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Nominations

The CVRD welcomes nominations from community members for significant heritage buildings, structures, landscape features, sites and other heritage resources in the region’s electoral areas. Nominations will be considered by the CVRD Board for inclusion on the Community Heritage Register on the basis of their heritage value. Heritage resources may have heritage value because they:

  • Illustrate achievement in concept and design, technology and/or planning, or a significant stage in the development of a community, region, province, territory or the nation;
  • Are associated with events that have historical importance;
  • Are associated with the lives of persons of historical importance;
  • Illustrate or symbolize in whole or in part a cultural tradition, way of life or ideas that are important in the development of a community, region, province, territory or the nation.
Heritage Nomination Form & Evaluation Criteria

To nominate a site for heritage status, fill out the Heritage Nomination Form  and submit to Cowichan Valley Regional District, Community and Regional Planning Division, Planning and Development Department, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8 or via email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca

Land Acknowledgement
The CVRD is in the ancestral and unceded territories of First Nations including (but not limited to) Quw'utsun (Cowichan Tribes), MÁLEXEŁ (Malahat), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), c̓uubaʕsaʔtx̣ (Ts'uubaa-asatx), xeláltxw (Halalt), Spune’luxutth (Penelakut), Stz'uminus, Leey’qsun (Lyackson), Diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ (Ditidaht) and P’a:chi:da?aht (Pacheedaht) Peoples. Local First Nations Peoples have stewarded the lands of this region since time immemorial. The CVRD is committed to the ongoing journey of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the region by strengthening cooperation, collaboration, and relationship building.