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Duncan (pop. 4,812) is a city in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is about 50 kilometres 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. It is the seat of the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

Duncan is home to the BC Forest Discovery Centre. Before the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute Duncan and the whole Cowichan Valley was a thriving lumber centre in British Columbia.

Duncan's tourisim slogan is "The City of Totems"; the city has many totem poles around the downtown area, which were erected in the late 1980's, including the world's largest Totem pole, carved by First Nations artisan Simon Charlie. 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.

Duncan also suffers from the nicknaeme of "Drunken Duncan" due to the high rates of alchoholism in its large Native population.

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