If Lake Cowichan is known for one thing, this is it. You climb into an inflated tube, lean back, and let the Cowichan River carry you right through town. It sounds far too simple to be worth doing, until you've done it. Then you'll be the one telling your friends they have to go. For most of the run, the river moves at roughly walking pace. The water is cool and clear, the trees lean in overhead, and the gravel bars invite you to stretch your legs. Every so often a stretch pi

Most golf courses in Canada have a season. This one has a calendar. March Meadows in Honeymoon Bay is a nine-hole par 36 with both nine and eighteen hole rates. It's tree-lined, relatively flat, and ringed by mountains. But the layout isn't what makes it unusual. What makes it special is that the Cowichan Valley holds the warmest year-round average temperature in Canada, so this course plays through months when most of the country has the clubs tucked away in the garage. Let