Aerial photo showing a complex shoreline and a nearby residential neighbourhood

Hammond Bay Real Estate

Hammond Bay is a smallish body of water between Neck Point Park and Pipers Lagoon, but the name is used for a larger area in North Nanaimo between McGuffie Road and the Biological Station. A lot of Nanaimo's luxury homes are in this area, built to enjoy stunning ocean views.

Most of the waterfront lots were developed in the 1950s-1980s, and those homes enjoy mature landscaping and easy access to Hammond Bay Rd and its buses. There are new homes and developed vacant lots being constructed in the higher elevations all the time, looking way out over the Salish Sea to the Coastal Mountains and Vancouver. The steep slope allows for views from the upper floors of homes AND from the walk-out basements; you can imagine where the nicest basement suites in Nanaimo can be found!

Condos & Townhomes in Hammond Bay

At this time, there is only one building strata in the whole area of (what the board calls) Hammond Bay!

Aerial photo showing Hammond Bay neighbourhood of Nanaimo

Homes & Properties for Sale in Hammond Bay

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5031 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

$498,800

5031 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

0 Beds 0 Baths 0 SqFt 5,228 SqFt Lot Land MLS® # 1025999

REMAX Professionals (NA)

New
5043 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

$458,800

5043 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

0 Beds 0 Baths 0 SqFt 5,228 SqFt Lot Land MLS® # 1025992

REMAX Professionals (NA)

New Open House
156 Golden Oaks Cres, Nanaimo

$1,995,000

156 Golden Oaks Cres, Nanaimo

3 Beds 4 Baths 3,596 SqFt 6,534 SqFt Lot Single Family Detached MLS® # 1025786

Royal LePage Island Living (PK)

New
4781 Mcguffie Rd, Nanaimo

$1,550,000

4781 Mcguffie Rd, Nanaimo

0 Beds 0 Baths 0 SqFt 102,366 SqFt Lot Land MLS® # 1025707

RE/MAX Anchor Realty (QU)

New Open House
3688 Glen Oaks Dr, Nanaimo

$980,000

3688 Glen Oaks Dr, Nanaimo

5 Beds 5 Baths 3,030 SqFt 8,712 SqFt Lot Single Family Detached MLS® # 1025375

eXp Realty (NA)

New Open House
3534 Bonnie Dr, Nanaimo

$1,199,000

3534 Bonnie Dr, Nanaimo

7 Beds 4 Baths 3,228 SqFt 6,099 SqFt Lot Single Family Detached MLS® # 1024209

eXp Realty (NA)

New
5049 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

$458,800

5049 Renee Pl, Nanaimo

0 Beds 0 Baths 0 SqFt 6,099 SqFt Lot Land MLS® # 1025491

REMAX Professionals (NA)

113 Whitefish Pl, Nanaimo

$529,900

113 Whitefish Pl, Nanaimo

0 Beds 0 Baths 0 SqFt 10,890 SqFt Lot Land MLS® # 1025006

Century 21 Harbour Realty Ltd.

4604 Hammond Bay Rd 7, Nanaimo

$599,900

4604 Hammond Bay Rd 7, Nanaimo

3 Beds 2 Baths 1,286 SqFt 1,307 SqFt Lot Single Family Detached MLS® # 1024417

460 Realty Inc. (NA)

3656 Glen Oaks Dr, Nanaimo

$1,050,000

3656 Glen Oaks Dr, Nanaimo

4 Beds 3 Baths 3,456 SqFt 7,406 SqFt Lot Single Family Detached MLS® # 1024714

REMAX Professionals (NA)

4991 Bella Vista Cres 9, Nanaimo

$798,000

4991 Bella Vista Cres 9, Nanaimo

2 Beds 2 Baths 1,528 SqFt 0 SqFt Lot Row/Townhouse MLS® # 1024206

eXp Realty (NA)

226 Golden Oaks Cres, Nanaimo

$909,900

226 Golden Oaks Cres, Nanaimo

4 Beds 4 Baths 2,358 SqFt 6,970 SqFt Lot Half Duplex MLS® # 1023673

Royal LePage Island Living (QU)


Nearby Schools

  • Departure Bay Elementary ; 3004 Departure Bay Rd
  • École Hammond Bay Elementary ; 1025 Morningside Dr
  • Frank J. Ney Elementary ; 5301 Williamson Rd
  • Four Seasons Montessori ; 4960 Hammond Bay Rd
  • Dover Bay Secondary ; 6135 McGirr Rd

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Stephenson Point

This neighbourhood straddles the north part of the mouth of Departure Bay. Many of its homes have stunning views into the bay and/or out to sea.

Most of the waterfront homes in Stephenson Point are luxurious, some with elaborate rockwork steps or ramps leading down to the street or to the rocky beach.

Stephenson Point is a 5-8 minute drive from the Departure Bay ferry terminal, a 10-13 minute drive from Downtown, and 9-12 minutes from Woodgrove Mall.

Old Nanaimo postcard with location of Stephenson Point area identified

Hammond Bay History

In the earliest days of settlement this area was only for logging close to the shoreline, fishing, and then homesteading. The Page family had a large property around Page's Lagoon (now Pipers Lagoon) and Neck Point. In the early 1900s there was a whaling station somewhere in the area - I've read it was at the lagoon, but I've also read it was at Hammond Bay, nearer to Neck Point. Regardless, the station only operated for a couple years because every nearly every humpback whale in the Salish Sea was killed within a few years of the fishery being open (there were other stations including on Cortes Island).

Historic photo of men hoisting a dead humpback whale up a ramp at a beach

New Developments in Hammond Bay

The Ridge - Golden Oaks area

Aerial photo showing location of "The Ridge", a proposed strata development in Nanaimo's Glen Oaks neighbourhood in the Hammond Bay areaPerched up in the very attractive Glen Oaks neighbourhood, this development will include 18 half-duplex units and three detached homes. It's not yet clear whether those 3 houses will be part of the strata.

Each unit will have an attached garage. Expect a landscape with exposed bedrock, which will likely be used in attractive ways to enhance the West Coast style architecture of these modern builds.

This is a very pretty location with nice homes including many detached freehold homes and one other high-end townhome development.

Although it's perched up high, the neighbourhood is surrounded by forest and most homes do not have a view. However, when driving or walking "toward town", you will encounter some of the best ocean and island views in the city.

Golden Oaks Crescent

Current/Ongoing
This is a new subdivision just off Hammond Bay Road, a few blocks south of Pipers Lagoon. The lots and pre-sale homes were listed as early as 2018, with development continuing to this day (Feb 2024).

Satellite image showing location of Golden Oaks Crescent subdivision in Nanaimo

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