All Entries in the "Cowichan Valley Towns" Category
Maple Bay Marina
The Maple Bay Marina Wooden Boat Celebration was this week and while I spent time at the docks with friends I didn’t really shoot many photographs. Perhaps that’s because I already have thousands of photographs of boats but the Cowichan weather was on and off, not abnormal for this time of year. Still, lots of [...]
Maple Bay Wooden Boat Celebration
The 15th Annual Maple Bay Wooden Boat Celebration is this weekend and many of the boats arrived yesterday afternoon. The event celebrates the spirit of wooden boats and the people that lovingly keep them running, build them and restore them. This event is worth visiting if you have an interest in unique boats, many from [...]
Maple Bay Wooden Boat Festival 2010
It’s that time of year again. Maple Bay Marina is hosting the 15th Annual Wooden Boat Celebration on May 22& 23, 2010. As always there will be many wooden boats for viewing, a few for sale (I bought one of the boats last year…) lots of stuff for the kids and in general a good [...]
Mount Tzouhalem
Mount Tzouhalem: Nature’s beauty basking in the sun When you reach the Cowichan Valley community on Vancouver Island in Canada and you will find yourself enthralled to see the fascinating and mesmerizing mountains basking in the sun. Mount Tzouhalem is one of the most captivating and rapt mountains in the entire Cowichan area. Visitors find [...]
First Snow in the Cowichan
We received our first snow in the Cowichan Valley last night and while it isn’t as deep as last years’ once in a hundred years snowfall it still makes for pretty scenery. I’ll likely head out a little later with my camera and walk around the neighbourhood as I don’t like driving in the white [...]
The Welcoming Spirit Of Sound Above Tane Hiira, The King Of The Cedar Forest – Tupari TeWhata
Tane Hiira Pou Karanga – Te Awhio Whio – The Welcoming Spirit Of Sound Above Tane Hiira, The King Of The Cedar Forest was carved by Tupari TeWhata (Maori) of Kaikohe, New Zealand in 1986. Tupari TeWhata is a carver in Kaikohe, New Zealand, a sister city of Duncan. Tupari came over to Duncan in [...]
Tsonoqua, Mythological Wild Women Of The Woods (Thunderbird Above Tsonoqua) – Ned Matilpi 1990
Tsonoqua, Mythological Wild Women Of The Woods (Thunderbird Above Tsonoqua) was carved by Ned Matilpi in 1990. Ned Matilpi is of the Ma’amtagila band and the Kwakwaka’wakw and Tlingit nations. Ned was born in 1957 in Alert Bay into the Maamtagila band on northern Vancouver Island. He began is art training in Victoria under his father, the late Oscar [...]
Raven Holding Totem Pole Above Son Of Indian Chief Above Beaver – Douglas Lafortune 1989
Raven Holding Totem Pole Above Son Of Indian Chief Above Beaver was carved by Douglas Lafortune in 1989. This totem lies directly south of the Duncan Train Station and is one of the most impressive in the city. Doug LaFortune is one of the best known names in west coast Native art. LaFortune was born in Bellingham, Washington in [...]
BC Forest Discovery Centre Christmas Express 2009
If you enjoy Christmas lights and trains head out to the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan for their Christmas Express. You will have an opportunity to ride through the forest and among their many historic buildings in one of their old steam trains, ”Sampson” built in 1910. Take a look at the stats, impressive: Cowichan [...]
Ladysmith Festival of Lights
Christmas season in the Cowichan Region isn’t complete without a trip up to Ladysmith for the Festival of Lights. The town is decorate with over 200,000 Christmas lights on the main street, a number of the side streets and pretty much every building lining them. Words don’t really do the display justice so I’ll stick with [...]
