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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
$929,000
2224 Dockside Way, Nanaimo
6
Beds
3
Baths
2,840 SqFt
6,970 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 956130
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
New
$1,400,000
3121 Northwood Rd, Nanaimo
3
Beds
2
Baths
1,947 SqFt
233,918 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 955975
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
New
$1,198,000
269 Westwood Rd, Nanaimo
5
Beds
4
Baths
2,816 SqFt
6,534 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 955839
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
New
$1,959,000
180 Holland Rd, Nanaimo
5
Beds
8
Baths
3,445 SqFt
86,249 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 955740
460 Realty Inc. (NA)
$750,000
316 Harwell Rd, Nanaimo
4
Beds
3
Baths
2,124 SqFt
8,277 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 955111
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
$1,349,000
2374 Mill Rd, Nanaimo
3
Beds
2
Baths
2,542 SqFt
20,038 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 954928
PG Direct Realty Ltd.
$1,174,900
215 Fleming Pl, Nanaimo
5
Beds
3
Baths
2,859 SqFt
6,534 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 954118
Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Nan)
$795,000
↓ $17,900
189 Westwood Rd, Nanaimo
4
Beds
3
Baths
2,103 SqFt
10,455 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 953878
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
$1,450,000
2450 Mill Rd, Nanaimo
3
Beds
4
Baths
2,961 SqFt
40,947 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 953007
Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
$1,075,000
2115 Wren Pl, Nanaimo
6
Beds
4
Baths
3,560 SqFt
7,841 SqFt Lot
Single Family Detached
MLS® # 950275
Sotheby's International Realty Canada
$699,900
2302 Arbot Rd, Nanaimo
0
Beds
0
Baths
0 SqFt
39,204 SqFt Lot
Land
MLS® # 949163
Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
$328,000
↑ $10,000
2301 Arbot Rd 26, Nanaimo
3
Beds
1
Bath
1,070 SqFt
0 SqFt Lot
Manufactured Home
MLS® # 949074
eXp Realty
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.
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