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Lemon Creek is an unincorporated community 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 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Slocan, and 62 kilometres (39 mi) north of Castlegar.
References
- ↑ "Bull River". BC Geographical Names .
- ↑ N.L. Barlee (1973), Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns. Canada West Publications.
- ↑ "Norbury Lake". www.ourbc.com.
- ↑ "Kootenay Trout Hatchery". www.kootenayrockies.com.