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ing. “The Police Officer’s Paradise” is
what Constable D. S. E. Thomson calls the
Sidney Detachment. It is 14 miles from
Victoria and covers an area of about 20
square miles. The district is essentially
British in ways and customs, and its folk
are philosophical and content with life
generally.

The Nanaimo, Duncan and Courtenay
Districts are all similar. Nanaimo, with
its detachments at Ladysmith and Qualicum,
represents an industrial, agricultural and
summer resort district. Industries are lum-
bering and coal mining; agricultural activi-
ties include dairying and general farming,
and famous Qualicum Beach presents the
chief tourist attraction.

Duncan District includes the widely-
known and beautiful North Cowichan Val-
ley and well-stocked Cowichan Lake, which
has brought ambitious rod casters from afar.
Here again lumbering and farming support
the community. In and around this district
are many colourful figures of yesteryear.
Many come from well-known old English
families, and to them the Cowichan Valley
represents heaven on earth for those who
have worked and earned a rest.

In all of the aforementioned districts
and detachments, excepting Ganges, where
the boat is the sole means for law admini-
stration, there is little out of the ordinary
in the way of police work. Motor car and
motorcycle patrols are the order, with little
variation. Good roads provide compara-
tively easy access to practically all points
where the law must reach, and conventional
offices for police routine are maintained.

Travelling further north on the Island,
however, the picture alters slightly in some
respects, while in others the conditions are
unchanged. In the Courtenay District are
found more mountainous regions, and the
policeman sometimes has to abandon his car
for a pair of skis or snowshoes to conduct
investigations.

Mount Becher and the Forbidden Pla-
teau are bidding fair these days to become
a haven for winter sports. At Forbidden
Plateau Lodge, for instance, the winter
sportsman finds little wanting in the way of
entertainment. It is also a favourite Island
centre for such spring and summer pastimes
as hiking and riding.

The City of Courtenay is policed by the
B.C. force, and is headquarters for the
district. Other detachments are at Cumber-
land, Campbell River, Alert Bay and Port
Alice. Cumberland is another Island coal
mining centre, while Campbell River, as
the home of the famous Tyee, has already
been referred to. At Alert Bay and Port
Alice the marine fleet is called into service,
as at Ganges. The activities of this branch
of the B. C. Police is dealt with elsewhere
in this issue.

With such varied means of stretching
the law into some of the isolated corners of
Vancouver Island it must be admitted that
Courtenay District offers some of the great-
est diversity in the Province.

The West Coast District is one where

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