Clo-oose (Post Office & Village) adopted 3 April 1934 on C.3607, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Identified as Clo-oose (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Clo-oose (Locality) 15 February 1983 on 92C/10.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Clo-oose Post Office was opened 1 September 1911; relocated from Lot 527 to IR4 in 1960; relocated to L57, 1961. Post Office closed 11 August 1966.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Home village of the Nitinat Band of Nootka [Indigenous] tribesmen; the name Clo-oose means safe landing." (S.J. Hartnell, Industrial Timber Mills Bulletin, Youbou, October 1933); Clo-oose means "stop to camp" (Victoria Colonist, Islander magazine, 7 August 1966); Clo-oose (also spelled Kloos, Klahus) means "other mens' houses" (Victoria Colonist, Islander magazine, 1 July 1967)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Clo-oose, situated about a mile eastward of the entrance to Nitinat lake, is at this date (1906) the principle village in the neighbourhood."

Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)

"Derived from the Nitinaht word meaning 'campsite beach.' Before the village was built, the site was a favourite resting spot for halibut fishermen. In the years before World War I, a Victoria real estate promoter sold nearby land to well-to-do English families, some of whom built fine houses. Evidently not happy with the Indian name Clo-oose for their postal address, they petitioned unsuccessfully to have the name changed to Clovelly."

Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997

Although many different meanings (and spellings) have been put forward for this name over the years, it most likely is derived from the Ditidaht First Nation term for a beach campsite. Before the main Ditidaht village was established at Clo-oose, the site was apparently a halibut fishing station. A trading post was established there in the late 19th century, and a Methodist mission and school opened in 1894. A post office operated from 1911 to until the mid-1960s, when the Ditidaht moved to a new reserve on Nitinat Lake. According to BC historians Philip and Helen Akrigg, a pre-WWI Victoria relator sold land at Clo-oose to some affluent British families, and a few fine cottages were built. The newcomers dislike the First Nation name and petitioned unsuccessfully to have it changed to Clovelly. Nearby Clo-oose Creek and Clo-oose Lake are also named after the former village.

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009, pg 124.