| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On E&N Railway, E side of Shawnigan Lake, Malahat Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°36'59"N, 123°37'04"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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Cliffside (Post Office & Station) adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415g, Malahat. Form of name changed to Cliffside (Station) 16 January 1950 on 92B/12. Name rescinded 7 July 1972 on 92B/12. Cliffside (railway point) reinstated 4 February 1988 on 92B/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cliffside Post Office was opened 15 June 1924, so-named because the railway seems to hang on the cliffside here. Post Office closed 20 September 1948; re-opened 13 June 1969; closed 1 August 1960. Cliffside Station identified in E&N timetables through 1964; 'station abandoned' per TT64, 3 December 1965; identified as flag stop in CP TT 92, June 1987. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |