| Feature Type: | Town - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a town municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E end of Cowichan Lake, W of Duncan, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°49'32"N, 124°03'22"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cowichan Lake (Post Office) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Incorporated as the Village Municipality of Lake Cowichan 19 August 1944. Lake Cowichan (Village, Post Office & Railway Station) confirmed 6 March 1952. Re-incorporated as a Town Municipality, effective 26 November 1996 per Letters Patent 19 December 1996. Lake Cowichan (Town) confirmed 28 April 1997. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sutton Green Post Office was opened 1 July 1890; changed to Cowichan Lake Post Office 1 November 1890; changed to Lake Cowichan Post Office 1 December 1922. See the municipality's own website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |