Water levels in Cowichan Lake and Cowichan River remain challenging this summer season as dry and hot weather conditions ...

The current weir that controls the flow of water into the Cowichan River. Built in the 1950s, advocates say it is no longer sufficient to manage water levels — which are increasingly low in the ...

Last July, the alarm bells sounded when thousands of young salmon and trout were found dead in the river. However, calls to raise the weir go back more than 25 years.

Aaron McArthur reports. – Mar 8, 2024 A new weir meant to preserve water levels on the drought-threatened Cowichan River is still more than two years away, provincial officials said Friday.

This could be the tragic year our ­precious Cowichan River dies due to low flows and the lack of a long-overdue weir. Mother Nature has thankfully saved our heritage salmon-bearing river for decades.