Inkster Lake - Joslyn Creek

 

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Inkster Lake 74 M/16 - Andrew Lake
NE-36-125-1-W4
59° 55' N 110° 01' W
Approximately 353 km north north-east of Fort McMurray on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary

Records indicate that the name was included in a list of additional names dated November 28, 1938 after the members of the Saskatchewan-Alberta Boundary Commission and the survey party who made the survey of the boundary from Lake Athabasca to the 60th Parallel. The lake was named after Oluff Inkster, the assistant on the survey.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Intersection Mountain 83 E/13 - Dry Canyon
3-56-14-W6
53° 48' N 120° 00' W
Approximately 58 km west south-west of Grande Cache, on the Alberta-BC boundary

The name for this 2,452 m mountain was chosen in preference to "Mount Haig" to avoid duplication. The mountain is located at the intersection of the Continental Divide with the 120th Meridian. Intersection Mountain was the name suggested by R.W. Cautley and this name was officially applied to the feature in 1925.
Place Names of Alberta Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills by Aphrodite Karamitsanis

Iroquois Creek 83 N/7 - Triangle
14-75-17-W5
55° 29' N 116° 32' W
Flows north-east into West Prairie River, approximately 8 km west of High Prairie

In his field notes of 1911, Arthur St. Cyr records "nat-sho-e or Iroquois Creek."
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Island Creek 84 D/2 - Hines Creek
18-81-4-W6
56° 01' N 118° 37' W
Flows south into Hines Creek approximately 15 km south-west of Fairview

The name is likely descriptive of the feature and was noted by J.B. St. Cyr, DLS, in 1908.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Island Lake 84 A/14 - Mink Lake
34-89-21-W4
56° 46' 55” N 113° 15' 40” W
Approximately 124 km west of Fort McMurray

A descriptive name, because of the small island in the centre of the lake. It was recorded by G.H. Blanchet, DLS, in 1912.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Jack Creek 84 D/2 - Hines Creek
23-83-5-W6
56° 12' N 118° 41' W
Flows south south-west into Hines Creek approximately 24 km north-west of Fairview

The precise origin of the name of this creek is unknown. It appears on a map by G.A. Tipper, DLS, ALS, as a result of his 1912 survey.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Jarvis Creek 83 F/12 - Gregg Lake
1-54-26-W5
53° 38' N 117° 42' W
Flows north into Wildhay River, approximately 27 km north north-west of Hinton

Edward William Jarvis and CF Hanington conducted a study of the CPR survey route during the winter of 1874-1875. Jarvis joined the NWMP as superintendent after his long arduous survey of the area from Fort George to the Athabasca River. The name for this creek was suggested by a local surveyor, Saint Cyr, in 1908, after E.W. Jarvis.
Place Names of Alberta Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills by Aphrodite Karamitsanis

Jean Cote 83 N/14 - Lac Magloire
36-79-22-W5
55° 54' N 117° 19' W
Approximately 20 km north north-west of Falher

Named after Senator Jean Leon Cote, DLS, ALS.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey
 

Jellett Way

North of Jackson Road, west of Jefferson Road, Edmonton

 

Born in Canada West in 1859, St. George Jellett came west with a survey party. After a few years of farming at Clover Bar, Jellett moved to Edmonton where he worked as an insurance agent. He was the secretary-treasurer of the Edmonton District Telephone Company and the Edmonton Electric Light Company.

Naming Edmonton by the City of Edmonton

Jessie, Mount 83 E/6 - Twintree Lake
12-50-10-W6
53° 18' N 119° 20' W
Approximately 95 km west north-west of Jasper

This mountain, which is 2,652 m in altitude, was named in 1925 after Miss Jessie Campbell. She was the sister of A.J. Campbell, DLS, ALS.
Place Names of Alberta Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills by Aphrodite Karamitsanis

Johnson Lake 74 M/16 - Andrew Lake
SE-14-124-1-W4
59° 46' N 110° 03' W
Approximately 338 km north north-east of Fort McMurray

This was named after P.N. Johnson, a Director of Surveys in Alberta.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey

Joslyn Creek 74 E/5 - Bitumount
34-95-11-W4
57° 17' N 111° 42' W
Flows south-east into Ellis River approximately 65 km north north-west of Fort McMurray

It was named by G.H. Blanchet, DLS, during his survey in 1914; the origin is unknown.
Place Names of Alberta Volume IV Northern Alberta by Merrily K. Aubrey