President’s Message for the 2025 Exhibition.
The “Winged Wonders” edition of the Cowichan Exhibition is getting ready to fly. Soon you will be able to look through the catalogue to find the categories that inspire your Fair entries. We look forward to seeing how you interpret this year’s theme.
Important Fair Parking Improvements.
We are changing the traffic flow for this year’s Fair. This change is being made to get traffic off the highway faster. This will reduce the congestion and improve the safety at the Mays Road intersection.
The most important part of this change is the roadway that was a single lane exit from the parking field; it is now a two-lane road. All parking traffic will be directed down this wider roadway into the parking area. Please pay attention to the posted signs.
The exit from the parking area will also have some changes. A new path, laid out along the far west of the parking field, will be the priority exit lane. Follow the signs to the end of the parking bays for the easiest way back to the highway.
There will be three exceptions to this change.
Number One. Handicapped Parking behind Mellor Hall will remain the same. Cars will still be able to make a right hand turn into the Handicapped parking lot as before.
Number Two. Dropping off passengers at the ticket booths will be allowed by permitting a right hand turn onto the roadway fronting the ticket booths.
Number Three. Access to livestock will be the same as before with a right hand turn allowed.
Back to “Winged Wonders”, it is always interesting to see the thought processes that lead to a unique Fair entry. We hope you can wing your way to a winning entry.
Tony Irwin.
Past Presidents
Prior to 1948, the Cowichan Exhibition Society and the Cowichan Agricultural Society operated under the same leadership, beginning with Archdeacon Reece in 1868, the first year of the fair. This list reflects the leadership of the Cowichan Exhibition Society when it became a Board on its own.