Place Names - Kakut Lake

Kakut Lake - Lucerne Peak


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Kakut Lake 83 M/10 - Woking
34-76-4-W6
55° 37' N 118° 32' W
Approximately 25 km south-east of Spirit River

This name is possibly Beaver or Cree in origin and has been translated to mean "Mud Lake." The name was recorded when J.H. Smith, DLS, ALS surveyed the area in 1911.
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Kakwa River 83 L/9 - Latornell River
64-4-W6
54° 37' N 118° 27' W
Flows north-east into Smoky River approximately 140 km Wsouth-east of Grande Prairie

Kakwa is the Cree word for porcupine, and it is the name Porcupine River that was recorded by the Dominion Land Surveyors when they were through the area around 1910. By 1924, the Cree name was applied to the river.
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Kane, Mount 83 D/8 - Athabasca Pass
12-40-2-W6
52° 26' N 118° 08' W
Approximately 49 km south of Jasper

This 3,090 m mountain was named in 1921 by A.O. Wheeler after Paul Kane (1810-1871). Kane was the most famous of all Canadian artist-explorers. One of his works is called "The Surveyor."
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Kataka Mountain 83 D/16 - Jasper
32-44-3-W6
52° 50' N 118° 23' W
Approximately 22 km west south-west of Jasper

The name for this 2,621 m mountain is the Indian word for "fort." The flat-topped mountain resembles a fort and was given its descriptive name in 1916 by M.P. Bridgland.
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Katrine Lake 83 D/16 - Jasper
33-45-1-W6
52° 55' N 118° 04' W
Approximately 5 km north of Jasper

H. Matheson of the Dominion Land Survey named this lake in 1914. The origin of the name is unknown.
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Keane Creek 74 L/7 - Keane Creek
5-2-109-6-W4
58° 26' N 110° 54' W
Flows north-west into Athabasca River approximately 182 km north of Fort McMurray

It was named after Jason Keane, an explorer who accompanied J.R. Akins during the survey of this area in 1917.
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Kentigern, Mount 82 N/16 - Siffleur River
32-17-W5
51° 47' N 116° 20' W
Approximately 85 km north-west of Banff

This 3,176 m mountain was named by R.W. Cautley in 1928 after St. Kentigern, who lived in the sixth century. This mountain peak marks the park boundary at a point dividing the Clearwater and Siffleur rivers. The name "Kentigern" was thought by Cautley to be "euphonious and striking."
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Kishinena Peak 82 G/1 - Sage Creek
2-2-W5
49° 07' N 114° 09' W
Approximately 18 km north-west of Waterton Park, on the Alberta-BC boundary

The name Kishinena may be a corruption of the Indian word, "ish-nee-nee," which means "there it is." Evidently, the survey party was looking for water, and the Kootenays who crossed the summit with them answered saying "ish-nee-nee," and because they speak with a gutteral sound, the survey party did not catch the proper pronuniciation.
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La Creche Mountain 83 E/13 - Dry Canyon
2-58-19-W6
53° 59' N 119° 58' W
Approximately 57 km west north-west of Grande Cache

This name was suggested for this 2,314 m mountain because it had been adopted as a cradle or nursery by mountain goats when R.W. Cautley was surveying in the area in 1925. Its precipitous easterly face provided an excellent setting for climbing practice for young goats.
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Lafond Creek 84 G/3 - Lafond Creek
17-93-7-W5
57° 03' N 115° 05' W
Flows east south-east into Loon River approximately 155 km east north-east of Manning

It was likely named after Joe Lafond, a packer for many survey crews who worked in this area. It appears on a map as early as 1915.
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Lalby Creek 83 N/14 - Lac Magloire
15-20-78-22-W5
55° 47' N 117° 22' W
Flows south-west into Hunting Creek approximately 12 km west north-west of Falher

The surveyor first in the area was H.W. Selby, and whether there is any connection with the last three letters of his name and the name of the creek is not known. It shows as early as 1914 on the federal government maps.
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Larne Creek 84 N/5 - Russet Creek
8-119-23-W5
59° 19' N 117° 54' W
Flows south-east into Steen River, approximately 102 km north north-west of High Level

The precise origin of the name of this creek is unknown. It may be after Larne County, Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was first noted by J.R. Akins, during his survey of September 1915.
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Larocque Creek 74 L/2 - Larocque Creek
7-105-5-W4
58° 06' N 110° 49' W
Approximately 148 km north of Fort McMurray

The lake was named after E. Larocque, an axeman for F.V. Seibert, DLS, ALS, who surveyed in this area as early as 1915.
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Latornell River 83 K/13 - Long Lake
14-69-27-W5
54° 58' N 118° 00' W
Flows east into Simonette River approximately 55 km east south-east of Grande Prairie

Originally known as Moose River, the name was changed around 1920 to honour Lt-Col A.J. Latornell, DLS, ALS, killed in WWI.
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Lawrence River 84 J/6 - Adams
24-108-7-W5
58° 23' N 115° 01' W
Flows south-east into Peace River approximately 123 km south-east of High Level

The name of this river derives from the influential Lawrence family who lived in northern Alberta. The name was first applied to the stream by C.P. Hotchkiss, DLS, in 1920. In 1914, the name for the stream was recorded as Horse Creek. Horse Creek is now locally known as the next stream to the east.
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Leather Peak 83 D/15 - Rainbow
18-45-5-W6
52° 52' N 118° 36' W
Approximately 35 km west of Jasper

