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Fishing trawler docked at the Cowichan Bay government wharf

"Originally most Government Docks were built by the Provincial Government. These docks were built all over British Columbia to support the shipping of goods up and down the coast and to supply the Missions, which were established on the west coast of British Columbia. The increasing importance of commercial fisheries resulted in the docks being sold or transferred to the Federal Government. By this time British Columbia had joined Canada and the railway and industry had arrived on the West Coast. In April 1955 the Cowichan Bay Provincial Docks were transferred to Federal control. (Thomas Wagner, History of Cowichan Bay)