Clo-oose Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. On Claoose IR4, just SW of W end Nitinat Lake, Pacific Rim National Park, Renfrew Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Clo-oose

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Clo-oose

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

Name Description
Clo-oose Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Clo-oose

References to Clo-oose that document the origin of its place name

Clo-oose (Post Office & Village) adopted 3 April 1934 on C.3607, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Identified as Clo-oose (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Clo-oose (Locality) 15 February 1983 on 92C/10.

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

Clo-oose Post Office was opened 1 September 1911; relocated from Lot 527 to IR4 in 1960; relocated to L57, 1961. Post Office closed 11 August 1966.

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

"Home village of the Nitinat Band of Nootka [Indigenous] tribesmen; the name Clo-oose means safe landing." (S.J. Hartnell, Industrial Timber Mills Bulletin, Youbou, October 1933); Clo-oose means "stop to camp" (Victoria Colonist, Islander magazine, 7 August 1966); Clo-oose (also spelled Kloos, Klahus) means "other mens' houses" (Victoria Colonist, Islander magazine, 1 July 1967)

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

"Clo-oose, situated about a mile eastward of the entrance to Nitinat lake, is at this date (1906) the principle village in the neighbourhood."

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

"Derived from the Nitinaht Indian word meaning 'campsite beach.' Before the village was built, the site was a favourite resting spot for halibut fishermen. In the years before World War I, a Victoria real estate promoter sold nearby land to well-to-do English families, some of whom built fine houses. Evidently not happy with the Indian name Clo-oose for their postal address, they petitioned unsuccessfully to have the name changed to Clovelly."

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

 

Cowichan Valley Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-25