Cowichan
Cowichan /ˈkaʊ.wɪtʃən/ may refer either to:
- the Cowichan Tribes First Nation located in and around Duncan, British Columbia
- the Cowichan Valley, a region on Vancouver Island centred on Duncan, British Columbia, which contains:
- Cowichan Valley Regional District, a supra-municipal regional government
- Cowichan Lake, a 30 km long body of water
- the town of Lake Cowichan
- Cowichan River
- Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, a bay and community.
- the Cowichan sweater, 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, 1894 only
- Cowichan-Newcastle 1920 - 1963
- Cowichan-Malahat 1966-1986
- Cowichan-Ladysmith 1991–2005
- Nanaimo-North Cowichan 2009–present
- Canadian federal electoral districts
- Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands 1976 - 1987
- Nanaimo—Cowichan 1987–2015
- Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands 1962 - 1976
- Cowichan—Malahat—Langford 2015-present
- Other
- Cowichan Herald Extraordinary, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Transportation
- Cowichan, a steamship that operated in British Columbia from 1908 to 1925.
- HMCS Cowichan, the name of three vessels in the Canadian Navy;
- HMCS Cowichan (J146), a Canadian Bangor-class minesweeper commissioned in 1941 and sold in 1946.
- HMCS Cowichan (MCB 147), a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1953 and sold to France in 1954.
- HMCS Cowichan (MCB 162), a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1997 .
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