All Entries Tagged With: "Parks"
Mt. Tzouhalem Ecological Reserve wildflower update
The wildflowers at the Mt. Tzouhalem Ecological Reserve have certainly peaked at this time. While a few species have pretty much gone; shooting stars and fawn lilies, many of the others are at or near their prime. The balsamroot flowers are beautiful at this stage although may only be that way for a few days if [...]
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 [...]
Goldstream River and Cowichan River Salmon Run
With fall fast approaching one of the highlights of this region are the salmon runs that occur in many of our rivers. In Goldstream Provincial Park and in many areas of the Cowichan River the salmon appear about mid-October and may be viewed for about ten weeks. These dates vary from year to year but I have [...]
Views from Mt. Prevost – Cowichan Valley
I try to do photography from the peak of Mt. Prevost in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island a few times a year. The view is spectacular with the town of Duncan and Cowichan Bay below and Salt Spring Island and the other Southern Gulf Islands in the distance. On clear days the mainland mountains in [...]
Cowichan Valley Photos Goes Camping to Gordon Bay Provincial Park
Well, in a manner of speaking, Cowichan Valley Photos went camping. After more than 20 years of sleeping in the great outdoors in a teeny backpacking tent, the family (Cherie, Kevin and Lana, the elderly sheltie) yielded to comfort’s siren call and bought a 24ft Flagstaff 5th wheel in August. WOW! Given that a 24ft [...]
Gordon Bay Provincial Park, Cowichan Lake
Gordon Bay Provincial Park located on Cowichan Lake is likely one of the most family oriented parks on Vancouver Island in the provincial park system. The park has a beautiful beach and the water of Cowichan lake is surprisingly warm; the Cowichan Valley has the highest average annual temperature in Canada. Cowichan Lake is known as [...]
Wallace Island Marine Park – British Columbia
While Wallace Island Provincial Marine Park is not technically located in the Cowichan Region, most boaters that access the park will be doing so from the harbours located in the Cowichan area. With this in mind, I have brought this article over from my Kevin Oke Photography web site. A true gem in the British [...]
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park
Twenty years ago I had just moved to British Columbia and heard stories about giant trees on the west coast of Vancouver Island. What I didn’t realize at the time is the Provincial Government had seceretly given permission to logging giant Macmillan Bloedel to clearcut one of the largest intact watersheds left on the island, [...]
