Village of Cumberland Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia
Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. E end of Comox Lake, SW of Courtenay, Nelson Land District
Mapped Location
Village of Cumberland: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Village of Cumberland
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Village of Cumberland
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Village of Cumberland | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Village of Cumberland
References to Village of Cumberland that document the origin of its place name
Cumberland City (Post Office & Railway Station) adopted 7 October 1948 as labelled on BC Lands' map 2C, 1913. Form of name changed to Cumberland (Village) 1 January 1958 on 92F, in keeping with the municipality's incorporated status (file F.2.34).
Cumberland (City) adopted 10 July 1923; changed to Cumberland (Town) 12 December 1939; changed to Cumberland (Post Office) 7 October 1948; changed to Cumberland (Village) 1 January 1958 on 92F (Ottawa file OBF 0784).
This settlement was originally named "Union", and the Union Post Office was opened here 1 August 1889. The settlement was renamed in 1891 by James Dunsmuir, after Cumberland County, the mining centre in northern England; the principal avenues (Maryport, Windermere, Penrith, Derwent, Allen and Keswick) were named after places in Cumberland County. Incorporated as a City Municipality 1 January 1898. Union Post Office was renamed Cumberland Post Office 1 April 1898. Since re-incorporated as a Village Municipality (date not cited).
Many of Dunsmuir's miners had come from Cumberland....
A Selected Bibliography of Village of Cumberland, Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
The coal coast the history of coal mining in B.C., 1835-1900 by Eric Newsome
Eric Newsome’s The coal coast: the history of coal mining in B.C., 1835-1900 chronicles the grueling industrial development and pioneer settlement along the rugged eastern shorelines of Vancouver Island. Set against the dense coastal rainforests and deep subterranean seams of the region, the narrative details how early waves of British, European, and Asian immigrant miners navigated extreme physical dangers to extract the vital resources that fueled Pacific maritime trade. By tracing the shared hazards of underground labor and the establishment of heavily regulated company towns like Nanaimo and Cumberland, the text reveals how these geographically concentrated workers forged tight-knit ethnic enclaves and resilient kinship networks to survive the perilous, often exploitative environment of early industrial mining. Ultimately, this local history documents how the collaborative endurance of these diverse workforces successfully transformed transient, company-controlled extraction camps into cohesive, enduring coastal communities that anchored the nineteenth-century economy of British Columbia.
195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Comox Valley Regional District
- Balmoral Beach
- Bevan
- Black Creek
- Buckley Bay
- Town of Comox
- City of Courtenay
- Village of Cumberland
- Denman Island
- Fanny Bay
- Fanny Bay
- Grantham
- Headquarters
- Hornby Island
- Hornby Island
- Lazo
- Little River
- Merville
- Mount Washington
- Mud Bay
- Oyster River
- Puntledge
- Royston
- Sandwick
- Saratoga Beach
- Union Bay
- Williams Beach
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2023-09-27