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.geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&params=48_29_00_N_123_43_00_W_region:CA-BC_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">48°29′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°43′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.48333°N 123.71667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.48333; -123.71667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg/46px-Flag_of_British_Columbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Canada#British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Canada">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_districts_of_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional districts of British Columbia">Regional district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capital_Regional_District,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Regional District, British Columbia">Capital Regional District</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leechtown</b> is at the confluence<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the Leech River<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into the Sooke River<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in southern <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a>, off <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_1" title="British Columbia Highway 1">BC Highway 1</a> is about 59 kilometres (37 mi) by road northwest of <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia" title="Victoria, British Columbia">Victoria</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leechtown is notable for its geologic placement, which produced the historical gold finds. The Leech River runs along the <a href="/wiki/Leech_River_Fault" title="Leech River Fault">Leech River Fault</a>, a major regional fault that marks a distinct geological boundary between the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rim_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Rim Terrane">Pacific Rim Terrane</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Crescent_Terrane" class="mw-redirect" title="Crescent Terrane">Crescent Terrane</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Siletzia" title="Siletzia">Siletzia</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Leech River Complex" (also "Leech River Formation" and "Leech River Schist") is a well-known assemblage of highly deformed <a href="/wiki/Schist" title="Schist">schists</a> underlain by <a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">gneiss</a>. The gold is thought to be derived from quartz <a href="/wiki/Vein_(geology)" title="Vein (geology)">stringers</a> concentrated in the schists, emplaced by <a href="/wiki/Hydrothermal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrothermal">hydrothermal</a> events related to the regional tectonic activity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_origin">Name origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town was named after the river. The <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Island_Exploring_Expedition" title="Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition">Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brown_(Scottish_botanist_from_Caithness)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Caithness)">Robert Brown</a>, included Lieutenant Peter John Leech of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>. Leech, a former engineer and astronomer, was responsible for documenting the resources discovered. Following observations of gold in July 1864, a tributary of the Sooke River was subsequently named the Leech River.<sup id="cite_ref-WaMa_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaMa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leech was later city engineer for Victoria, the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-hudson_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hudson-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 303">: 303 </span></sup> John Foley made the initial gold discovery, and Robert Brown spoke the phrase "the gold will speak for itself." Traditionally, Leech has received credit on both counts.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mining_boom">Mining boom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mining boom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within weeks, thousands of <a href="/wiki/Prospecting" title="Prospecting">prospectors</a>, many of whom were veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Fraser_Canyon_Gold_Rush" title="Fraser Canyon Gold Rush">Fraser Canyon Gold Rush</a> six years earlier, travelled from Victoria overland by trail or by steamer to <a href="/wiki/Sooke" title="Sooke">Sooke</a>. By mid-August 1864, 227 mining licences had been issued.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19992_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19992-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within a month, over 500 miners were working claims, and surveyed townsite lots were for sale. By November, miners numbered 1,200.<sup id="cite_ref-WaMa_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaMa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yearend saw 6 general stores, 3 hotels, and 30 saloons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19993_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19993-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 12-room Arrarat Hotel was the most prestigious, and was the headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kennedy_(colonial_administrator)" title="Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator)">Governor Kennedy</a>, while inspecting the mines. Although as much as $100,000 in gold may have been extracted in the first year, by 1865 the rush was over, and by 1874 the diggings were largely deserted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19997_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque19997-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak, Leechtown and neighbouring Boulder City comprised 4,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway">Railway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Northern Pacific Railway">Canadian Northern Pacific Railway</a> (CNoPR) construction from Victoria, the rail head reached just beyond Leechtown, at 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Sooke_Lake" title="Sooke Lake">Sooke Lake</a>, in October 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">Canadian National Railway</a> (CN) acquired the bankrupt CNoPR. The Leechton train station that opened around 1926<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was described as no larger than a chicken coop.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1943 and 1962, a locomotive plunged through a damaged bridge near Leechton killing a crew member.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, the CN Victoria–Leechtown track was abandoned and the rails removed.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, the CN right-of-way became the <a href="/wiki/Galloping_Goose_Regional_Trail" title="Galloping Goose Regional Trail">Galloping Goose Regional Trail</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_mining">Later mining</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Leech River has been worked intermittently since the boom. In the earlier decades, this was principally Chinese prospectors. In the early 1930s, J.S. MacDonald and E. Butterworth installed a small hydraulic plant. High-pressure hoses on the gravel bank did not prove profitable. Vanisle Mines were equally unsuccessful during 1937–1941.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Leech River still has active <a href="/wiki/Placer_mining" title="Placer mining">placer</a> claims, and small scale operations produce quantities of fine gold and flakes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now a mineral reserve, no new mining claims can be staked.