Champion
| Feature Type: | Former Railway Point - Siding, junction, flag stop or station now closed or renamed. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | E side Beaver Creek opposite Marsh Creek, NE of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'29"N, 117°30'43"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Champion (railway siding) located on the E side of Beaver Creek opposite the mouth of Marsh Creek, as labelled on BC map 4A, 1912; no siding identified on BC map 1EM, 1915. Park (siding) established further NE as labelled on BC map 4A, 1926. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |