- Population of immediate city: 7,500.
- Population of surrounding area: 2,500
- One of the oldest settlements on Vancouver
Island; founded during the Boer War with various streets
named for famous Generals
- original shipping port for coal from Nanaimo
- yearly Christmas Festival of Lights
- annual Dogwood Days & Fall Fair
- public elementary, middle & high schools
- 32 bed small community hospital
- medical and dental clinics
- library
- pool complex
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