North Cowichan
North Cowichan is a district municipality established in 1873 on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. The municipality is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include BC Forest Discovery Centre and Mount Prevost.
BC Forest Discovery Centre
Museum
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The BC Forest Discovery Centre, located in Duncan, chronicles the history of logging in British Columbia, Canada. It is a 100-acre site with 2.5 km of operational 3 ft narrow gauge railway. BC Forest Discovery Centre is situated 2½ km south of North Cowichan.
Mount Prevost
Peak
Mount Prevost is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is northwest of Duncan and has a distinctive skyline with the two rock bluffs. On top of the highest north bluff is a war memorial. Mount Prevost is situated 3½ km west of North Cowichan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westholme and Duncan.
Westholme
Suburb
Westholme is a community located in the Chemainus River Valley alongside the Island Highway, between Chemainus and Duncan in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Chemainus Land District in the District Municipality of North Cowichan. Westholme is situated 5 km north of North Cowichan.
Duncan
Duncan is a city in the South Vancouver Island region of British Columbia. It is known for having one of the largest totem pole collections: more than 40. The Cowichan Historical Society provides free totem tours in the summer months.
Crofton
Suburb
Photo: Kaiser matias, Public domain.
Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about 74 kilometres north of Victoria. Crofton is situated 7 km northeast of North Cowichan.
North Cowichan
- Categories: district municipality and locality
- Location: North Cowichan, Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.82473° or 48° 49′ 29″ northLongitude
-123.71918° or 123° 43′ 9″ westPopulation
28,800Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)Open location code
84WRR7FJ+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 401353426OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6089661Wikidata ID
Q7054960
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“North Cowichan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاويتشان الشمالية، كولومبيا البريطانية”
- Arabic: “كاويتشان الشمالية”
- Cebuano: “North Cowichan”
- Dutch: “North Cowichan, British Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاويتشان الشماليه”
- French: “North Cowichan”
- German: “North Cowichan”
- Italian: “North Cowichan”
- Malagasy: “North Cowichan”
- Spanish: “North Cowichan (Columbia Británica)”
- Spanish: “North Cowichan”
- Swedish: “North Cowichan”
- Ukrainian: “Норт-Каувічен”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Cowichan”. Photo: Chris.mcluckie, CC BY-SA 3.0.