Marie Canyon is a
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
on the
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 d ...
, just below
Skutz Falls, on southern
Vancouver Island,
British Columbia,
Canada.
The canyon is named for
Marie Adelaide, Viscountess Willingdon, C.I., G.B.E. (wife of the then-
Governor-General of Canada), commemorating her canoe trip from
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 ...
down the Cowichan River to
Duncan
Duncan may refer to:
People
* Duncan (given name), various people
* Duncan (surname), various people
* Clan Duncan
* Justice Duncan (disambiguation)
Places
* Duncan Creek (disambiguation)
* Duncan River (disambiguation)
* Duncan Lake (d ...
on April 7, 1930.
References
BCGNIS listing "Marie Canyon (canyon)"
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Cowichan Valley
Canyons and gorges of British Columbia