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Visiting Cowichan Bay Village? A few Pointers.

February 9th, 2013 No comments

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 […]

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