The Cowichan Valley Trail will take you from Duncan through Lake Cowichan and down past the Kinsol Trestle following former CN and E&N railway lines. With many access points and 8 trestles, it's a beautiful trail to walk, jog or bike. From the Island Spirit Team, we hope you enjoy your time in the Cowichan Valley.
All the Island Spirit Legacy Caches are within a 2 steps of the trail, unless otherwise noted. There is no need to bushwack or trample the vegetation.
Raccoon
Wearing their distinctive black mask, urban raccoons tend to have the bad reputation of being theives with missing food from the garden, grapes and corn being a favourite, cat food that disappears or a garbage can that's been knocked over and dug through. They are quite smart and have a great memory for remembering where the best food in the neighbourhood is. Trust me, until we got a motion sensor sprinkler, we would chase them off nightly as they thoroughly enjoyed our nearly ripe grapes. They also tend to have 2 or 3 dens on the go at one time just incase they need to move out of an area quickly. Raccoons can be quite territorial, especially around good food sources so pets may want to be kept indoors incase raccoons become agressive. Although in BC raccoons are not rabies carriers they do carry a roundworm parasite which can be dangerous to humans so you will want to keep them out of gardens.