How to find us

Vancouver Island's Wine Country, home to Cobble House Bed & Breakfast, is located just 45 minutes north of Victoria, on beautiful Vancouver Island. Along with Cobble Hill, the rural communities of Shawnigan Lake, Mill Bay, Malahat, Cowichan Station and Cowichan Bay, make up the area known as the South Cowichan, Gateway to the Warm Land.

Cobble House Bed & Breakfast is the perfect location from which to explore Southern Vancouver Island!

Follow Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway, north from Victoria (note: Douglas Street becomes Highway 1). You will go over a small mountain pass called "the Malahat Drive".

Once you have come down from the Malahat Drive and have passed the signs for "Bamberton Provincial Park" and "Mill Bay Road/Brentwood Bay Ferry" turn left off the highway at the 4th traffic light, onto Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road.

Follow this road for a couple of kilometers and watch for the blue & white "B&B" sign on the right side of the road. Just after you see this sign, turn right onto Cameron-Taggart Road, and follow it until you see another blue & white "B&B" sign, and then our own sign on your right. Welcome!

If you are using a GPS to find us, guests have indicated that you need to input the street address and the postal code, not "Cobble Hill", as our location will not show up correctly under Cobble Hill.

AREA OVERVIEW

Cobble House is centrally located in the Cowichan Valley, 45 minutes north of British Columbia's capital, Victoria. Centered around the City of Duncan, communities in the valley include Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake, Cowichan Bay & Chemainus.

Cowichan (Quw ’utsun ’) means ‘land warmed by the sun ’ in the First Nations Coast Salish language. The Cowichan Region is known for its growing wine industry, so much so that we ’ve been called the ‘Provence du Nord ’ or the Napa of the North.

Follow Highway 1 south from Nanaimo. Once you have left Duncan over the "Silver" Bridge, travel about 10 km. (about 6.2 miles) and watch for the Valley View Shopping Centre on the left side of the highway.

At the traffic light, turn right onto Cobble Hill Road. Follow it past the village of Cobble Hill and towards Shawnigan Lake. About 1 kilometer past the village, watch for a blue and white "B&B" sign, turn left onto Cameron-Taggart Road at the "B&B" sign and immediately after "Earthly Delights" nursery.

Once you have gone over the small bridge on Cameron- Taggart, you will see a blue and white "B&B" sign on your right, just before you will see the Cobble House sign on your left. Welcome!

Photo of Steller's Jay in the Cobble House banner compliments of Wing-Chi Poon, 2005

FERRIES

Victoria, British Columbia’s capital, is the main access point to the Island for ferries from mainland BC, as well as from Washington State (Port Angeles, Anacortes, and Seattle -see our links page for information). Cobble House is located halfway between the Victoria ferry terminal and the ferry terminal in Nanaimo.

B.C. Ferries 1-888-223-3779,
Washington Ferries 1-206.464.6400

DRIVING

There is ample parking at Cobble House, at no charge of course. Parking at local attractions is generally free. Gas prices in the Cowichan region are always a few cents per liter less than in Victoria, so make sure that if you need to fill up, you do so here. When you visit Victoria, make sure you have some "loonies", the Canadian $1 coin, and quarters on hand or your credit card, for parking meters or parking lots around town.

Seat belts are compulsory in British Columbia. For our American visitors, our posted speeds in town are 50 km = 31 miles or 60 km = 37 miles. On highways posted speeds will range from 80 km = 50 miles to 100 km = 62 miles per hour.

3105 Cameron-Taggart Road,
Cobble Hill, BC, Canada VOR 1L6

Tel/Fax: 250-743-2672
Toll free: 1-866-743-2672 (anywhere in N. America)