Cowichan Native Village

Duncan B.C. Totem Pole Walking Tour

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It was so exciting to have a Yoga with Melissa member with me in the vlog, BJ all the way from Australia. BJ is an incredibly talented theater performer. Definitely check out her play: I am a Circle:



We started our trip from Victoria BC on the Malahat. Duncan was packed on the Saturday we went because of the Farmer´s market. We got completely sidetracked from our totem pole tour for the market actually. We had lunch and a massage and then we continued with our totem pole walking tour in Duncan.

The totem poles are each made by incredibly talented totem pole artists and depict animals and people of the West Coast such as eagles, ravens, beavers, whales, bears, and salmon. Each totem pole tells a story. The totem poles with copper in it are symbolic of wealth. There are totem poles for all different reasons and to symbolize all different things. There are totem poles to honour family, for protection, peaceful boundaries, to represent strength and wealth. So often there is an eagle on the top of the totem pole.

The stories that totem poles tell:

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Cowichan River at Duncan, BC

A short reveal of the Cowichan River in Duncan, BC. Feb 2018

Native Canoes Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

Native Canoes
Filmed in Cowichan Bay Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

TOFINO VLOG - WITH COWICHAN BAY, COOMBS, CUMBERLAND

Travel vlog of our school field trip to Tofino with stops in Cowichan, Coombs, Chemainus and Cumberland. We stayed in hostels and went for bear watching! Fun trip with my amazing class!

Shot by iPhone and GoPro (Eugene Demchuk)

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go! Island Learns about New Life Church's Youth Trip - Shaw TV Duncan

Shaw TV's Daphne Goode visits New Life Church to Learn about a group of youth raising money to go on a trip to Bolivia.

Cowichan Bay Waterfront home for Sale | StephenFoster.ca

Cowichan Bay Waterfront home for Sale | StephenFoster.ca

West Coast Waterfront Home For Sale

Waterfront Living

A West Coast Waterfront Paradise! Nestled on 2.54 private acres is this quintessential West Coast waterfront home in Cherry Point. Featuring lofted ceilings throughout the home designed to take in natural light and exposing ocean views from almost every window in the home.To accommodate guests and entertaining; a new kitchen, 2 family rooms conveniently connected to over 1500sq ft of Kitchen decks, along with 4/5 bedrooms & 4 bathrooms. Downstairs features a waterside gym & lounge with walkouts to acovered waterfront patio. Plenty of parking with a covered carport with separate upstairs storage & sheltered walkways to the front door. Fully landscaped with terraces, mature shrubs & trees with meandering paths to the lowbank beach where you can beachcomb on your Cowichan Bay waterfront home, set your crabtraps and enjoy the abundant marine life that passes by. Protected moorage next door is available at Cherry Point Marina. Great shopping 5 min away in the Cowichan Bay Village. See website for info on upgrades & more!

The property


The first thing a person notices as they enter the waterfront home is the long curved driveway sloping downhill to the house. The drive takes you along the edge of a beautiful rain forest in a valley on the left. At the bottom of the valley is a small creek that flows out onto a beach on the shores of Cowichan Bay.waterfront Property


The waterfront property is 1.03 ha in size with a large west coast style residence. The grounds were extensively landscaped in the mid 1970s and the trees and shrubs have matured beautifully over the years. There are a number of landscaped terraces carved into property providing several level grassy spaces. The edges of the terraces and the beach front have been solidly reinforced with the installation of large boulders to prevent slumping and erosion along the beach. The firepit on the lower terrace, looking out over the ocean is a favourite spot for evening drinks during the Cowichan Bay summer.


Privacy & views

The size and orientation of the waterfront property for sale provides a particularly private, quiet and scenic setting. We love the views directly across Cowichan bay to Genoa Bay and Separation Point and to the east the southern tip of Salt Spring Island. From any of the decks on the house a person can watch all the activity going on in the Bay … fishing boats, sailing regattas, whale watching boats and large yachts passing by. A favourite feature of the house is the covered patio on the lowest level. This patio provides a fabulous all-weather place to sit and watch the ocean and stars during the evening. With the patio heaters this deck can be used all year long in any types of weather. We call it the “scotch and cigar deck”.

The house

The house, according to the owners who resided here from 1978 to 2010, was originally designed not by an Architect but by a Danish draftsman who created a supreme marriage between a beautifully functioning house and a fabulous oceanside view lot. We love the layout of the house which permits ocean views from every room and almost every spot in the house. We love the clear cedar planking used extensively in the vaulted ceilings of the great rooms, the dining room, kitchen and bedrooms.

The house has a heat pump that is exceptionally efficient at keeping the house at a constant temperature all year long. A new septic system was installed in 2015. We intentionally had this system over designed so that it would provide sufficient capacity to accommodate both the ongoing needs of a 6 bedroom house as well as additional periodic demands from a number of multi-person entertaining functions.


Not too far off the beach is a kelp bed and is a favourite habitat for migrating salmon and a robust local crab population. It is easy to fish for salmon right off the beach or to row out 100 ft off the beach and drop crab traps. The numerous crab traps set by others in this area is clear evidence that the area is a prolific crab fishing spot and very much favoured by many of the locals. Dungeness and Red Rock crab are available in an apparent unlimited supply.


Cowichan Bay Waterfront home for Sale | StephenFoster.ca

West Coast Waterfront Home For Sale

Waterfront Living

Duncan Totem Pole Walking Tour in Duncan, British Columbia

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Walking tour of Duncan, British Columbia that takes you by all of the Totem Poles throughout the town. Shot in September 2016.

Duncan drive through Cowichan indian reserve.4K!

Building and Wall Murals Chemainus BC Vancouver Island Near Nanimo Canada 2003

From wheelchair nomad diary... BRITISH COLUMBIA We popped into Chemainus, a small lumber mill community on the shores of a large lake filled with rafted timber to view their famous murals. This town had apparently died with a declining timber industry. Someone had decided to document the Canadian story of the fur trade, lumber trade, railway building, road building and the native Indian culture through large wall murals on many of the towns buildings. The experiment was a success, generating considerable tourist traffic from Highway 1, with supporting hotels and coffee shops.

Cowichan Esturary - Eel Grass

In 2014, the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project kicked off with a targeted research program in the Cowichan River Estuary on Vancouver Island.

BC artist Bill Reid - TV host Mike Winlaw. THEN & NOW

Two interviews: For the CBC Vancouver 1988 TV series THEN & NOW, co-host Lynne McNamara talks with Bill Reid, renowned Canadian artist whose works including sculpture, painting and jewelry. Co-host Terry David Mulligan talks with TV personality Mike Winlaw, Host of CBC TV's Hourglass 1970-76, CKVU's Vancouver Show 1976, and CBC-TV's Summer Magazine 1982 For more st40tv items, see:

Totem Pole carving in 1958 by Arvid and Simon Charlie of the Cowichan Tribes

Totem Pole carving in 1958 by Arvid and Simon Charlie of the Cowichan Tribes


Original footage comes from British Pathe and can be seen here

Cowichan Valley Trail Holmes Paldi bicycle

Cycle from Sherman Road, Duncan, BC to Paldi, BC. 20km roundtrip. First bridge crossing is the all-new Holmes Creek footbridge. Thanks to the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD). The rebuilt railtrail connects Lake Cowichan, BC with Duncan, BC, over its 26km length. A very good cycling trail.

Book Review by WJI:

Well my dear, do you want the short answer to your question or the long answer? was Gramps' reply to his granddaughter's question. Please give me the short answers, Gramps, was her succinct reply. Grandchildren often remember the last time they asked a question of their elders and also remember how long it took to get the answer. The simple answer, that is.

So it is with T.W. Paterson's latest book: Rails to Trails Historical Map & Guide. For those looking for the short answers to any question they may have regarding multi-use trails in the Cowichan Valley, they need look no further than Tom Paterson's, latest, 28-page book. Tom answers all your question with short answers in his newest Firgrove Publishing book: Rails to Trails Historical Map & Guide.

Perhaps best known for his ghost town books which have been in print since the 1970s, TW Paterson is a familiar byline to thousands of readers who enjoy his newspaper and magazine articles, and his 26 books on popular British Columbia's history. For 14 years, TWP has written a twice-weekly historical column, Cowichan Chronicles, in Duncan's Cowichan Valley Citizen.

Tom's latest offering is really the most information regarding Cowichan Valley trails one could publish in print and still have fit into one's pocket (140x265mm or 5.5x10.5 inches). The real value of this book is as one travels these Cowichan Valley rail-trails today, ready references can be made by consulting its pages, including its maps or photographs.

Firstly, as its title implies, Rails to Trails, is a history of the Cowichan Valley's major railways, why they were built and the communities that were spawned as a result. Secondly, it's a complete reference regarding how to access these rails2trails and the points-of-interest they provide. Thirdly, it's a history of the Kinsol Trestle and its ongoing Restoration Project culminating in its opening to the public during the summer 2011.

Rails to Trails Historical Map & Guide, includes many full-colour photographs and maps. The most note-worthy, full-colour map is printed as a two-page flyout on the last pages of the book. Using the Historical Sites, Mileposts & Trestles' numbered guide printed on p.24, the reader can easily identify every point-of-interest shown on the two-page map (pp.25,26). This makes for a simple three-page layout anyone can use to identify every section of all the Cowichan Valley's former railway stations, mill operations and family-named references. A very handy resource.

The book starts with a brief history of the main players in the construction and operation of Cowichan Valley's railways. These were built by: The Canadian Northern Pacific Railway -- later to become Canadian National Railway (CNR); The Esquimalt & Nanaimo (E&N) Railway -- later bought by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). After the CPR bought the E&N in 1905, the latter existed in name only.

Tom goes on to explain the location and reasoning in constructing the various spur lines these two railroad giants built from their mainlines. Like the mainlines, all these spur lines are also today's railtrails (or in the process of becoming so). Unfortunately, Tom points out, some right-of-ways are lost forever due to urban expansion. In the case of the Tidewater, Tom reminds us their still time to save it for future generations. Let's hope so.

Therefore, if you are one of the many who love old railways and love to get out and enjoy what's left for us, Tom's latest book is for you. Rails to Trails Historical Map & Guide is a great book and must-have reference for anyone contemplating exploring the Cowichan Valley region. It retails for just $9.95 and will soon be available in bicycle and outdoor stores throughout Vancouver Island.

Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw totem poles in British Columbia,1963

The Totem Pole : Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw totem poles in British Columbia, 1963

Vancouver Island Travel (part 2) - Duncan area - YouTube

Fantastic scenery along the Malahat drive as we climb to theTotem Pole at the Malahat Summit where we can see the Saanich Inlet and BC Gulf Islands.

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I Am Anishinaabe

Savannah Parisien / age 8

_I am Anishinaabe_ is a video short about a young girl's pride for her Anishinaabe heritage. The video uses stock footage from the 1940's and integrates it with family photos and video to show how the traditions of her small village continue.

*Festivals*
This Is Displacement Exhibit Catalog, Forest Lake MN
Smithsonian 2011 Native American Film & Video Festival, NYC
The TCYMN Film & Video Festival - Minneapolis MN
Work Force Conference - Cloquet MN
Cowichan Film Festival - Duncan British Columbia (Canada)
Cine Youth, Chicago International Film Fest - Chicago, IL
National Youth Film & Video Festival - Seattle WA

*Awards*
Best Jr. Documentary - Cowichan Film Festival


Initiatives / Ogichidaakweg / Living Histories
Nett Lake School / Girls & Boys Club
Bois Forte Nation / Nett Lake VIllage
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I be drone'n - VIU and Island Savings Centre Duncan BC

My second flight with Dominic. After all the firmware updates and testing the failsafe we were ready to go high now. It was actually a lot easier to handle than expected.

Wine Country Cowichan Valley Zanatta Winery.Duncan,BC.Vancouver Island