University District
A charming and relaxed old suburb of Nanaimo, the University District (formally known as Harewood) occupies the relatively flat space between Vancouver Island University and the hill that drops to Downtown. As an old neighbourhood, the University District has all kinds of old "character" homes, including miners' cottages and large old farmhouses from when this was Nanaimo's frontier a hundred years ago.
The University District's boundaries may be thought of as running south into Chase River near Tenth St, west to the college, and north to Third St or Bowen Rd, depending on who you're asking. The railway tracks might be thought of as separating the University District from "South Nanaimo" to the east, toward the water.
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