Comiaken Land District
| Feature Type: | Land District - A territorial division with legally defined boundaries for administrative purposes. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Vancouver Island, between Cowichan and Chemainus Land Districts |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°49'29"N, 123°37'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Comiaken Hill, site of Father Rondeault's Old Stone, or Butter, Church has been recorded as meaning ' to pull grass or hay up by the roots' or 'Indians by the sea'... (T.W. Paterson, "Mapmakers Have Been Unkind to the Original Name-Givers," Cowichan Valley Citizen, 16 November 2005.) Source: included with note |