Cassidy is an unincorporated community straddling Haslam Creek.[2] near the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The location on BC Highway 19 is about 98 km by road north-west of Victoria, and 14 km south of Nanaimo.
The area is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway, the Island Rail Corridor, and the Nanaimo Airport.
Name origin
Thomas Cassidy farmed in the Oyster district from the 1870s. The homestead was called Cassidy's place or Tom Cassidy's.[3] In 1884, his initial 60 acre preemption was converted into a Crown grant.[4] During the railway construction from 1884 to 1886, he supplied the camps near the Nanaimo River with milk and vegetables.[3]