<sup id="cite_ref-LRWR_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LRWR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Logging">Logging</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Logging"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) logging railway operated from Leechtown to the Kapoor Lumber Company sawmill in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Cameron Lumber Company built a steam sawmill on the CN line in the mid-1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-25Sep17_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25Sep17-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1940s and 1950s, Leechtown was a thriving logging community.<sup id="cite_ref-WaMa_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaMa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 2007, TimberWest Forest Corp. owned more than 9,700 hectares (97 km<sup>2</sup>) of land in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-8Aug07_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8Aug07-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kapoor_mine">Kapoor mine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kapoor mine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At nearby Kapoor was a <a href="/wiki/Talc" title="Talc">talc</a> mine, which operated prior to 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that date, mining and the grinding plant switched to green <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25Sep17_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25Sep17-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 1935, the mine continued production throughout the 1940s, but the product was crushed in Vancouver.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relics">Relics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Relics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Logging and mining equipment is scattered throughout the area. Vandals damaged the original 1928 cairn,<sup id="cite_ref-WaMa_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaMa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with treasure hunters, have also destroyed buildings from the mining and logging eras. Indicating the site of the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Commissioner">Gold Commissioner</a>'s house, the cairn's stolen bronze dedication plate read: </p> <blockquote><p>Memorial erected by the B.C. Historical Association on site of gold commissioner's house to commemorate discovery of gold on Sooke River by Lieut. P. Leech, July, 1864, and to mark the site of Leechtown, which sprang up following discovery. Unveiled by the HON. R.BRUCE LIEUT.-GOVERNOR OF B.C. SEPT. 15. 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatersonBasque199910-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The 1980s replacement equally fared poorly. In 2014, a new monument was unveiled on the east side of the river at the Kapoor Regional Park to commemorate the 150th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-WaMa_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaMa-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Water_catchment">Water catchment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Water catchment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1915–1970, the <a href="/wiki/Sooke_Flowline" title="Sooke Flowline">Sooke Flowline</a> originated near Leechtown. In 2007, the area was purchased for the <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia" title="Victoria, British Columbia">Greater Victoria</a> water supply,<sup id="cite_ref-8Aug07_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8Aug07-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which protects it from development and prevents public access. The former Leechtown, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Sooke_Lake" title="Sooke Lake">Sooke Lake</a> and about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Sooke_Potholes_Provincial_Park" title="Sooke Potholes Provincial Park">Sooke Potholes Provincial Park</a> was previously accessible by bike or foot along the <a href="/wiki/Galloping_Goose_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="Galloping Goose Trail">Galloping Goose Trail</a>. Since 2012, a warning sign and locked gate before the end of the trail have signified access to Leechtown is prohibited.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strengthening bylaws and installing additional gates and fences have reinforced the restricted access to the watershed area.<sup id="cite_ref-LRWR_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LRWR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folklore">Folklore</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Folklore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_boot">Golden boot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Golden boot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1855 or 1856, <a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Barter" title="Richard H. Barter">Richard Barter</a>, a Canadian, known as Rattlesnake Dick, and his gang, robbed a <a href="/wiki/Wells-Fargo" class="mw-redirect" title="Wells-Fargo">Wells-Fargo</a> mule train in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> of about $80,000 in gold. In 1859, Californian law enforcement fatally shot him. His $40,000 share of the proceeds is possibly buried somewhere. Allegedly, he found his way to Leechtown to slowly launder the gold, which he kept hidden in a knee-high leather boot buried in the vicinity. The fundamental problem with the story is that the gold rush occurred five years after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hans_Christen's_cave"><span id="Hans_Christen.27s_cave"></span>Hans Christen's cave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Hans Christen's cave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1864, after a storm, Leechtown prospector Hans Christen searched for his missing mule, which he found sheltering inside the entrance of a small cave. Immediately inside the cave, he observed a vein of gold 24 inches wide extending well back. Allegedly a heavy drinker, Christen searched unsuccessfully throughout the remainder of his life to find the cave again.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ed_Mullard's_cave"><span id="Ed_Mullard.27s_cave"></span>Ed Mullard's cave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ed Mullard's cave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an unknown year, Ed Mullard, while hunting in the Jordan Meadows-Leechtown area, discovered a cave in the rock, comprising chiseled steps, multiple galleries and treasures. One account has Mullard alone, another includes a man named McLaren, but only Mullard actually entered the cave. The apparent discovery of a cave in the area in 1928 may have inspired the tale. </p><p>In April 1959, Mullard told his story to reporter Ted Harris, but died at 56, before he could show Harris the place. The next year, using information Mullard provided, and aerial survey photos, the newspaper organized a fruitless search to locate the cave. A version has Mullard finding Spanish gold ingots, one of which was on public view during the 1980s at the B.C. Ministry of Mines Mineral Titles display, a claim disavowed by the Ministry. </p><p>Rumours of a heavy Spanish bronze cannon sighted in the swamps of Jordan Meadows have also circulated.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leechtown,_British_Columbia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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(1999). <i>Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Island</i>. 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