Crofton
Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about 74 kilometres north of Victoria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 1,450 residents
- Description: community within North Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Crofton, British Columbia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westholme and North Cowichan.
Westholme
Suburb
Westholme is a community located in the Chemainus River Valley alongside the Island Highway, between Chemainus and Duncan in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Chemainus Land District in the District Municipality of North Cowichan. Westholme is situated 4 km west of Crofton.
North Cowichan
Town
Photo: Chris.mcluckie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Cowichan is a district municipality established in 1873 on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. The municipality is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. North Cowichan is situated 7 km southwest of Crofton.
Chemainus
Photo: Anne Delong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chemainus is a town of over 4,000 people in central Vancouver Island. It's notable for the dozens of murals that transform the compact city centre into an open-air art gallery.
Crofton
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Cowichan, Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.86086° or 48° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
-123.64481° or 123° 38′ 41″ westPopulation
1,450Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA CROOpen location code
84WRV964+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 52552992OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Crofton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crofton”
- Dutch: “Crofton, British Columbia”
- French: “Crofton”
- Irish: “Crofton”
- Italian: “Crofton (Columbia Britannica)”
- Italian: “Crofton”
- Swedish: “Crofton, Kanada”
- Swedish: “Crofton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Queen Street Park and Crofton Community Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crofton”. Photo: Kaiser matias, Public domain.