Things To Do in Cowichan Valley

Sure, you’ll learn about the history of forestry in British Columba, but really, it’s all about hopping aboard one of the cool historic trains and chugging around the 40-hectare (100-acre) wooded site. There are a number of displays, including a blacksmith shop, sawmill, and logging…

Downtown Chemainus has been transformed into a stunning art gallery with more than 40 larger-than-life murals painted on the sides of buildings. Highly detailed and grand in both size and scope, most of these depict historic scenes of the region’s logging, mining, farming, and First…

Learn all about the natural and human history of the Cowichan Watershed via the center’s interactive displays, activities, and programs. Check out the birds and other wildlife from the viewing towers, get a feel for the critters in the touch tanks, and use the microscopes to get…

The spectacular Kinsol Trestle is one of the tallest free-standing wooden rail trestles in the world, and one of the last remaining legacies of Vancouver Island’s early mining and logging industries. It was built in 1920, and the last train trundled across it in 1979; since 2011, it…

As you speed along Hwy. 1, you’ll catch a glimpse of a cluster of brightly painted historic buildings of the frontier-era false-front variety. This is Whippletree Junction, and one of the most entertaining shopping experiences around. It’s a collection of old buildings that were…