Leon
| Feature Type: | Settlement - Any permanently occupied, unincorporated area normally identified by a single name, generally rural, and having a recognizable central focus. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | E side of Upper Arrow Lake, at mouth of St. Leon Creek, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°25'59"N, 117°53'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Leon (settlement) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Subsequently changed to St. Leon (steamer landing & settlement). "St. Leon (not Leon, Leon Hot Springs, nor St. Leon Hot Springs), steamer landing & settlement" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name rescinded 9 May 1974 following expansion of Upper Arrow Lake behind the Columbia River dams. See St. Leon Hot Springs. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |