Lemon Creek, British Columbia

Lemon Creek is an unincorporated community on the east side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

The settlement was named after the creek, which recognized Robert E. Lemon, a prominent Nelson merchant.

Named Del Monte, it was the place at which the proposed railway line was expected to cross.

Primarily to serve gold mining in the area, it was called Summit or just Lemon Creek.

[9] Built 1942–43 on the leased Harris Ranch, Lemon Creek was the largest of the nine West Kootenay internment camps for Japanese Canadians during World War II, following their removal from the British Columbia Coast.

[10] Other West Kootenay internment centres were at Slocan, New Denver, Rosebery, Sandon, Kaslo, Greenwood and Midway.