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COWICHAN BAY 



This place is reached by going to Cowichan on the E. & N. 

 Railway from Victoria. There is a very nice hotel, but in summer 

 is often crowded, so rooms should be engaged before going there. 

 In addition to the hotel there are one or two farmers who make 

 a business of putting people up. 



Cowichan Bay is one of the best all round fishing centres on 

 Vancouver Island. It has a most delightful climate, charming 

 scenery and some of the best of salmon fishing. Also the Cowi- 

 chan River runs into the sea here and often there is good trout 

 fishing right at the mouth. You can also by motor car fish the 

 whole of the Cowidhan and Kohsilah streams or even run up to 

 Cowichan Lake itself. 



As a salmon fishing centre it is about the best anywhere this 

 side of Campbell River. Every year the fishing improves owing 

 to an extremely wise move on the part of the fishing officials 

 who have prohibited all commercial fishing for the past several 

 years. 



Salmon run here both winter, spring and fall, but the very 

 best fishing is in the fall when not only cohoes come in but a run 

 of big fish too, some of which go to quite a large size. 



THE COWICHAN RIVER 



Of all the magnificent rivers of this province none have 

 attained greater fame, and justly so, than the Cowichan. It has 

 been fished by white men of all degree, including Royalty. It has 

 been fished with the fly, minnow and baits of all descriptions: it 

 has been fished by Indians with nets and weirs ; it has been fished 

 by every method, legal and illegal whereby fish can be caught, 

 for the past thirty years, and yet to-day in spite of all, it is still 

 a splendid river for a good fisherman. 



You can fish the lower reaches from Cowichan Bay, four or 

 five miles higher up from Duncans, or the head waters where it 

 empties from the lake at Cowichan Lake. At all these places 

 there is excellent accommodation, where you will also be able to 

 get information as how to reach the best waters. At Duncans 

 there is a cosy little Club and, if you can get an introduction, 

 you will find a number of first-class fishermen amongst its mem- 

 bers who will willingly afford you all the information you desire. 



The above places are reached from Victoria on the E. & N. 

 Railway, trains running twice a day. For Cowichan Bay you 

 get off at Cowichan, where you will be driven in an auto to the 

 hotel, which is several miles away. Trains run from Duncans to 

 Cowichan Lake two or three times a week, on other days there is 

 an auto stage. By taking the morning stage you can get off at 



