Lake Cowichan is fed by several rivers, including the crystal clear Cowichan River where we found a great, warmish, and wonderfully private place to swim. Hopefully we look wetter in this photo. The river is a very popular spot for people to float down to Cowichan Bay. It flows quite slowly at the start but apparently does pick up speed. Many people were enjoying the 2 hour float down the river to drive, walk, or hitchhike back to do it all again. We swam near the weir which distributes water out of the lake to the river to keep the river levels high enough in the summer. Right at the weir there is a current created that goes opposite to the outflow of the river which is probably why all the rafters join the river a little bit downstream. As we were the only people enjoying the clear summer waters, we'll be sure to return!
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