Champion Lakes
| Feature Type: | Lakes - Inland body of standing water. Plural of Lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Landis Creek, NE of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'05"N, 117°36'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Champion Lakes adopted 2 June 1950 on 82F/4, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, not Champion Lake No. 1, Champion Lake No. 2 and Champion Lake No. 3 as labelled on BC map 4A, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably after James W. Champion, identified as a fruit rancher at Fruitvale in the 1910 BC Directory. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |