Business View Magazine | March 2020

348 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 PREFERRED VENDORS n Tourism Cowichan www.tourismcowichan.com Just 45 minutes from Victoria, you’ll find Cowichan, a stunning coast-to-coast island community that is the pinnacle of the Pacific Northwest, and an unsuspecting treasure begging to be discovered. Discover charm, serenity and adventure through its landscape, bountiful produce and craft drink, and its captivating culture. Cowichan is a unique location for your company to escape to for work and play. n Copcan Civil Ltd. www.copcan.ca yet we are rural enough that you’re not paying the ridiculous housing prices that you pay in Victoria or Vancouver or other major centers like Burnaby that also applied for this.” Ted Swaybe, North Cowichan’s CAO, has the final say: “I’ve been a resident on the island for 30 years, but only two years in North Cowichan and I would say that we’re the untapped area of Vancouver Island. Culturally, we’re more diverse than any other part of the island. We’re connected by land, air, and sea. We’re more affordable and we have the amenities that go along with it, including a proposed new ferry terminal to access Salt Spring Island. North Cowichan is becoming so well-known, now, for sports tourism and recreational use and we’re really positioned well for the upcoming surge to Vancouver Island.”