Cowichan Valley Travel, Tourism and Photography Information » Farmers Markets http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com Cowichan Valley Photography, Attractions and Recreation Resource - Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and region. Mon, 31 May 2010 15:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Honeymoon Bay Outdoor Market – Revisited http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market-revisited http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market-revisited#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:12:53 +0000 Kevin http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/?p=777 Honeymoon Bay Outdoor Market, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island

We finally had an opportunity to visit the Honeymoon Bay Outdoor Market in conjunction with the Honeymoon Bay Blackberry Festival. While the weather wasn’t perfect, a trip to Cowichan Lake is always an adventure and we discovered the funkiest outdoor market in the Cowichan Valley. The stalls are made from “found” objects and recycled wood giving the market a somewhat “Frontier Town” sort of feel. From the SS Minnow serving up fresh prawns to local Cowichan Lake organic produce and locally made craft items this market was really fun.

The Honeymoon Bay Outdoor

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]]> http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market-revisited/feed 2 Honeymoon Bay Outdoor Market http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:57:53 +0000 Kevin http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/?p=599 Aerial Photo of Honeymoon Bay on Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

James Barber - Photo circa 2000

Every Saturday from May – Thanksgiving 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and on Sundays during long weekends in historic Honeymoon Bay on Vancouver Island’s popular Cowichan Lake, Honeymoon Bay hosts an outdoor market featuring local fruit and vegetables, nursery stock, baking and preserves, prawns in season, a variety of arts and crafts, music and much more.  Located on Southshore Rd in downtown Honeymoon Bay. 

We at Cowichan Valley Photos spend many a Saturday visiting the farmers’ markets in the Cowichan Region enjoying the rural flavour and

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]]> http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/honeymoon-bay-outdoor-market/feed 0 Cowichan Farmers’ Markets http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/cowichan-farmers-markets http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/cowichan-farmers-markets#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:01:49 +0000 Kevin http://cowichanvalleyphotos.com/?p=163 The Cowichan Valley Region has numerous farmers’ markets. The concept is the same at all of them; providing high quality and healthy goods made or grown by the folks selling them. Everything is available from baked goods and fresh vegetables to crafts, clothing items and local photography. Most of the markets are held on Saturdays with the exception being the Chemainus Evening Market on Wednesday evening and Cobble Hill being on Sunday. The great thing about these markets is that you are buying locally and helping to support and encourage more of this. Plus, the veggies and fruit taste so

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