[BCMA] CMA Clip Serv: $210, 220 grant for Cowichan Bay Wooden Boat Society

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Great news - congratulations!

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Cowichan Bay Wooden Boat Society thrilled with 

$210,220 grant 

Lexi Bainas, Postmedia News, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 

 

A packed hall wildly applauded John Duncan, Minister of Indian and
Northern Affairs and MP for Vancouver Island North, Nov. 10 after he
announced that the Cowichan Bay Wooden Boat Society was receiving
$210,220 from federal coffers for a significant upgrade to its Maritime
Centre. 

 

The money is coming from the Westcoast Community Adjustment Program
(WestCAP) a federal push to help communities hit by changes in the
salmon fishery. 

 

Duncan is no stranger to the Cowichan Valley and saw faces he knew among
the crowd, including, he said, his former forestry professor, Vern
Wellburn. 

 

"I spent my post-university formative years working at the Shawnigan
Lake division of MacMillan Bloedel and at Copper Canyon, too. I have a
history here. I was Duncan living in Duncan," he said, to chuckles. 

 

The minister continued by saying that the federal government is looking
to spread prosperity as widely as it can, fostering new economic
opportunities in communities that may have been hard hit. 

 

"It's a great honour to be here on behalf of the government and my
colleague, the Hon. Lynn Yellich who's the Minister of State for Western
Economic Diversification. In 2009 I announced WestCAP to support
economic growth, job creation and the future sustainability of
communities affected by the challenges to the salmon fishery. 

 

"You know only too well the effects of these challenges on commercial
and recreational fisheries and for coastal communities dependent on the
industry," Duncan said. 

 

"With our government's investment, the revitalized centre will improve
tourism, attract investment, and create new prospects for the region,"
he said. 

 

According to Duncan, the investment will support: 

 

- an upgrade to the region's only maritime museum, 

 

- a move towards meeting British Columbia's provincial Wood First Act,
which aims to increase demand for wood products by using wood as the
primary construction material, 

 

- a boost that will allow the museum to offer expanded services,
including tours and hands-on activities, such as boat building and
sailing lessons, 

 

- a larger artifacts display area, with enhanced quality and climate
control to preserve delicate items. 

 

"Canada is built on a promise of opportunity," Duncan said. Projects
under WestCAP are aimed at helping coastal communities with investment
to revitalize their economies, he concluded. 

 

Cowichan Tribes Chief Lydia Hwitsum then said that Cowichan Bay has
traditionally been a meeting place. 

 

"Collectively as we work within our respective governments, there is an
opportunity here to build community. This is a great opportunity for us
to acknowledge that and to talk about the value of preserving history,"
she said. 

 

Lew Penny, president of the Wooden Boat Society, agreed that history is
of great importance. 

 

"Our goal is to preserve the region's maritime history for future
generations, not only giving visitors a maritime tradition experience
firsthand but sharing our unique perspective of the world," he said 

However, there's more. 

 

The museum has arisen on an old industrial site to become a beating
heart for the community. 

 

Area D director Lori Iannidinardo also stressed that Cowichan Bay's
overall leadership in looking to quality of life over careless
development has gained worldwide recognition. 

 

Other speakers, from the business improvement area society, the
construction firm that will do the work and Community Futures Cowichan,
which has been assisting with the project, all said they were delighted
to see such a community-based project recognized in this way. 

 

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