Barber Lake - Buttress Mountain
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Barber Lake 74 L/2 -
Larocque Lake
11-105-6-W4
58° 06' N 110° 52' W
Approximately 148 km north of Fort McMurray
It was named after H.G. Barber, DLS. The name shows as early as
1919 of federal government
maps.
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Baril Lake 74 L/12 - Hilda Lake
112-10-W4
58° 46' N 111° 41' W
Approximately 219 km north of Fort McMurray
The lake was named in
1916
by J.A. Fletcher, DLS, after M.C.L. Baril of the Surveyor General's
staff who was killed in action on November 9,
1915.
There is also a mountain peak south-west of Turner Valley named after
him.
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Baril Peak 82 J/7 - Mount Head
34-15-6-W5
50° 18' N 114° 45' W
Approximately 52 km south-west of Turner Valley
M.C.L. Baril of the Surveyor General's staff was killed in action
November 9,
1915. This
2,998 m mountain was named after him.
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Barwell, Mount 82 J/15 -
Bragg Creek
17-21-5-W5
50° 47' N 114° 39' W
Approximately 40 km south-west of Calgary
This mountain, which is 1,829 m in altitude, was named in
1916
after C.S.W. Barwell
of the Dominion Land Survey. He was an assistant to
A.O. Wheeler on surveys
in 1895-1896 and subsequently moved to the Yukon.
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Base Line Lake 83 L/4 - Kakwa
Falls
35-60-13-W6
54° 14' N 119° 51' W
Approximately 62 km north-west of Grande Prairie
The name for this lake was officially adopted December 4,
1958
and is descriptive of the lake's location - it sits on the 16th
Baseline. A camera station was located neary during the Interprovincial
Boundary Survey,
1918-1924.
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Baseline Creek 83 B/3 - Tay
River
31-36-10-W5
52° 08' 00” N 115° 25' 45” W
Approximately 42 km south-west of Rocky Mountain House
This name, officially adopted November 8,
1978,
was given to this mountain because it lies on the 10th Baseline.
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Basilica Mountain 83 D/16
- Jasper
22-44-3-W6
52° 48' N 118° 20' W
Approximately 9 km south south-west of Jasper
The name for this mountain, 2,865 m in altitude, was given by
M.P. Bridgland in
1916. The mountain has a
fancied resemblance to a royal palace law courts or assembly hall,
commonly known as a basilica.
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Bastion Peak 83 D/9 - Amethyst
Lakes
15-43-3-W6
52° 43' N 118° 20' W
Approximately 26 km south-west of Jasper
This mountain peak, which is 2,970 m in altitude, has a sharp projecting
peak resembling a bastion. The name was suggested by
Dr. Edouard Deville and
was officially approved in
1916.
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Baxter Lakes 73 D/15 -
Wainwright
30-45-5-W4
52° 53' N 110° 43' W
Approximately 14 km north-east of the town of Wainwright
These lakes were named for Mr. Baxter, the driver of the supply team of
the survey party who conducted a survey of the area some time around
1914.
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Beacon Peak 83 D/9 - Amethyst
Lakes
20-41-2-W6
52° 32' N 118° 15' W
Approximately 39 km south south-west of Jasper
This 2,986 m mountain was named in
1922 by
A.O. Wheeler. The name
is descriptive of the peak's isolated position.
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Bearhead Creek 84 C/2 -
Harmon Valley
18-81-19-W5
56° 01' N 116° 58' W
Flows north-west into Heart River approximately 30 km south-east of
Peace River
The precise origin of the name of this creek is unknown; however, it was
referred to by this name by H.W. Selby, DLS, during his survey in 1908.
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Beaton Creek 84 C/12 - Dixonville
1-87-24-W5
56° 31' N 117° 41' W
Flows south-east into Whitemud River approximately 39 km north-west of
Peace River
It was named after A Beaton, the axeman on the
1913
survey crew of G.A. Tipper, DLS, ALS.
