Aberdeen - Ashlar Ridge

 

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Aberdeen, Mount 82 N/8 - Lake Louise
7-28-16-W5
51° 23' N 116° 14' W
Approximately 55 km west north-west of Banff
 

This mountain, which is 3,152 m in altitude, was named in 1897 by J.J. McArthur, DLS, member responsible for many of the phototopographical surveys along the railway through the Rocky Mountains. The mountain was named after Lord John Campbell Gordon, the Marquis of Aberdeen, Governor-General of Canada from 1893-1898 and a visitor to Lake Louise in 1893.
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Adams Landing 84 J/6 - Adams Landing
22-108-7-W5
58° 23' N 115° 04' W
On the north bank of Peace River approximately 120 km south south-east of High Level
 

The precise origin of the name of this locality is unknown. In 1920, surveyor C.P. Hotchkiss reported in his field notes that boats of all sizes would stop at what was known as Adams Landing.
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Adskwatim Creek 84 E/4 - Mearon Creek
12-95-13-W6
57° 13' N 119° 57' W
Flows south-west into British Columbia approximately 200 km north-west of Peace River
 

The name was recorded in 1918 by the surveyors on the Alberta-BC Boundary Commission. Adskwatim in Cree means "many dams," referring to the abundance of beaver dams on the creek.
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Agnes Lake 83 J/15 - Upper Saulteaux
26-68-7-W5
54° 55' N 114° 58' W
Approximately 175 km north-west of Edmonton
 

The origin of the name Agnes Lake is not known although there is a suggestion it may have been named by J.N. Wallace, DLS, ALS, during his survey of the 18th baseline in 1905.
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Aiguille Peak 82 N/15 - Mistaya Lake
6-33-19-W5
51° 48' N 116° 40' W
Approximately 105 km north-west of Banff on the Alberta-BC boundary
 

The name for this peak, which is 2,999 m in altitude, is the French word for needle. It is descriptive of the shape of the peak and was submitted by A.O. Wheeler in 1918.
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Akuinu River 83 J/16 - Chisholm
23-68-3-W5
54° 53' N 114° 21' W
Flows north-west into Salteaux River approximately 41 km SE of Slave Lake
 

In 1920, J.N. Wallace, DLS, ALS, wrote "Akuinu River, name of Indian tribes south of Chipewyans are called "Ethinyew" or Inenyew." The Cree name for Salteaux is Nak-aw-ew-iy-i-new, which is likely a corruption of this name.
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Alcove Mountain 83 D/9 - Amethyst Lakes
16-42-2-W6
52° 37' N 118° 14' W
Approximately 31 km south south-west of Jasper
 

This 2,810 m mountain was named by M.P. Bridgland in 1916. The mountain is located in a recess behind Ermite Glacier.
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Alderson Creek 82 H/4 - Waterton Lakes
20-1-30-W4
49° 03' N 113° 58' W
Flows north into Carthew Brook approximately 50 km south of Pincher Creek
 

This creek was named in 1915 by M.P. Bridgland. It is named after Lt-General E.A.H. Alderson, KCB, who commanded the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France from 1915 to 1916.
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Alice Creek 84 I/6 - Lake Dene
SW-24-107-20-W4
58° 18' N 113° 12' W
Flows north into Birch River approximately 195 km north north-west of Fort McMurray
 

Originally showing on a map of 1916, it was likely named by F.V. Seibert, DLS, ALS who surveyed this area in August 1915.
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Allan Lake 83 K/16 - Wallace River
SE-4-69-14-W5
54° 56' 20” N 116° 03' 30” W
Approximately 70 km east south-east of Valleyview
 

This was apparently named by W.T. Green, DLS, after his brother, Allan. It was officially approved in 1906.
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Allison Peak 82 G/10 - Crowsnest
20-9-5-W5
49° 45' N 114° 39' W
Approximately 16 km north-west of Coleman, on the Alberta-BC boundary
 

The name Allison Peak was officially approved for this 2,643 m peak on July 22, 1915. M.P. Bridgland submitted the name for the memory of Douglas Allison, a former Royal North West Mounted Policeman who was an early settler in this area.
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Alnus Peak 83 D/18 - Athabasca Pass
36-40-1-W6
52° 29' N 118° 00' W
Approximately 44 km south of Jasper
 

This 2,976 m mountain peak was named by A.O. Wheeler in 1921 after the alder (Latin, "alnus") tree, likened to the birch tree, which grows on the mountains sides.
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Altrude Lakes 82 N/1 - Mount Goodsir
21-26-15-W5
51° 14' N 116° 03' W
Approximately 35 km west north-west of Banff
 

The name for these lakes was approved in 1952. It is said that HJ Hoffner, in charge of the survey, changed the name of the creek from "Little Vermilion," as instructed. He and his assistant, Robert U. McGuiness, derived the name Altrude from the Latin word, "altus," meaning "high" and the word "pulchritude," meaning "beautiful."
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Amber Mountain 83 C/13 - Medicine Lake
30-44-27-W5
52° 49' N 117° 55' W
Approximately 16 km SE of Jasper
 

The descriptive name for this mountain, whose summit is covered with amber-coloured shale, was suggested by M.P. Bridgland in 1916.
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Amethyst Lakes 83 D/9 - Amethyst Lakes
18-43-2-W6
52° 42' N 118° 16' W
Approximately 22 km south-west of Jasper
 

R.W. Cautley noted in 1921 that the name Amethyst is descriptive of the lakes' beautiful violet-coloured water. The name was made official in 1956.
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Anderson Creek 83 F/6 - Pedley
15-50-23-W5
53° 19' N 117° 17' W
Flows east into McLeod River, approximately 64 km south-east of Edson
 

This creek was officially named in July 1927 possibly after Harold Anderson, a trapper and homesteader on the McLeod River. He was also involved in census-taking in 1937 and became part of a 1946 survey party which renamed features in the area.
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Anderson Peak 82 G/1 - Sage Creek
2-1-W5
49° 08' N 114° 04' W
Approximately 15 km north-west of Waterton Park
 

This 2,652 m peak is named in honour of Lt. Samuel Anderson, RE, the Chief Astronomer of the Second British Boundary Commission of 1872-1876, from Lake of the Woods to the Rockies. Lt. Anderson was also the Secretary of the First British Boundary Commission of 1862-1869, surveying from the Strait of Georgia to the Rockies.
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Annette Lake 83 D/16 - Jasper
26-45-1-W6
52° 54' N 118° 03' W
Approximately 3 km north-east of Jasper
 

This attractive lake was named in 1914 by H. Matheson of the Dominion Land Survey after the wife of Colonel S. Maynard Rogers, a superintendent of Jasper Park.
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Aquila Mountain 83 D/9 - Amethyst Lakes
29-43-1-W6
52° 44' N 118° 07' W
Approximately 16 km south of Jasper
 

There was an eagle seen at the peak at the time of naming in 1916. Aquila is the Latin for "eagle." M.P. Bridgland gave this 2,825 mountain its descriptive name.
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Archer Lake 74 L/1 - Archer Lake
13-105-2-W4
58° 07' N
110° 21' W
Approximately 159 km north north-east of Fort McMurray
 

Both the lake and the creek were named after W. Archer, a member of the survey crew of F.V. Seibert, DLS, ALS, in 1915.
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Arctomys Peak 82 N/15 - Mistaya Lake
23-34-22-W5
51° 56' N 116° 59' W
Approximately 130 km north-west of Banff
 

This 2,793 m mountain peak was named by A.O. Wheeler in 1919 after the whistling marmots (genus arctomys columbianus) seen in the valley.
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Arcturus Peak 83 E/7 - Blue Creek
34-51-5-W6
53° 27' N 118° 41' W
Approximately 74 km north-west of Jasper.
 

Arcturus is a character from Greek mythology. The name means "little bear." Arcturus is one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. This mountain, first named by R.W. Cautley, was officially named May 1, 1934 and is part of the Starlight Range.
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Aries Peak 82 N/15 - Mistaya Lake
33-32-19-W5
51° 47' N 116° 38' W
Approximately 100 km north-west of Banff on the Alberta-BC boundary
 

This 2,996 m mountain peak was named by A.O. Wheeler in 1918 after the wild sheep (also known as Aries) seem on the mountain.
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Armstrong, Mount 82 J/7 - Mount Head
16-6-W5
50° 21' N 114° 46' W
Approximately 49 km south-west of Turner Valley
 

J.D. Armstrong was killed in action April 12, 1917. It is for this member of the Surveyor General's staff that this mountain, 2823 m in altitude, was named.
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Arris Mountain 83 D/16 - Jasper
8-42-2-W6
52° 46' N 118° 15' W
Approximately 16 km south-west of Jasper
 

The name for this 2,705 m mountain overlooking the Crescent Valley is synonymous with arete and is descriptive of the geographical features found there. The name was applied in 1916 by M.P. Bridgland.
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Ashlar Ridge 83 F/4 - Miette
36-48-27-W5
53° 11' N 117° 48' W
Approximately 32 km south-west of Hinton
 

The descriptive name for this ridge, which resembles a smooth wall, was suggested by M.P. Bridgland in 1916. Ashlar is a form of masonry.
Place Names of Alberta Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills by Aphrodite Karamitsanis