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Cowichan Lake · Vancouver Island · British Columbia
Release One. Twelve estate lots.
Land. Water. Legacy.
A first release on a 673-acre lakefront holding with more than 4.3 kilometres of contiguous shoreline. Southwest light, old forest and deep, clear water.
The setting
Cowichan Lake is one of Vancouver Island's great freshwater lakes: roughly sixty-two square kilometres of exceptionally clear water, close to a hundred and ten kilometres of shoreline and depths that approach a hundred and fifty metres. On its north shore, immediately west of the village of Youbou, a single holding of about 673 acres runs along more than four kilometres of that shore.
The land faces southwest. Mornings arrive quietly across still water; evenings end with the sun setting behind the mountains on the far shore. Between the two, the property is Douglas fir and cedar, pebble beaches and rock shelves, and coves where the shallows turn turquoise before falling away to blue.
Epic Coast Estates is the first release of estate lots on this shore: twelve parcels across roughly seventy acres, drawn to keep the forest between neighbours and the water in front of everyone.
Representative imagery“Land at this scale, on water this clear, is not being made any more.”
The ownership vision
Concept renderA continuous walking reserve along the water, kept in forest, so every owner can reach the whole shore on foot.
A single design language for owner docks and a shared launch, subject to the approvals that govern the lake.
Building envelopes and tree-retention guidelines written into the lot, protecting the canopy that gives each parcel its privacy.
Shielded, warm exterior lighting only. The Milky Way over the lake is part of the offering.
Soft-surface trails linking the bluff, the creek and the shoreline reserve, with viewpoints at the high ground.
Material and massing guidelines that favour cedar, stone, glass and low rooflines, so the built shoreline still reads as forest from the water.
All amenities are proposed concept features. None is built, approved or committed, and the developer will confirm what forms part of the final offering.
Release One
Sample inventory · Indicative pricing (CAD), subject to change
Showing 12 of 12 lots
Representative imageryShoreline Collection · Southwest and west
The headland lot, with water on three sides and the last light of the day.
Representative imageryShoreline Collection · South
A protected cove with turquoise shallows and the stillest water on the shore.
Representative imageryShoreline Collection · Southwest
A long pebble beach, level and open, with the whole lake in front of it.
Representative imageryShoreline Collection · South
Facing a small treed island across a narrow channel of deep, dark water.
Representative imageryShoreline Collection · Southwest
A wide rock shelf at the water's edge that faces straight into the evening.
Concept renderBluff Collection · Southwest
The highest site in the release, with the whole width of the lake below.
Representative imageryBluff Collection · South
A sheltered bench on the bluff with the lake framed between old firs.
Representative imageryBluff Collection · South
The eastern bluff lot, closest to the creek and the estate's forest.
Representative imageryForest Collection · South
A hollow in the old forest floored with sword fern and moss.
Representative imagery
Representative imageryRepresentative imageryEstate Collection · Southwest
Eighteen acres from the high ground to the water, along a seasonal creek.
The plan
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Conceptual plan. Not a surveyed subdivision. Not to scale.
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Landscape and lifestyle
Location
| Place | Why it matters | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youbou | Village amenities, parks, swimming beaches | 6 km | 14 min |
| Lake Cowichan | Town: shops, restaurants, schools, services | 18 km | 29 min |
| Duncan | Major shopping and Cowichan District Hospital | 46 km | 53 min |
| Brentwood College School | Mill Bay | 66 km | 1 h 11 min |
| Shawnigan Lake School | Shawnigan Lake | 66 km | 1 h 15 min |
| Nanaimo Airport (YCD) | Regional flights | 77 km | 1 h 18 min |
| Departure Bay, Nanaimo | BC Ferries to the mainland | 93 km | 1 h 36 min |
| Victoria | Provincial capital | 107 km | 1 h 51 min |
| Victoria International Airport (YYJ) | International flights | 122 km | 2 h 9 min |
| Swartz Bay | BC Ferries to Vancouver | 128 km | 2 h 13 min |
Approximate driving distances and times from the listing pin, computed with OpenStreetMap routing on 2026-09-07. Road access to the parcel itself is unconfirmed; the developer should verify these before publishing.
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PhotoBuyer questions
On the north shore of Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, immediately west of the village of Youbou, in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. The map pin on this site marks the listing coordinates; parcel boundaries are not shown and should not be inferred from the pin.
Individual estate lots. This concept shows a first release of twelve sample lots in four collections. The final number, sizes, boundaries and names will be confirmed by the developer.
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Not represented. The wider holding has a long public planning history and current regional planning documents identify it as a special study area, with considerations that include water supply, riparian areas, topography and wildfire interface. Historical planning concepts should not be read as current or future development rights. The developer will confirm zoning, subdivision status and any conditions before sales open.
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No. Every price shown is indicative and exists only to illustrate the range of the concept. Registered buyers will receive confirmed pricing before it is published.
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Servicing has not been confirmed for this concept. Assume that road access, hydro, water supply and wastewater arrangements for each lot are to be determined and will be described by the developer in the final offering.
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Docks on Cowichan Lake are subject to provincial and regional approvals. The proposed dock program on this site is a concept only; the developer will describe what is permitted for each lot.
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No. Landscape images are representative imagery of the Cowichan Lake setting, and building images are concept renders. Both are labelled as such throughout the site. The only photographs are credited real photographs of Cowichan Lake in the location section, and they are not of the parcel.
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Twelve estate lots · Shoreline, Bluff, Forest and Creek Estate collections
Cowichan Lake · North shore · Southwest exposure