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Name: Lasqueti Fisher Type: West Coast Drum Seiner Length: 44 feet (13.41 m) Weight: 29 tons (58,000 lbs) Hull: Carvel Fir Wood Planking Built: 1958 by Tom Milichap and Peter Forbes at Lasqueti Island Owners: Alma and Tony Owen 6 people like this post. Like Unlike
Originally published June of 2012 Hook up, pump out or weigh anchor. That’s the opening line in a recent article regarding sewage treatment issues appearing in the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial. It’s a simple sentence, only seven words long. Those seven words however, showcase the entire philosophy, attitude and handling of an issue that’s gone […]
Originally published September 25th 2011 The Cowichan Bay Maritime Center unveiled it’s new expansion project under damp skies today, the event taking place in conjunction with Cittaslow Sunday. Visitors from around the Cowichan Valley and beyond attended the pancake breakfast prior to opening ceremonies held at 1pm. The expansion is a two story, 2000 square […]
Commentary: Originally published in February 2012 It was bound to happen, and now it finally has. At the CVRD’s February 21st Electoral Area Service Committee a motion was passed directing staff to initiate a process to amend the Area D Cowichan Bay Official Settlement Plan Bylaw No. 925 and Area D Zoning Bylaw No. 1015 […]
Commentary originally published December 12 2011 The other day I was on foot in Cowichan Bay Village, on my way to visit friends in a neighboring marina, when I passed an older gentleman in front of the village cheese shop. He was there with his bicycle, which he had outfitted with large carrier bags. I […]
Originally published July 24 2011 An individual’s personal hobbies and enjoyable pastimes have a habit of affecting more than one’s immediate surroundings here in Cowichan Bay. If one is a dab hand at catching dungeoness crabs, one shares a few now and again with one’s neighbors. Those with skill at rebuilding outboard motors volunteer a […]
Originally published July 20 2011 I’ll bet there were few people who, in the year 2000 would have guessed that local resident Colleen Underwood’s new hobby would one day lead to a thriving little pottery shop here in Cowichan Bay. Especially if you consider that she began learning the Potter’s craft while on assignment with […]
