Wellington And Nanaimo. Everything but the school is still running today. Thank...

Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park. Some history about Nanaimo long ago. A mine once worked here from long pasted.In 1913 it was closed down.A message board states the wages were $3.30 a day.Child labour was long abolished but boys as young as 12 laboured in the mine shafts.The area is now a park with a good trail on part of a old service road to the river,that abruptly ends.A trail should have been cut to the river for easy accesses as this would be the attraction to use the park more.Someone not thinking Walking about the place seemed strange,as I looked the place over you get a scene of life gone pasted you.The area had ghost like feeling.I wonder how children slave laboured for little to no wages.A raven clacked at me many times,then a owl hooted out something,I'm not sure...

A piece of local and national history hidden away! It's surreal to imagine this being an active mine back in the day, but the foundations are all still there for you to see! There's a few information plaques around the site, and they include old pictures of the original mine when it was being built. Short trail (2km round trip) through the woods and over two bridges leads you to the Nanaimo River. We saw four or five eagles, and found old rusty mining cart wheels! Not a very popular spot. No toilets or garbage bins. Please clean up after yourself... And...