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The best guide for your Get Away weekend to Lake Cowichan

Before I tell you where to go, I want to tell you who to thank. The trails around Cowichan Lake didn't arrive with the tourism. They were built, and are still looked after, by the Cowichan Lake Trail Blazers Society, a volunteer group that develops, maintains and promotes hiking and biking routes across the region. Every well-cut switchback and cleared windfall out there is somebody's Saturday. Check their website for the full-meal deal on our amazing trails. Keep that in you