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The Cowichan – Photo Presentation
I would like to thank all of those that had the opportunity to come to the book launch of The Cowichan: Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Region. Georgina and I had a wonderful time, Volume 1 did an excellent job of book selling and handling the crowds and Fatima at Bistro 161 and her staff put [...]
Community celebrated in feast of words and pictures – The Cowichan
Community celebrated in feast of words and pictures by Peter Rusland – Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial Published: November 03, 2009 6:00 AM There is life over the Malahat. It’s chronicled in the photos and stories gracing The Cowichan, a coffee-table book by writer Georgina Montgomery and lensman Kevin Oke. The two locals launch their [...]
The Cowichan – Cowichan Valley Citizen Review
Book shows us beautiful Cowichan Sarah Simpson, The Citizen Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 As residents of the Cowichan Valley, our day-to-day lives often leave us with a jaded view of our surroundings. Oh, the ugly highway corridor, ugh, that boxy new development. But every so often we’re reminded of just why living in the [...]
BC Forest Discovery Centre – Duncan
The BC Forest Discovery Centre began life as a private collection assembled by Gerry Wellburn and his family. Today, the collections include over 5,000 artifacts, operational steam locomotives, over 12 heritage buildings and an amazing collection of tools used in the logging industry. The centre is located on the Trans Canada highway just north of town, [...]
Cowichan Valley Photos – Large gallery update and news
Summer is over and I am spending my time working through approximately 30,000 photos of the Cowichan Region that I shot in the past 4 or 5 months. The more I see of this beautiful area the more impressed I am with what the Cowichan has to offer and I think that many will agree. [...]
Garnet Rogers at the Duncan Garage Showroom
Longevity John, owner of the Duncan Garage Showroom and the Not So General Store in (you guessed it) downtown Duncan, BC is a tireless promoter of musicians young and old, the well-known and those just starting out and hoping for the Big Break. The Duncan Garage Showroom with its intimate and funky atmosphere is a [...]
Keating Farm Estate – Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival
Keating Farm Estate was purchased in 2005 by The Land Conservancy, in part to protect many of the heritage building on the site but also to protect some wetlands and the general agricultural potential. Keating Farm Estate is located in the Koksilah area of the Cowichan Valley making the site readily accessible to locals and [...]
Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival Official Launch
The Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival started off with a bang tonight at the Satellite Bar & Grille at the Arbutus Ridge Country Club. The food was excellent as one would expect, take a look at what was available to sample: Sage and Prosciutto Wrapped Wild Sockeye Salmon, on Armenian Flatbread Seafood Ragout in a [...]
Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival, Sept 19-20, 2009
Eat, drink and be merry! A grand thought, that and just what is in store at the fifth annual Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival. The festival launches its celebration of the food and wine – and beer and cider — of this fertile region with an evening of fabulous food, wine and music in the [...]
