Bowen Park
Nanaimo's big innercity park is called Bowen Park; it straddles the Millstone River just north of downtown Nanaimo, starting just above the river's estuary and stretching upstream to the Quarterway Pub. It's an old and beautiful park, with a developed sports complex and also a great deal of forest and riverfront places to play and relax.
Bowen Park is highlighted in our Nanaimo Walking Tour.
Bowen Park is especially pretty in the autumn, when its old deciduons leave a thick, crispy cushion of orange leaves on the grass between the trunks. There are big hills that are great for tobogganing in the winter, and in the spring there are flowers and blooming rhododendron gardens.
Directions to Bowen Park
To get to Bowen Park from downtown, drive north to Comox Rd (the south-eastern portion of Bowen Rd), turn left, and look for right-hand turnoffs starting with Wall St, after the railway crossing.
