This park features the only remaining coal tipple on the Island. It is a relic of Vancouver Island’s rich coal mining history. This is a small undeveloped day-use park with no facilities. The tipple is all that remains of the Morden Coal Mine, which once thrived here.

Morden Colliery
Nanaimo
- Location
- Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park, Morden Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
- Available
- Day use
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park is 7 km south of Nanaimo. Take Morden Road east off of Hwy 1.
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