Crofton Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. E side Vancouver Island, just N of Duncan, Chemainus Land District

Mapped Location

Crofton: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Crofton

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Crofton

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Crofton Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Crofton

References to Crofton that document the origin of its place name

Crofton (Post Office & Str. Landing) adopted 29 December 1945 on C.3450. Form of name changed to Crofton (Post Office, Station & Landing) 29 November 1965 on C.3471. Form of name changed to Crofton (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92 B/13.

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

Crofton Post Office was opened 1 May 1902, named after Henry Croft, CE, who had laid out the townsite.

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

Henry Croft....was prominently associated with the development of the Mount Sicker mines. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1856; educated at Rubgy school, England, and afterwards entered the profession of civil engineering. Arrived on this coast in 1882, and engaged extensively with a partner named Severn in the lumber business at Chemainus, then known as Horseshoe bay, carrying on an export as well as local trade; MPP, Cowichan district, 1887; the sawmill with the business at Chemainus was sold in 1888 to the Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Ltd, and is known as the Chemainus Saw Mill.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Cowichan Valley Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-25