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Anglers Tavern:
 The
Anglers Tavern honors Ashdown Henry Green who built his mansion
the “Kilninta” on 10 acres on the Cowichan Rivers’ bank in 1893.
The Anglers Tavern is part of this mansion, renovated to a new
pub with the original architecture still in place. The décor and
menu harks back to the Cowiichan River’s heyday when anglers
came from all over the
 world.
Now you too can enjoy a delicious pan-fried trout and many other
mouth watering appetizers, soups, salads, entrees and desserts
on the menu as well as your favourite beers and spirits.
The Anglers Tavern is a club like sports lounge, a place to
relax and partake in a wide
 variety
of pub meals and refreshments selected especially for your
pleasure. The Anglers tavern has pool tables, dart boards and
a covered and heated outdoor patio. Enjoy presentations of pay
per view sporting events, Karaoke on Saturdays and special
events entertainment.
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Ashdown Henry Green
(1840-1927)
Ashdown Green was a civil engineer and land surveyor who came to
Vancouver Island in 1862 aged 22, an adventurer who later helped
chart B.C. from the Selkirk Mountains to the Pacific. He came to
the Cowichan Valley in 1865, bought a farm near Somenos Lake,
the same land the first Protestant ministry had acquired. The
first Cowichan Indian Agricultural Exhibition was staged on his
land. He was appointed the delegate to attend the Victoria
convention for the formation of an Anglican Synod which
recognized St Peter’s Church, Quamichan. In 1874 he was elected
to North Cowichan Council from Quamichan ward. Joining the
Indian Department as a surveyor in 1880 he helped mediate with
the tribes, to fairly examine and distribute land in the region.
Ashdown was president of the Victoria Natural History Society
and in 1894 wrote the fishing chapters in Gosnell’s “Yearbook of
British Columbia”. Nine species of fish were attributed to him,
two named after him – the Lake Chub (Couesius Plumbeus Greenii)
and the Lobefin Snailfish ( Polypera Greenii).
He designed a streamer fishing fly, the “Ashdown Green” which
was a recognized pattern and featured on the Sportsman cigarette
packages for years. In the 1890’s sportsmen from all over the
globe came to the Cowichan area to enjoy worldclass trout and
salmon fishing. *See the original displayed at the Anglers
Tavern.
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