Chase River is a neighbourhood in the south end of the city of

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...

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, on the east coast of

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. It is named for the Chase River which runs through the community. From 1914 it was named just "Chase" until the name was changed to Chase River in 1951. The post office at this location was named Chase River from its establishment in 1910 until it was closed in 1924.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Chase" (community)
/ref> Chase River is located at the south end of the

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at the edge of the Nanaimo River estuary.

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