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).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

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).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

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).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Many of Dunsmuir's miners had come from Cumberland....

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Comox Valley Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-27