Site2 Restoration Project - The Bastion/Nanaimo British Columbia

The Bastion - RESTORATION PROJECT

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In 1989, the architect Jonathan Yardly, prepared a restoration study for the Nanaimo Bastion Museum Society. In the study Yardly recommends that the Bastion be restored to the period when it was most active, 1853-1855. It was also the time when new settlement was most susceptible to the ravages of the natives and foreign encroachments. It would be appropriate to restore the building to this period, as it would best represent the historical value of the Bastion to Nanaimo. Under the procedure of this restoration project, the following items were included:

1. Removal of all interior wall coverings to expose original log timbers.
2. Removal of all floor coverings to expose original layers.
3. Install rope pulleys on each of the second floor cannon ports.
4. Install narrow timber sections that adequately cover the wall openings on the first level.
5. Secure the period furniture on the first level with a 6 foot long counter.
6. Remove all non-Bastion 1853 artifacts and furnishings. Only the pieces that should remain are the cannon balls and shells on the second floor along with a few rifles.
7. Secure as many 1812-1850 ship's cannons and install them on the second and third floors.
8. Remove the three existing cannons from the plaza and install them on the second level.
9. Removal of wrought iron railing from the second floor and be replaced with a wooden railing.
10. In regards to the base of the building, interpretative signs should be used to explain the development of the jail.

Last updated 31 August 1998.
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