Gazette The Lake Cowichan
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015
|
VOL. 19, NO. 21 | $1 + GST
| www.lakecowichangazette.com
Heritage Day: Honeymoon Bay celebrated its past last Saturday (May 23) PAGE 11
Play ball! Firefighters returning to Mesachie Lake for charity tournament PAGE 10
Soap Box Derby: A change in course for the sixth annual racing event PAGE 12
Year En
Photo Drew McLachlan cleara d e v e nnce
Tourists and area directors are in disagreement over the name of the area, which councillor Bob Day said is affecting the town’s image and its potential as a tourist destination — though not everybody agrees.
Is naming confusion a barrier to tourism? $7,000 t
Drew McLachlan
LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE
Lake Cowichan or Cowichan Lake? While the distinction may be clear to most residents, some officials with the Town of Lake Cowichan are concerned that the branding of the town, most notably the confusion surrounding its name and the name of the
surrounding area, is holding back its image and its potential as a tourist destination. The naming issue however, isn’t just an issue with potential tourists, but even within the Cowichan Valley itself. Councillor Bob Day, who has been leading these recent discussions at the council table, said that even the area directors with the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) aren’t on the same page when it comes e
GET
Year En
to the name(s) of our community. Cowichan Gazette and many unconvinced that it could be UP TO “During meetings, regional other local organizations use, is having an effect on the area’s directors won’t want to say that that Lake Cowichan refers only to tourism. we live in Lake Cowichan, they’ll the town, while Cowichan Lake “When [tourists] are coming eve say that it’s Cowichan Lake,” Day refers to the lake itself along with here, they’re coming to Lake IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS nt said. “I’ll joke about it often, that the surrounding communities orVeloster they’re coming to AmountCowichan available on the 2014 Turbo Manual it’s what’s politically correct – of Youbou, Honeymoon Bay, Cowichan Lake, it doesn’t matter we’re on the edge of the Cowichan Caycuse and Mesachie Lake. what they’re calling it,” Forrest Valley. It’s a bit silly, but we While the topic has recently said. “It’s nothing that we’ve ever TOone name if should all be UP using come up around the council table, really focused on, but it does come we’re trying to sell something.” Mayor Ross Forrest said that up now and then.” PURCHASE FINANCING The most conventional the name confusion is nothing FOR UP TO 96 MONTHS vnomenclature, ON SELECT MODELS TOTAL PRICE new ADJUSTMENTS e n t which theINLake >TOWN SIGN Page 12 for the town and that he’s
cleara d nce
7,000 0% % FINANCING + MORE DEALER INVOICE$7,000 % 0 PRICING REMAINS Year En
cleara d nce
GET
Year En
cleara
d
e v e nnce t
GET
GET
UP TO
0
IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
Amount available available on 2014Genisis Veloster3.8 Turbo Amount onthe 2015 GTManual Coupe
%
$
Amount available on the 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual
PURCHASE FINANCING FOR UP TO 96 MONTHS
ONLY AT DUNCAN HYUNDAI LAST WEEK ENDS MAY 31 ON SELECT MODELS
1174_November_POP_Window_Poster_ENG.indd 4
2014-10-27 2:39 PM
3
PURCHASE FINANCING
1174_November_POP_Window_Poster_ENG
REV
[JOB INFO] DOCKET # CLIENT
H14Q4 _POP_DAA_1174 HYUNDAI
[MECHANICAL SPECS] LIVE N/A TRIM 20" X 30" (40" X 60")
[APPROVALS] CREATIVE DIRECTOR ______ Simon Duffy ART DIRECTOR ______ Simon Duffy
[ACTION] ____ PDFX1A to Pub ____ Collect to Resource Site