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The Cowichan Aquatic Centre [4] is the new swimming pool facility located adjacent to the Cowichan Community Centre, in the Municipality of North Cowichan and near the City of Duncan, completed for the 2008 North American Indigenous Games. Standing on the platform in front of the Aquatic Centre, by the Totem Pole, is the perfect viewing spot to ...
Highway 1 through Duncan is a four-lane street with two signalized intersections (within the city limits) and a speed limit of 50 km/h. [citation needed] Duncan has a base maximum speed limit of 30 km/h. British Columbia Highway 18 connects Duncan (via North Cowichan) to the town of Lake Cowichan to the west.
G.E. (Gerry) Wellburn, a collector, was the founder of the Centre which opened in 1965 as the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was later known for a time as the BC Forest Museum . Collection
Cowichan / ˈ k aʊ. w ɪ tʃ ən / may refer either to: the Cowichan Tribes First Nation located in and around Duncan, British Columbia the Cowichan Valley , a region on Vancouver Island centred on Duncan, British Columbia , which contains:
Cowichan Bay. Cowichan Bay (English: / ˈ k aʊ ɪ tʃ æ n /) [1] is a bay and community located on the west coast of southern Vancouver Island near Duncan, in British Columbia, Canada. The mouth of the Cowichan River is near Cowichan Bay. Mount Tzouhalem with its hiking trails and ecological reserve stands to the north.
The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, [3] bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and by the Capital Regional District to the south and east.
The version used exclusively by the Cowichan people was very large and was used for spinning two ply mountain goat wool and dog hair for weaving. The spindle was a tapered shaft approximately four feet long. The whorl, which rested one-half to two-thirds of the way down the shaft, was about eight inches in diameter.
Duncan BC 48°46′40″N 123°42′25″W / 48.7779°N 123.7070°W / 48.7779; -123.7070 ( Canadian Pacific Railway Station (VIA Rail) Federal ( 15463 )