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Beatty Lake 84 M/16 - Thurston
Lake
14-125-1-W6
59° 51' 53” N 118° 02' 50” W
Approximately 153 km north north-west of High Level
This lake was named by J.R. Akins, DLS, during his
1915
survey of the 6th Meridian. The
person for whom the lake was named was not stated in Akins' field
correspondence. It was most probably named after one of three
colleagues, all called Beatty. James Edward Beatty of Sarnia Ontario
commissioned Dominion Land Surveyor on November 18, 1904; Frank Weldon
Beatty of Pembroke Ontario, or
William Benjamin Beatty,
both of whom were commissioned Dominion Land Surveyors on May 18,
1914.
There is also a possibility that Beatty refers to one of two earlier
Dominion Land Surveyors who received their commission on April 14, 1872,
David Beatty and Walter Beatty.
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Beaupre, Mount 83 E/2 -
Resplendent Creek
11-47-5-W6
53° 02' N 118° 37' W
Approximately 40 km west north-west of Jasper
This mountain, 2,778 m in altitude, was named in
1923
by A.O. Wheeler. It was
named after a guide of the Canadian Pacific exploration pary of 1872 led
by Sandford Fleming.
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Beauvert Lake 83 D/16 - Jasper
15-45-1-W6
52° 53' N 118° 03' W
Approximately 1km east of Jasper
The name for this lake was suggested by
H. Matheson, DLS, in
1914. The lake was originally
called Horseshoe Lake because of its shape but, to avoid duplication,
the name was changed to describe the "beautiful green" colouring ranging
through every tone from pale aquamarine to jade and malachite.
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Beaver Bluffs 83 E/1 - Snaring
49-1-W5
53° 13' N 118° 04' W
Approximately 37 km north of Jasper
This high, steep ridge was named by
M.P. Bridgland in
1916 after the numerous beaver
found along the Athabasca River.
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Beaver River 74 E/4 - Fort
MacKay
6-94-10-W4
57° 35' N 110° 07' W
Flows north north-east into Athabasca River approximately 55 km north of
Fort McMurray
The precise origin of the name of this river is unknown; it probably
denotes the presence of the ubiquitous beaver. It was recorded by
A.D. Griffin, DLS, in
1915.
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Beaverskin Creek 84 L/4 -
Chasm Creek
25-105-13-W6
58° 09' N 120° 00' W
Flows west north-west into British Columbia approximately 50 km
south-west of Rainbow Lake
Beaverskin Creek is a translation of the Slavey name for this creek and
was adopted in
1952 when a
unique name was required by a boundary survey party.
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Beavertail Creek 83 M/5 -
Hythe
5-22-73-11-W6
56° 20' N 119° 37' W
Flows north-east into Beaverlodge River approximately 50 km north-west
of Grande Prairie
Officially named in
1947
at the suggestion of a survey party for the beaver found in this creek.
In 1909, when the Dominion Land Survey came through the area, the
surveyor listed no name for the creek. When the federal government map
of
1917 was
published, the creek was called Alex Creek.
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Behan 73 M/6 - Winefred Lake
35-72-10-W5
55° 17' N 110° 26' W
Approximately 70 km north north-east of Lac La Biche
There have been two suggested origins of the name. The
1928 version of Place Names of
Alberta stated it was named after the nearby lake which was, in turn,
named after the cook on the survey party of G.H. Blanchet, DLS.
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Behanhouse Creek 82 O/7
Wildcat Hills
36-26-6-W5
51° 15' N 114° 43' W
Flows south-east into Ranche Creek, approximately 40 km west north-west
of Calgary.
The name for this creek was officially approved April 23,
1940. Mr. Behan was a cook on
a survey party.
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Belyea Lake 74 M/9 - Colin Lake
NE-14-121-1-W4
59° 31' N 110° 03' W
Approximately 310 km north north-east of Fort McMurray
Named after A.P.C. Belyea.
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Bennington Peak 83 D/9 -
Amethyst Lakes
36-42-3-W6
52° 39' N 118° 18' W
Approximately 29 km south south-west of Jasper
This 3,263 m mountain peak is a peak of Mount Fraser. It was named by
A.O. Wheeler in
1922 after Bennington,
Vermont, where Simon Fraser was born.
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Bergeron Creek 84 H/11 -
Bergeron Creek
17-100-20-W4
57° 41' N 113° 15' W
Flows south-west into Birch River 155 km north-west of Fort McMurray
It is likely named by F.V.
Seibert, DLS, ALS, while he and his crew surveyed the 27th Baseline
in
1914. The
baseline crosses the creek. The map compiled from the survey shows the
name Bergeron Creek.
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Bergne, Mount 82 N/15 -
Mistaya Lake
23-32-21-W5
51° 46' N 116° 52' W
Approximately 110 km north-west of Banff
Frank Bergne was a member of the Alpine Club (London). He was killed
while climbing with A.O.
Wheeler in 1907 in Switzerland. This 3,176 m mountain was named by
Wheeler in
1920 after Bergne.
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Bertha Peak 82 H/4 - Waterton
Lakes
1-30-W4
49° 03' N 113° 56' W
Approximately 50 km south of Pincher Creek
The three features Bertha Creek, Lake and Peak are said to be named
after an early resident of Waterton Lakes National Park. The name was
first used on a map of the Crowsnest Forest Reserve by
M.P. Bridgland in
1914. No details are known
about the person after whom these features were named.
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Bewley Island 84 C/6 -
Weberville
6-84-21-W5
56° 15' N 117° 18' W
Large island in Peace River approximately 3 km north of the town of
Peace River
The precise origin of the name of this island is unknown; the name was
recorded by J.S. Galletley, DLS, in
1912.
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Biollo Lake 83 I/9 - Hylo
33--14-W4
54° 40' 30” N 112° 03' 00” W
Approximately 7 km west of Lac La Biche
This lake was named in honour of Oliver John Biollo (1883-?), pioneer
farmer in this district, which he named Venice after his home city. He
had been working with an early survey crew which happened to be plotting
out a road survey in the vicinity of this lake, and the surveyors named
the feature after Mr. Biollo, in appreciation for his help.
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Birch Creek 73 M/11 - Conklin
32-76-7-W4
55° 38' N 111° 03' W
Flows east into Christmas Lake approximately 105 km north-east of Lac La
Biche
The name was recorded by W.H. Waddell, DLS, ALS, when he and his crew
were surveying in the area in
1915.
The name is likely descriptive of the local flora.
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Birch Hills 83 M/9 - Peoria
77-W6
55° 41' N 118° 15' W
Approximately 65 km north-east of Grande Prairie
The name is apparently a translation of the Cree word "waskwai." In the
1902 Dominion Land Surveyor's field notes it is referred to as
Fairfield's Birch Hills but changed to Birch Hills in the final report.
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Birch Mountain 84 H/6 -
Alberta
16-98-20-W4
57° 30' N 113° 10' W
Approximately 138 km north-west of Fort McMurray
The precise origin of the name is probably descriptive. The name was
recorded by A.W. Ponton, DLS, ALS, in
1910
and is likely the feature referred to by George Simpson in
1920 as Bark Mountain. Its
elevation is 823 metres.
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Bisset Lake 83 J/6 - Chisholm
34-68-2-W5
54° 56' N 114° 13' W
Approximately 48 km south-east of Slave Lake
It was named before
1914
and likely took its name from survey crew members who surveyed the 18th
Baseline in
1905.
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Bistre, Mount 83 E/1 - Snaring
4-49-2-W6
53° 12' N 118° 13' W
Approximately 38 km north north-west of Jasper
The descriptive name for this 2,346 m mountain was suggested by
M.P. Bridgland in
1916 from the warm brown
colour of the feature.
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Bivouac Creek 84 L/4 - Chasm
Creek
24-106-13-W6
58° 12' 22” N 120° 00' 00” W
Flows north north-west into British Columbia approximately 50 km
south-west of Rainbow Lake
The name was recorded by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Survey in
1950-1951.
The name bivouac implies that the boundary survey named the creek after
camping there a short while.
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Blackhorn Peak 83 D/9 -
Amethyst Lakes
25-42-2-W6
52° 39' N 118° 09' W
Approximately 26 km south of Jasper
The descriptive name for this sharp, black mountain, 3,000 m in
altitude, was given in
1916
by M.P. Bridgland.
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Blackrock Mountain 83 D/9
- Amethyst Lakes
36-41-3-W6
52° 34' N 118° 17' W
Approximately 37 km south south-west of Jasper
The name for this 2,910 m mountain is descriptive.
A.O. Wheeler give it
its name in
1922.
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Blackspring Ridge 82 1/2 -
Gleichen
12-32-22-W4
50° 04' N 112° 57' W
Approximately 35 km north of Lethbridge.
The ridge, which extends in a north-south direction, was surveyed in
1883 by Charles Magrath
and commands a fine view of the countryside.
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Blanchet Lake 84 A/11 -
Blanchet Lake
5-89-20-W4
56° 41' N 113° 09' W
Approximately 107 km west of Fort McMurray
Named after Guy Haughton Blanchet, DLS (1884-1966),
who worked in this area during
1911
and
1912. He had
recorded the name for the feature as Island Lake. Blanchet graduated
from McGill University in
1905
and received his Dominion Lands Surveyor commission in
1910.
He had a long career in the Canadian North, running township lines and
baselines, as well as working on position of the Alberta-Saskatchewan
boundary. In
1929, he was
involved in the first search and rescue operation using aircraft in the
Arctic, when the C.D.H. MacAlpine party got lost along the coast near
Coppermine. Blanchet enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery in
1942, but was seconded to work
on the Canol pipeline project. Afterwards, he spent several years
surveying the Mackenzie watershed before finally retiring. This lake was
not officially named until
1974.
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Bluff Mountain 82 G/9 -
Blairmore
12-8-4-W5
49° 38' N 114° 25' W
Approximately 3 km north-east of Blairmore in the Blairmore Range
This 2,145 m mountain was named in 1902. Its name is descriptive of a
high steep bank or cliff. It was officially named by
M.P. Bridgland in
1915.
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Bohn Lake 73 M/15 - Bohn Lake
2-80-5-W4
55° 54' N 110° 41' W
Approximately 90 km south south-east of Fort McMurray
The lake was named in
1914
after the explorer on F.V.
Seibert's survey crew, F.O. Bohn.
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Boivin Creek 84 A/2 - Boivin
Creek
26-82-17-W4
56° 08' N 112° 33' W
Flows north-west into Athabasca River approximately 96 km south-west of
Fort McMurray
The creek was named after E. Boivin, DLS who worked along Range 17 in
1914.
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Bolton Creek 84 I/5 - Ruis Lake
NW-10-107-23-W4
58° 17' N 113° 46' W
Flows north into Birch River approximately 195 km east of High Level
It appears on a federal government map of
1916
and is likely named after a survey crew member.
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Bolton, Mount 82 J/7 - Mount
Head
16-6-W5
50° 20' N 114° 48' W
Approximately 52 km south-west of Turner Valley
L.E.S. Bolton, DLS, was a member of the Surveyor General's staff in
Ottawa. He was killed in action in the First World War in June
1916.
This mountain, 2,706 m in altitude, was named in his honour.
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Bowden 82 O/16 - Olds
23-34-1-W5
51° 55' 50” N 114° 02' 00” W
Approximately 42 km south south-west of Red Deer
There are three explanations for the origin of the name. The most widely
accepted version says that a surveyor named Williamson suggested that
this siding on the Edmonton-Calgary Trail take the maiden name of his
wife.
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Bowesman Lake 84 C/12 -
Dixonville
4-89-24-W5
56° 41' N 116° 46' W
Approximately 28 km south south-west of Manning
A survey of
1912 left the lake unnamed
but, by
1923,
the name began to appear on township plans, which were compiled from the
survey of F.V. Seibert
in
1921. It was
likely named after a survey crew member.
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Brander Lake 74 L/8 - Brander
Lake
2-109-1-W4
58° 26' N 110° 03' W
Approximately 200 km north north-east of Fort McMurray
One possible origin of the name is that the lake is part of a group of
features surveyed along the 28th Baseline in the mid-1910s, and that it
was named after a survey crew member.
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Breaker Mountain 82 N/15 -
Mistaya Lake
32-19-W5
51° 46' N 116° 39' W
Approximately 100 km north-west of Banff on the Alberta-BC boundary
This 3,058 m mountain was named by
A.O. Wheeler in
1918. The name describes the
snow formation on the mountain.
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Briant Creek 73 M/9 -
Alberta-Saskatchewan
1-13-77-1-W4
55° 40' N 110° 00' W
Flows south into Saskatchewan approximately 135 km south-east of Fort
McMurray
The creek first appears on federal government maps in
1917. It is likely named after
L.D. Briant, a chainman on the
J.N. Wallace survey
crew in the area in 1909.
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Bridgland Creek 82 O/14 -
Limestone Mountain
16-32-10-W5
51° 45' N 115° 21' W
Flows south-east into James River approximately 65 km north north-east
of Banff
The name for this creek was officially approved December 17,
1941.
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Bridgland, Mount 83 D/15 -
Rainbow
16-46-4-W6
52° 57' N 118° 32' W
Approximately 32 km west north-west of Jasper
This 2,930 m mountain was named in
1918
after Morrison Parsons
Bridgland. He was born and educated in Toronto and had a background
in mathematics and physics. He first came west in 1902 as an assistant
to A.O. Wheeler.
Bridgland was a
founding member of the Alpine Club of Canada.
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Bruce Lake 83 J/16 - Chisholm
4-69-2-W5
54° 57' N 114° 14' W
Approximately 51 km south-east of Slave Lake
It was named before
1914,
and took its name from survey crew member Charles Bruce, one of the crew
which surveyed the 18th Baseline in
1905.
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Brush Mountain 83 N/2 - Snipe
Lake
35-69-18-W5
55° 02' N 116° 37' W
Approximately 43 km east of Valleyview
The name was officially adopted in the early 1950s after a field survey
was conducted in the area. It is possibly descriptive of the vegetation
on the feature, which is fairly visible because of the comparatively
flat surrounding terrain. Its elevation is 900 metres.
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Buchan Lake 84 O/15 - Vermilion
Lake
34-126-6-W5
60° 00' N 114° 57' W
Approximately 203 km north north-east of High Level
Officially approved in
1944, it was
named by C.B.C. Donnelly,
DLS, ALS after an observation plane pilot.
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- Buchanan Close
- North of Rabbit
Hill Road, east of Terwillegar Drive, Edmonton
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- This road is named
in honour of two men, both of whom were named Buchanan but were not
related. John
Alexander Buchanan was a Canadian senator and a long-time
Edmonton resident. He was born in Ontario and came to Edmonton in
1910, where he
worked for the federal government. He did considerable survey work
in the Peace River country and the Northwest Territories.
Buchanan was a
prominent member of the Conservative Party and was appointed to the
Senate in 1959,
retiring six years later. The name was approved in
1988.
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Buchanan Creek 84 C/14 -
Buchanan Creek
14-91-21-W5
56° 53' N 117° 15' W
Flows east into Peace River, 22 km east south-east of Manning
Named after John
Alexander Buchanan, DLS, ALS. The name shows on a
1919 survey
map as Bear Creek.
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Buckston Lake 74 L/5 -
Welstead Creek
27-107-12-W4
58° 19' N 111° 55' W
Flows north-west into Lake Claire approximately 170 km north
north-west of Fort McMurray
Officially named in
1914 after A. Scott
Buckston, DLS.
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Buffalo Hill 84 F/16 -
Buffalo Hill
23-103-14-W5
57° 57' N 116° 12' W
Approximately 82 km south-east of High Level
The name shows on a
1916 survey map as Buffalo
Head Hills and is part of this set of hills.
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Burnt River 84 G/9 - Alberta
19-100-3-W5
57° 42' N 114° 29' W
Flows south-west into Mikkwa River approximately 184 km south-east
of High Level
The precise origin of the name of this river is unknown. It may have
been an area burned out by forest fire at the time. J.B. St. Cyr,
DLS, recorded the name during a survey in 1909.
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Buttress Lake 83 D/9 -
Amethyst Lakes
32-42-1-W6
52° 39' N 118° 07' W
Approximately 24 km south of Jasper
The descriptive name for this lake was applied by
M.P. Bridgland in
1916
because of the numerous cliffs around it.
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Buttress Mountain 83
D/16 - Jasper
28-46-2-W6
52° 59' N 118° 13' W
Approximately 10 km north north-west of Jasper
This 2,685 m mountain was named by
M.P. Bridgland in
1916.
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