Lebahdo Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. E side of Slocan River just S of Winlaw, between Castlegar and Slocan, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

Lebahdo: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Lebahdo

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Lebahdo

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Lebahdo Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Lebahdo

References to Lebahdo that document the origin of its place name

Lebahdo (station) adopted 19 January 1956 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 63, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Lebahdo (locality) 23 February 1976 on 82F. Form of name changed to Lebahdo (community) 29 November 1984 on Ottawa file 203-2.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Formerly CPRs "Watson's Siding" (April 2006 information from historian Greg Nesteroff, Castlegar). "In 1905, [John Bell] and A.G. Lambert became partners, an association that lasted six years, building and operating a mill at Lebahdo. After a couple of years they moved the location to Taghum." (John Bell's obituary, Nelson Daily News, 5 December 1932)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

Lebahdo is Chinook jargon for "shingle" (Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon; Hibben & Co, Victoria; 1931).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27