Fisherman's Trail (Lake Cowichan) - Retreads
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.02 mi
- Elevation gain
- 167 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 167 ft
- Max elevation
- 639 ft
- TrailRank
- 67
- Min elevation
- 460 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 3 minutes
- Time
- 2 hours 47 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1431
- Uploaded
- August 4, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Lake Cowichan, British Columbia (Canada)
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Itinerary description
This hike goes from the trailhead on Cowichan Lake Road, down to Spring Pool and along the Cowichan River to 70.2 Mile Trestle where the Trans Canada Trail crosses the River.
It is mostly a walk in the shade of the mossy forest surrounded by ferns & salal. Once you make the turn at Spring Pool you will be travelling alongside The World Heritage Cowichan River. Sometimes you can only hear it or glimpse it. Sometimes you walk on bluffs above it.
The forest transitions from mostly maple at the start, to mostly fir & balsam to mostly cedar along the river shore.
The Retreads Hiking Club gives this hike an AVA rating of 1C.
Looking for a hike in the Cowichan Valley? Or, looking for hiking companions? Google "Retreads Hiking Club CVRD".
It is mostly a walk in the shade of the mossy forest surrounded by ferns & salal. Once you make the turn at Spring Pool you will be travelling alongside The World Heritage Cowichan River. Sometimes you can only hear it or glimpse it. Sometimes you walk on bluffs above it.
The forest transitions from mostly maple at the start, to mostly fir & balsam to mostly cedar along the river shore.
The Retreads Hiking Club gives this hike an AVA rating of 1C.
Looking for a hike in the Cowichan Valley? Or, looking for hiking companions? Google "Retreads Hiking Club CVRD".
Waypoints
Information point
Photo
600 ft
An old logging cable & nurse tree
Evidence of past logging in this area. Watch for large stumps with trees growing out of them. The stump is called a "nurse tree".
River
Panorama
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522 ft
A 'side channel' with water still in it
During winter floods, these fill with water and become important as sanctuaries for juvenile fish.
Bridge
505 ft
Mile 70.2 Trestle
An old railway bridge which was located 70.2 miles from the start of the railway in Victoria. The trestle now forms part of the Trans Canada Trail.
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