Cowichan Bay

Cowichan Bay (48˚45'00" 123˚37'00" SE of Duncan, E side of Vancouver I), Cowichan Head (48˚34'00" 123˚22'00" N of Cordova Bay, E side of Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria), Cowichan River (48˚46'00" 123˚38'00" Flows E into Cowichan Bay). The bay was named about 1850 by officers of the HBC for the powerful Coast Salish First Nation—the most populous in BC—that occupies this territory (and now spells its name Quw’utsun’). Cowichan Lk, Cowichan Station, the Cowichan Valley Regional...

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