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Duncan (pop. 4,812) is a town in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is about 30 minutes from both Victoria in the south and Nanaimo in the north. It has a population of just 4,812 however; it serves the Cowichan Valley , which has a total population of 77,561. Before the USA soft wood lumber tariffs Duncan and the whole Cowichan Valley was a thriving lumber centre in British Columbia. It is the seat of the Cowichan Valley Regional District .

Duncan is an interesting place one with a few nicknames locals call it by. One is the city of totems; the town has many totem poles around the city, which were erected in the late 1980's for tourism. Another is Drunken Duncan, due to the stereotype of Duncan being a heavy consumer of beer, most notably Lucky Beer . It is also the home of the "World's Largest Hockey Stick", which was at Expo 86 in Vancouver.

Duncan is home to a very large First Nations community, and traditional home of the Coast Salish Indians; they are the largest band in the Coast Salish tribe. The Salish are makers of the world famous Cowichan Sweaters .

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