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
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
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
Wineries and fine food
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by GetawayBC.com
Culinary critics have dubbed the Cowichan Valley ‘Canada’s Provence’ thanks to its banquet of wines, organic foods and local ingredients.
But local foodies know The Warm Land has developed its own un
Cowichan: Welcome to the warm land
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 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