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There’s been a lot of controversy about this tune of late, so I thought I might give it a bit of a personal twist based on past experience. You see, when the temperature on the dock dips low, the waterlines tend to freeze up unless you leave a tap running just a wee little bit. […]
December 20th is a day that will likely be well remembered here in Cowichan Bay. A powerful windstorm lashed the entire south coast of British Columbia, winds gusting at times to 100km/h caused major damage in communities all along the coast. Then it moved inland. 10 people like this post. Like Unlike
With profound apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. Several nights before Christmas, all through the Bay,Not a power meter was stirring, not even at Ray’s; The trees were all hung on the wires with care,In hopes that BC Hydro soon would be there; The people were nestled all blue in their beds,While visions of steaming showers, […]
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month one hundred years ago, guns fell silent all along the Western front. Armistice day. The Great War had been won, and lost. There would never be such a conflict again, of that they were all certain. Well, we all know our history. The child […]
Originally published November 2012: Nothing has changed. In the late spring, through the summer and into early fall, the Vancouver Island Marmot is a restless creature. Having been cooped up all winter, he feels the need to stretch his legs, to venture forth from his burrow and so often goes in search of something interesting […]
The Sea Lions have arrived! We can see them, we can hear them, and before too much longer, we’ll be able to smell them too. Every year they come to dine on the salmon that return to the Cowichan River to spawn. They are also elusive at times. Today when I went over to their […]
So long as there are people living near Cowichan Bay in the numbers that currently occupy the space, I believe this bay will never be “pristine”. It’s simply not possible. Everybody contributes a little bit to the overall picture. Nobody is exempt from blame. We have the waste water outflow from Duncan, treated with chlorine, […]
