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People of the Bay – George Weeks

February 5th, 2013 No comments

George Weeks has lived on the southern end of Vancouver Island and around the Cowichan Valley most of his life. Born at the Duncan Hospital in 1937, it wasn’t long before he and his mother were ready for the car and boat ride home to Caycuse, where his father was a steam locomotive engineer and […]

Boats of the Bay – Inuksuk

February 3rd, 2013 No comments

Name: Inuksuk  (Inook-shook) Type: Blue Water Capable Sailing Ketch Length: 44 feet (14.65 m) Weight: 23.5 tons (47,000 lbs) Hull: Ferro-Cement Owners: John and Catherine Dook 2 people like this post. Like Unlike

The Saga of the Dominion I

January 10th, 2013 No comments

The Dominion I has been a political football in Cowichan Bay since it first arrived in 2007. The story has been a long one. Below is an incomplete chronicle of events, those stories I was able to save from the shambles of  The Current after it suffered a database crash in December of 2012. Since […]