66 stops that will feed you, fix your bike, and give you a bed. Vancouver Island.
Forest walkway: visitors strolling through dense evergreen trees on an elevated wooden bridge
Places that have told us cyclists are welcome, or gone out of their way to prove it.
Every stop in the directory, grouped the way a touring day actually goes.
Cowichan Community Centre Sports Complex, BC Forest Discovery Centre, Chemainus Theatre, and 11 more.
→Best Western Cowichan Valley Inn, Duncan Motel, Fuller Lake Chemainus Motel, and 4 more.
→A&W, Ampersand Distilling Company, Baan-Do's Stir Fry, and 33 more.
→BC Liquor Store, Beverly Corners Liquor Store, Canadian Tire, and 5 more.
→Citrus Cycles.
You don’t have to plan from scratch. These rides run through North Cowichan or pass close by, mapped and written up by route publishers around BC. The full maps and turn-by-turns live on their sites.
We’re showing the 10 that cover the most ground here. Another 12 come through or near North Cowichan. See every ride in Vancouver Island →
Bike-friendly ways to reach North Cowichan on transit, and to head back when you need to.
From Chemainus: Penelakut Island (best: ferry) · Thetis Island (best: ferry) · Crofton (best: bus) · Ladysmith (best: bus) · Duncan (Cowichan Valley) (best: bus) · Nanaimo (best: bus)
From Crofton: Chemainus (best: bus) · Duncan (Cowichan Valley) (best: bus) · Salt Spring Island (best: ferry) · Penelakut Island (best: bus + ferry) · Thetis Island (best: bus + ferry) · Nanaimo (best: bus)
Every stop we know about in North Cowichan. Open a category: