Bowser, British Columbia

Location of Bowser, British Columbia

Bowser (Population 131), is a community on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, located approximately 66 km north of Nanaimo. It is situated in a region which was informally known as Lighthouse Country, which is a stretch of highway that extends from Qualicum Beach in the South to Fanny Bay in the North and across to Denman and Hornby Islands.

Bowser's local hotel was famous in the 1930s for a dog trained by his owners to deliver beer bottles to tables, receive the payment, and deliver change. This was cited in, "Ripley's Believe It Or Not."

A regular customer of the Bowser Hotel was Jack Holt, a veteran of the Boer War who was Bowser's postmaster from the period during World War I until the late 1950s.[1]

The community was named after William J. Bowser, Premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.^[1]

References

Sources

• "Bowser."Encyclopedia of British Columbia.2000
• Bowser, British Columbia, Canada. Accessed Friday, March 17, 2006 <http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=45>

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Coordinates: 49°26′10″N 124°40′39″W / 49.43611°N 124.6775°W / 49.43611; -124.6775