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Cowichan Tribes Cowichan Tribes () is the band government of the Cowichan, a group of Coast Salish peoples who live in the Cowichan Valley region on Vancouver Island. With over 3,800 registered members, it is the single largest First Nations band in British C ...
First Nation located in and around
Duncan, British Columbia Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is the smallest city in Canada by area. It was incorporated as a city in 1912. Location The city is about 45 kilometres from b ...
*the
Cowichan Valley The Cowichan Valley is a region around the Cowichan River, Cowichan Bay and Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. There is some debate as to the origin of the name Cowichan, which many believe to be an anglicized for ...
, a region on
Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest ...
centred on
Duncan, British Columbia Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is the smallest city in Canada by area. It was incorporated as a city in 1912. Location The city is about 45 kilometres from b ...
, which contains: **
Cowichan Valley Regional District 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, bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and north ...
, a supra-municipal regional government **
Cowichan Lake Cowichan Lake is a large freshwater lake located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the Cowichan Valley in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, with its eastern shore about west of Duncan, British Colum ...
, a 30 km long body of water **the town of
Lake Cowichan Lake Cowichan ( Nitinaht: ʕaʔk̓ʷaq c̓uubaʕsaʔtx̣) (pop. 3,325) is a town located near the eastern end of Cowichan Lake and, by highway, is a little over one hour northwest of Victoria, British Columbia. The town of Lake Cowichan was i ...
**
Cowichan River The Cowichan River is a Canadian Heritage River on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Its headwater is Cowichan Lake. The river flows east over Skutz Falls and through Marie Canyon towards its mouth at Cowichan Bay. The river's ...
** Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, a bay and community. *the
Cowichan sweater Cowichan knitting is a form of knitting characteristic of the Cowichan Tribes, Cowichan people of southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The distinctively patterned, heavy-knit Cowichan sweaters, popular among British Columbians and to ...
, a heavy-wool knit animal and geometric patterns made by the women of the Cowichan people. ;British Columbia provincial electoral districts: * Cowichan 1871–1920 *
Cowichan-Alberni Cowichan-Alberni was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacifi ...
1894 *
Cowichan-Newcastle Cowichan-Newcastle was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared for the 1924 provincial election, and was later redistributed into Cowichan-Malahat and Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city o ...
1920–1963 *
Cowichan-Malahat Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacifi ...
1966–1986 *
Cowichan-Ladysmith Cowichan-Ladysmith was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1991, and was eliminated when the legislature dissolved in ...
1991–2005 *
Nanaimo-North Cowichan Nanaimo-North Cowichan is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, in use from 2009 to 2024. It was established by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008'' and first contested in the 2009 election. Under the 2021 redis ...
2009–2020 *
Cowichan Valley The Cowichan Valley is a region around the Cowichan River, Cowichan Bay and Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. There is some debate as to the origin of the name Cowichan, which many believe to be an anglicized for ...
2009–present ;Canadian federal electoral districts: *
Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1 ...
1976–1987 *
Nanaimo—Cowichan Nanaimo—Cowichan is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. It was located on Vancouver Island. Demographics Geography It included, tog ...
1987–2015 *
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district—also known as a "riding"—in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1979. This riding was created in 1962 from Nanaimo. ...
1962–1976 *
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Cowichan—Malahat—Langford is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It is on south-central Vancouver Island. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Cowicha ...
2015–present ;Other *
Cowichan Herald Extraordinary The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; ) is part of the Canadian honours system under the Monarchy of Canada, Canadian monarch, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General of Canada. The authority is responsible for the creation and gran ...
, one of the officers of arms at the
Canadian Heraldic Authority The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; ) is part of the Canadian honours system under the Monarchy of Canada, Canadian monarch, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General of Canada. The authority is responsible for the creation and gran ...


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* , a steamship that operated in British Columbia from 1908 to 1925. * , the name of three vessels in the Canadian Navy; ** , a Canadian ''Bangor''-class minesweeper commissioned in 1941 and sold in 1946. ** , a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1953 and sold to France in 1954. ** , a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1997 . {{disambiguation