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'''Cowichan''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|aʊ|.|w|ɪ|tʃ|ən}} may refer either to:
*the [[Cowichan Tribes]] First Nation located in and around [[Duncan, British Columbia]]
*the [[Cowichan Valley]], a region on [[Vancouver Island]] centred on [[Duncan, British Columbia]], which contains:
** [[Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia|Cowichan Valley Regional District]], a supra-municipal regional government
**[[Cowichan Lake]], a 30&nbsp;km long body of water
**the town of [[Lake Cowichan]]
**[[Cowichan River]]
**[[Cowichan Bay, British Columbia]], a bay and community.
*the [[Cowichan sweater]], a heavy-wool knit animal and geometric patterns made by the women of the Cowichan people.
;British Columbia provincial electoral districts:
*[[Cowichan (electoral district)|Cowichan]] - 1871-1920
*[[Cowichan-Alberni]], 1894 only
*[[Cowichan-Newcastle]] 1920 - 1963
*[[Cowichan-Malahat]] 1966-1986
*[[Cowichan-Ladysmith]] 1991–2005
*[[Nanaimo-North Cowichan]] 2009–present
;Canadian federal electoral districts:
*[[Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands]] 1976 - 1987
*[[Nanaimo—Cowichan]] 1987–2015
*[[Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands]] 1962 - 1976
*[[Cowichan—Malahat—Langford]] 2015-present
;Other
* [[Cowichan Herald Extraordinary]], one of the officers of arms at the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]]
==Transportation==
* {{ship||Cowichan|steamship|2}}, a steamship that operated in British Columbia from 1908 to 1925.
* {{HMCS|Cowichan}}, the name of three vessels in the Canadian Navy;
** {{HMCS|Cowichan|J146}}, a Canadian ''Bangor''-class minesweeper commissioned in 1941 and sold in 1946.
** {{HMCS|Cowichan|MCB 147}}, a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1953 and sold to France in 1954.
** {{HMCS|Cowichan|MCB 162}}, a Canadian Bay-class minesweeper commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1997 .
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