Vancouver Island Cowichan Valley Camping 🏕️

Vancouver Island vacation to Cowichan Valley. Enjoy this video detailing our 3 day road trip and vacation to Southern Vancouver Island. We traveled by BC Ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo.

MY BRITISH COLUMBIA VACATION VIDEOS:

Penticton
https://youtu.be/Q7guWPOGNRM

Golden
https://youtu.be/cChGd8fcXrQ

Vancouver Island
https://youtu.be/yBQGEkwz6zw

Victoria
https://youtu.be/ghU4z1jOcF0

Tofino
https://youtu.be/1qa-OchchJk

Next we drove to Cowichan River Provincial park and the Stolz Pool campsite to begin our 3 day adventure.

We did two day trips to Port Renfrew to explore this beautiful town and to Ladysmith and Chemanus.

We took an amazing drive to see ancient trees when we left Port Renfrew.
https://ancientforestalliance.org/ancient-forests/port-renfrew-big-trees-map/

To complete the vacation on Vancouver Island we went to the Kingfisher Resort for some relaxation.

See Kingfisher Resort videos.
https://youtu.be/NpcsOqHdH6o?si=xt7TwfFEszIbGQy1

INFORMATION ABOUT COWICHAN VALLEY

Cowichan is located in Canada’s only maritime Mediterranean climatic zone and is home to the warmest year–round temperatures in the country. For decades now, Cowichan has been producing amazing artisanal food and drink from the region’s burgeoning farms, wineries, cideries and distilleries. Yet, the food and drink are just the tip of the iceberg! From concerts and festivals to outdoor fun, like biking, hiking, fishing, kayaking and more, Cowichan features a long list of things to do all year round.

But what really makes this warm land live up to its name is the chill, unhurried pace and the many quiet, unspoiled spots to enjoy it in.

INFORMATION ABOUT BURMA CAIRN.

We were quite surprised to come across this remote memorial to the "Forgotten Army" in Burma. The British 14th Army supported by Canadians and other allied troops repulsed the invading Japanese 15th Army during WW II. Both sides suffered heavy losses losses, 60,000 allied and 90,000 Japanese. Little was known at the time or remembered later of this vital facet of WW II. The supply airlift airlift, the Burma Hump is better known than the travails of the army in Burma. One hero was Major C.F. Hoey, a native of Duncan. He died in the battle of Arakan, Burma, in 1944 and was posthumously awarded the highest award for bravery, the Victoria Cross. He grew up in Duncan so perhaps this is why the memorial is located here. The jungle like setting beside the river is said to be reminisent of Burma.

The Memorial, erected in August 1996, was sponsored by the BC Burma Star Association. Anyone who qualified for the Burma Star or the Pacific Star with the Burma clasp is invited to join this veterans organization. The memorial is similar to a large memorial at Kohima, Burma. The epitaph on both memorials is attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds.
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"

The nearby interpretive display at the memorial site tells the story of the "Forgotten Army" on one side and lists the members of the Burma Star Association of BC on the other.

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