Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Cowichan Station during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Cowichan Station had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cowichan Station (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cowichan Station. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Cowichan Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cowichan Station: Cowichan Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cowichan Station:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Cemeteries Near Cowichan Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cowichan Station.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cowichan Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cowichan Station, with the one closest to Cowichan Station listed first.
- St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Galiano Island Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Galiano Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- The Galiano Island Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galiano Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galiano Island Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491107 <2>
- Pender Island Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ladysmith Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ladysmith Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ladysmith.
- The Ladysmith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladysmith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407121 <2>
- Royal Oak Burial Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hatley Memorial Gardens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sooke Harbour Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Veteran's Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park is located in Sooke.
- The Sooke Millenium Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Millenium Memorial Park
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cowichan Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cowichan Station.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Cowichan Station and then turned east". While Cowichan Station could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Cowichan Station as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Cowichan Station could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another British Columbia community named Cowichan Station. |
<2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |