Lebahdo is an unincorporated rural community south of
Winlaw
Winlaw is an unincorporated community adjacent to Winlaw Creek (commonly called Cedar Creek) on the east side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The locality is on BC Highway 6 about south of Slocan ...
on the east side of the
Slocan River in the
West Kootenay
The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people.
Boundaries
The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay ...
region of southern
British Columbia
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.
On the former Slocan branch of the
Columbia and Kootenay Railway
The Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&KR) was a historic railway operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. This route, beside the unnavigable Kootenay River, linked Nelson, British Columbia, Nel ...
, the place was previously called Watson Siding. In 1900, Alfred Gillingham Watson obtained a
preemption on the west side of the river. The family built a log bridge across the river to their ranch. In 1905, John Bell and A.G. Lambert erected a mill. The next year, the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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opened a
flag stop misspelled Lebadho, from "lebahdo”,
Chinook Jargon for "shingle", derived from the French "le bardeau".
The mill, which evidently produced shingles, relocated to
Taghum after a couple of years. In 1912, Watson sold his ranch to the
Doukhobors.
The small community is served by the Pedro Creek Rd stop for
West Kootenay Transit System
West Kootenay Transit System (formerly known as Kootenay Boundary Transit System) is the public transit system in Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, British Columbia and surrounding area. The transit services are operated from Trail, Castlegar, Nelson and ...
Route 20.
See also
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List of Chinook Jargon placenames
The following is a listing of placenames from the Chinook Jargon, generally from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the Canadian Yukon Territory and the American states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Some ...
References
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places in the Slocan
Chinook Jargon place names
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