Old Zoo Near Lost Lake?!

[KDW]

Can someone take me to where these railings are? I still can't find them, and I am so curious.... Please, before they come and destoy it all?

Thanks :-) I can go any time....

The railings may be under water at this present time, but with summer drying out the ponds a bit more you may be able to see them. They are in the water by the pond behind Sunshine ridge. Hope this helps!

[KDW]

The 62+ acres that encompasses the former zoo property has been sold for 5.5 million dollars. The property has been approved for 168 homes so this piece of Nanaimo history will soon become the foundations of new subdivisions.

This really sucks! It is such a great piece of property with so much wonderful nature. The city wants to buy my family's property to put a road in. We knew it would happen one day.

[Persephone]

The railings may be under water at this present time, but with summer drying out the ponds a bit more you may be able to see them. They are in the water by the pond behind Sunshine ridge. Hope this helps!

wow, thank you :-)

[Timberhuntersgirl]

http://books.google.ca/books?id=4woJ...page&q&f=false

[karenc]

A large sign has been posted on the site of the old zoo off Rutherford Road. Sign says that they are starting with developing park, trails and wetlands in Sept 2010, with subdivision development starting in the Spring of 2011.
Nice map shown and their website is www.LinleyPoint.ca
The website is still under development but some info available.
Looks interesting!

[smitty88]

I think it is great that someone has info on this. I have lived in this area for 22 years and I remember seeing the railing in the pond and seeing the foundation of their house. Does anyone have any photos? It would be neat to see!

Just went out there today and found it to be very overgrown. We had to bushwack to get down to see this railing. We also went through the bush and found a few foundation type structures possibly left over from the old zoo. They have already started excavating so who knows how long we will be able to access this area. Such a nice walk!

[Persephone]

aaaaaaaaah, now that puts it in to persepective. I still have yet to go there, because I get confused anytime I get close to it.... Thanks for sharing the photos... For some reason, I was imagining the railings looking different!

[tailtwister]

An article in the Nanaimo Daily News today (http://bit.ly/dMJsD5) has brought our old zoo back into the public view. Lots of information in there that we've discussed here (and I see they used my image of the zoo postcard too).

[Nostradama]

An article in the Nanaimo Daily News today (http://bit.ly/dMJsD5) has brought our old zoo back into the public view. Lots of information in there that we've discussed here (and I see they used my image of the zoo postcard too).

I know they say they're "sort of" going to do that, can't remember exactly how it was worded, but I hate to see an area like that messed with. If that writer hangs around this forum (and might, since your image of the postcard is featured), should have tried to nail the developer down more on the real plans for the wetlands. I've got to the point where I don't believe most of what people say. Just had a birthday, so I'm adopting what an older friend used to say: "I'm too old a cat to be screwed by kittens."

[bojangles]

Hey guys!

I've been reading up a little bit on this since yesterdays news. Not sure if this has been shared, (didnt go through every page on this post) but I found a little bit more detail about this in a Nanaimo book. here's the link. Check it out... and again sorry if someone has already shared this information.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=4woJ...anaimo&f=false

It all starts if you scroll up to, "Originally, Hertel"