South Jingle Pot Real Estate
The Jingle Pot area is the most RURAL real estate in Nanaimo proper. It slopes gently down from the foot of Mt Benson to the valley bottom, where the Millstream winds through grasslands. This was a farming and resource extraction area from the mid-1800s until after WWII. This SOUTH part of Jingle Pot hasn't developed all that much in the past 70 years!
There are two basic types of neighbourhood here:
- Larger properties, many with small farms and pre-war houses: these appear mainly below (north of) Jingle Pot Rd. These are more likely to be old farmhouses, custom homes, or mobile homes on land. Many have equestrian facilities.
- Subdivisions with homes built SINCE 1970: these are above Jingle Pot Rd closer to Westwood Lake, but also across Jingle Pot Rd, near Cathers Lake. These were usually built as spec homes but on the higher end, with interesting floorplans.
South Jingle Pot isn't a large area; it's roughly everything from the Jingle Pot Pub to the power station, up to Westwood Lake and down to Maxey Rd and East Wellington Rd.
Properties in South Jingle Pot
New
$1,049,900
2284 Ashlee Rd, Nanaimo
5
Beds
4
Baths
2,735 SqFt
5,228 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1025065
REMAX Professionals (NA)
New
$292,500
3115 Elsie Lake Cir, Nanaimo
0
Beds
0
Baths
0 SqFt
2,178 SqFt Lot
Land
MLS® # 1025339
Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Nan)
$1,199,900
2314 Rockwood Pl, Nanaimo
6
Beds
4
Baths
3,080 SqFt
8,277 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1024511
Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
$715,000
105 Timber View Dr, Nanaimo
5
Beds
2
Baths
2,549 SqFt
15,682 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1024293
Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
$279,000
3104 Elsie Lake Cir, Nanaimo
0
Beds
0
Baths
0 SqFt
2,178 SqFt Lot
Land
MLS® # 1024060
REMAX Professionals (NA)
$724,900
221 Westwood Rd, Nanaimo
3
Beds
2
Baths
1,195 SqFt
6,534 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1021993
Royal LePage-Comox Valley (CV)
$1,800,000
2687 Jingle Pot Rd, Nanaimo
7
Beds
7
Baths
3,464 SqFt
106,723 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1020434
eXp Realty (NA)
$999,000
2262 Ashlee Rd, Nanaimo
6
Beds
3
Baths
2,350 SqFt
11,762 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1020999
RE/MAX Mid-Island Realty
$239,000
2131 Henderson Lake Way, Nanaimo
0
Beds
0
Baths
0 SqFt
2,178 SqFt Lot
Land
MLS® # 1020299
REMAX Professionals (NA)
$1,688,000
2303 Jingle Pot Rd, Nanaimo
2
Beds
2
Baths
1,120 SqFt
112,821 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1018876
eXp Realty (NA)
$3,250,000
↓ $340,000
2300 East Wellington Rd, Nanaimo
4
Beds
3
Baths
14,080 SqFt
555,390 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 1014502
Sotheby's International Realty Canada Vancouver
$285,000
↓ $20,000
2139 Nimpkish Lake Way, Nanaimo
0
Beds
2
Baths
0 SqFt
2,178 SqFt Lot
Other
MLS® # 999749
REMAX Professionals
What's with the name "Jingle Pot"?
There are two common explanations for why it's called Jingle Pot:
1) Miners and their wives used to say "There's gonna be a jingle in the pot" when they talked about payday - referring to coins placed in a vessel of some kind.
2) There was a coal mine with a crude setup for "jingling" something in a metal pot to indicate to coworkers when a load was ready to be lifted - or something.
Nearby Schools
- Mountain View Elementary ; 2480 East Wellington Rd.
- Nanaimo Christian School ; 198 Holland Rd.
- Fairview Elementary ; 205 Howard Ave.
- Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS) ; 355 Wakesiah Ave.
- John Barsby Secondary ; 550 7th St.
New Developments in Jingle Pot south
Lots on East Wellington Rd
These 6 lots will be in the 2.5-acre range in a relatively quiet part of Nanaimo. The project was awarded its wetland area permit and ground is broken as of June 2025.
Nobody will care, but this is just north of where Coburn's Mill sat from 1908-1926; two rail lines criss-crossed this piece of land being subdivided.
Westwood estate properties
There is a plan to develop 11 estate-sized properties in the area immediately west of Westwood Lake. This is a rolling landscape, so there should be some opportunities for interesting topographical features on these properties - perhaps even some views?
The permit issued in March 2024 is number DP001313, which covers some of the permitting for developing the steep slope areas and working around watercourses. Additional permits will still need approval in the future as roads are developed.
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