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Warm Land links: tee time
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
If you’re looking for great golf, grab your sticks and balls and run – leave the cart behind – to the Cowichan Valley and tee it up almost year ’round.
The valley is the place duffers go to shoot a f
Cowichan: Welcome to the warm land
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
To the Coast Salish Natives, it is Quw’utsun’, meaning the Warm Land.
Today’s Cowichan, our little slice of West Coast paradise, offers the same variety and abundance that helped our proud First Nati
Getting to know Cowichan
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Cowichan is not a small area. On the Island Highway it takes about an hour’s drive to get from the north end to the south, and it extends west into the rugged wilderness.
Cowichan is home to several
Cowichan hosts the indigenous games
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
With 5,000 athletes participating, The Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games will be a sporting event larger than the Olympics.
Add to that an estimated 20,000 spectators at the opening cerem
A whole festival of professional theatre
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
An evening of gourmet dining followed by thrilling theatre waits at the Chemainus Theatre Festival.
In the quaint, seaside village, world-renowned productions whisk the audience away to entertaining
Taste the food
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Whether you visit the Duncan Farmers Market at the B.C. Forest Discovery Centre or travel to downtown Duncan to peruse the booths at the Market in the Square, organic and locally grown food abounds in
The art of being uniquely Cowichan
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Got an eye for art?
You will after taking the Visions Art Studio tour through the Cowichan Valley.
Twenty-four artists open their studios for 10 days from July 4 to July 13 giving participants an i
Giving visitors a sporting chance
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Being a good sport in the Warm Land is easy.
Avid athletes and players will find a place to test their equipment, no matter their game.
If putting your putting on display or demonstrating your drive
How to find the Valley
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
The Cowichan Valley is located on southern Vancouver Island, about a half-hour by car north of British Columbia’s capital city of Victoria.
Its major centre is Duncan, with the smaller communities of
Cowichan Calendar of Events
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
January
Tuesday, Jan. 1. Polar Bear Swim in Maple Bay by the Rowing Club at noon.
Friday, Jan. 11, to Sunday Jan. 13.