| Feature Type: | City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Langford and Metchosin, W of Victoria, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'24"N, 123°29'36"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/5 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Colwood (Post Office & Station) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Form of name changed to Colwood (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92B/6. Incorporated as a City 24 June 1985. Colwood (City) confirmed 4 July 1985 on 92B/6. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Colwood Post Office opened 1 April 1881; amalgamated as Sub Station No. 16 under Victoria PO 2 June 1958. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In 1851, Capt. Edward E. Langford arrived from England to manage Esquimalt farm for the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. The Langford family dubbed the farm "Colwood" to recall their family's 200-acre holding in Sussex, England. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |