| Feature Type: | 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. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Mill Bay and Duncan, Shawnigan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°41'10"N, 123°36'12"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cobble Hill (Post Office) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924; on E&NR as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Identified as Cobble Hill (Post Office & Station) in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Cobble Hill (community) 15 December 1982 on 92 B/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cobble Hill Post Office was opened 1 October 1887, named in association with adjacent Cobble Hill. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Indefinite origin. It has been suggested by former members of the Royal Navy named Pimbury, brothers, that it was named after a Lieut. Cobble of the Royal Navy, probably an officer on one of the gun-boats which made occasional visits to Cowichan Bay during Indian trouble. E&N records state that it was named from adjacent gravel hills." (1924 notation on BC name card) Note: according to Merriam Webster Dictionary (1951) there are 4 grades of gravel: granule, pebble, cobble and boulder; cobbles measure between 2 1/2 and 10 inches in diameter.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |