British Columbia’s sleepy secret
The seaside village of Cowichan Bay sits at the heart of an “undiscovered land where food is ultra-local, vineyards are low-key, and canoes replace taxicabs,” said Rachel Levin in Sunset. Located in Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley, where country roads are lined with small farms, the town provides “a glimpse of a different life,” one that doesn’t involve iPhones, traffic jams, or social calendars. A family-run shop offers binoculars and harbor views along with its artisanal cheeses. Wooden, “hand-scrawled signs” advertise free-range eggs and fresh-cut herbs. My dinner at Genoa Bay Cafe required a 1½-mile canoe trip past otters, sea lions, and “ospreys prancing in their nests.” The paddling only made my roasted duck risotto taste that much better. A glass of B.C. wine in hand, I took in the view from this “shack” on stilts and embraced Cowichan Bay’s definition of a night on the town.
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