Do you have a favourite spot in BC we should know about?
Contact getawaybc.com
Editor, Cheryl MacKinnon Or click here to submit a calendar event
Archive for April, 2009
Cowichans oceanside village
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
You can have a whale of a time touring the many unique shops and enjoying the various eateries in Cowichan Bay.
If you have enough time and an appetite for whale-watching, Cowichan Bay is an embarkat
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
The Little Town That Did
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
It’s the eyes that grab your attention the instant they lock into yours from across the street.
Clear, sky-blue and aware, yet flavoured with an unmistakable warmth.
The face of Billy Thomas, the fi
Cowichan’s oceanside village
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
You can have a whale of a time touring the many unique shops and enjoying the various eateries in Cowichan Bay.
If you have enough time and an appetite for whale-watching, Cowichan Bay is an embarkat
The artificial reef
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
Divers from around the world are flocking to visit the world’s only airplane-based artificial reef sunk off Chemainus.
The stripped-down Boeing 737 was lowered about 60 feet onto a seabed platform by
B.C. Forest Discovery Centre
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
The train! The train!
Riding a real steam locomotive train is not a fantasy on Vancouver Island.
It can be done most of the time during the prime tourist season at the B.C. Forest Discovery Centre j
Duncan, City of Totems
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
Just two blocks west of the Trans-Canada Highway 50 km north of Victoria exists Duncan, the true heart of the Cowichan region.
It’s a city only one square-mile wide and contains about 5,000 residents
Camping
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
There are plenty of Cowichan Valley campgrounds to choose from if you have a hankering to pitch a tent and roast some marshmallows.
On the shores of Lake Cowichan is family camping destination Gordon
Wilderness and adventure
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
You can literally soar with the eagles and swim with the salmon in a single day in Cowichan.
The stunning region boasts old-growth forest and farmland, mountains and valleys, lakes and rivers, and of
Pacific Northwest Raptors
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
The majestic bald eagle, symbol of the Pacific Northwest, is an everyday sight in Cowichan skies.
But those interested in getting closer to these spectacular creatures than nature would ever allow ca