Nanaimo

Nanaimo is a city of about 80,000 people in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the east shore of Vancouver Island.
The city had a proposal to build a new arena built that would hopefully attract a WHL team when it was to be completed. However, in mid-March 2017 the voters in the city turned down a proposal to borrow funds to finance the arena.  After the vote the city is looking into other options on a new arena or whether to abandon the efforts all together.
===Teams===
*Nanaimo Army (Pacific Coast Senior Hockey Association, 1943-1944) withdrew January 11, 1944
*Nanaimo Clippers
#(Vancouver Island Senior League, 1942-1943)
#(Okanagan Mainline League, 1949-1951) join PCSL
#(Pacific Coast Senior League, 1951-1951)
#(British Columbia Junior Hockey League, 1972-1982)  become Esquimalt Buccaneers
#(British Columbia Junior Hockey League, 1984-1990) league renamed BCHL
#(British Columbia Hockey League, 1990-Present)
*Nanaimo Islanders (Western Hockey League, 1982-1983) become New Westminster Bruins
*Nanaimo Labatts (Intermediate circa 1959-1960)
==Arenas==
*Frank Crane Arena (2006-Present)
*Nanaimo Civic Arena (1939-2006)
*Cliff McNabb Arena
*Namaimo Ice Centre
==Players==
*Wayne Bianchin
*Gene Carr
*Al Hill
*Torrie Jung
*Trent Kaese
*Brett Palin
Category:British Columbia towns