The name for this 2,286 m mountain peak commemorates a disused name of the Yellowhead Pass. It was applied by A.O. Wheeler in 1918, and refers to the supplies for trading posts, such as moose or caribou skins, carried by fur traders through the nearby pass.
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Legend Lake 84 H/7 - Legend Lake
7-97-18-W4
57° 24' N 112° 55' W
Approximately 118 km north-west of Fort McMurray

The precise origin of the name of this lake is unknown. It was recorded as early as 1914 by G.H. Blanchet, DLS. According to the files of the Geographic Board of Canada, it was named for the Chipewyan legend that said the lake sometimes swallowed canoes.
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Lendrum Place
51 Avenue to 61 Avenue, 111 Street to 115 Street, Edmonton

Irish-born Robert Watt Lendrum (1834-1912) immigrated to Canada West in 1850 and went on to become an Alberta Land Surveyor. Lendrum came to south Edmonton in 1892 as a Dominion Land Surveyor and latter settled on a homestead in the Rabbit Hill area. The property that he once owned now makes up the Lendrum Place neighbourhood while the lake on this site was known as Lendrum Lake.

Naming Edmonton by the City of Edmonton

Levellers Creek 84 E/13 - Foulwater Creek
25-103-13-W6
57° 58' N 120° 00' W
Flows south-west into British Columbia approximately 70 km south south-west of Rainbow Lake

The name Levellers Creek was recorded by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Survey of 1951-1952, due to an accident that resulted in the levellers of the party getting dunked.
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Lick Peak 83 C/5 - Fortress Lake
14-40-28-W5
52° 27' N 117° 55' W
Approximately 50 km south south-east of Jasper on the Alberta-BC boundary

This 2,877 m peak was named in 1921 by A.O. Wheeler. There was a salt deposit, known as a "lick," near the nearby creek where wild animals gathered to obtain salt.
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Lily Lake 83 G/10 - Isle Lake
34-54-5-W5
53° 42' N 114° 39' W
Approximately 42km south-east of Mayerthorpe

The name for this lake was likely applied by surveyors, as it appears on a map produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, dated 1953. Its precise origin is unknown.
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Limon Lake 74 L/6 - Richardson Lake
31-108-8-W4
58° 26' N 111° 20' W
Approximately 180 km north of Fort McMurray

This descriptive name was noted as early as 1917 by J.R. Akins, DLS, Limon is the French translation of its earlier name, Mud Lake.
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Line Lake 74 E/9 - Johnson Lake
34-100-3-W4
57° 44' N 110° 24' W
Approximately 128 km north-east of Fort McMurray

This is a descriptive name as the lake is situated on the 26th Baseline. It was apparently called Reid Lake until it was officially named Line Lake.
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Lobstick River 83 G/11 - Chip Lake
33-53-9-W5
53° 37' N 115° 17' W
Flows east into Chip Lake, approximately 42 km south-west of Mayerthorpe

In 1862, the river was known to the Overlanders as "Buffalo-Dung River." The Overlanders were a group of men who travelled from eastern Canada to the Cariboo Gold Rush in 1862. The name Lobstick River was submitted for approval to the Canadian Geographic Board by A.O. Wheeler on February 1, 1911.
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Logan Lake 73 M/3 - Logan Lake
70-9-W4
55° 05' N 111° 23' W
Approximately 52 km north-east of Lac La Biche

The name has been on the maps since at least 1918 and was likely named after the Dominion Land Surveyor. (See Logan River)
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Logan River 73 M/4 - Philomena
15-13-71-12-W4
55° 09' N 111° 42' W
Flows south-east into Owl River approximately 45 km north north-east of Lac La Biche

A native of Nova Scotia, Robert Archibald Logan decided to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, a land surveyor in that province. After a number of years of apprenticeship working on survey crews in the Canadian West, he received his commission as a Dominion Land Surveyor in 1914. Shortly after this, he enlisted and served in the Royal Flying Corps until being taken prisoner of war in 1917. After the war, he returned to Canada. In 1922, he was the pilot on a government mission to establish police posts in the North and, while there, explored the area. His subsequent career was devoted to promoting the use of aerial photography for surveying. He was an authority on the Cree language and published a dictionary on the subject.
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Lonebutte 82 P/8 Dorothy
32-27-15-W4
51° 21' N 112° 09' W
Approximately 45 km south-east of Drumheller

It is located in a fairly level strip of country between the Hand Hills and the Red Deer River. The early ranchers and cowboys who arrived before this part of the country was surveyed likely used this conspicuous butte as a landmark.
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Long Lake 74 E/14 - Pearson Lake
26-107-7-W4
57° 58' 00” N 111° 01' 55” W
Approximately 140 km north north-east of Fort McMurray

This is a descriptive name first recorded by the surveyors in the area in 1905.
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Louis, Mount 82 O/4 - Banff
12-26-13-W5
51° 13' N 115° 41' W
Approximately 9 km south-west of Banff

Louis B. Stewart, DLS, DTS (1861-1937), after whom this 2,682 m mountain was named, was a profesor of surveying at the University of Toronto. He surveyed Banff National Park with his father, G.A. Stewart, the first Park Superintendent, in 1904.
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Low, Mount 82 N/10 - Blaeberry River
32-20-W5
51° 43' N 116° 48' W
Approximately 90 km north-west of Banff

This 2,722 m mountain was named in 1920 after A.P. Low (1861-1942). The former Arctic explorer (1903-1904) and director of the Dominion Survey (1906-1908) was, at the time of naming, Deputy Minister of the Department of Mines.
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Lower Rowe Lake 82 G/1 - Sage Creek
22-1-1-W5
49° 03' N 114° 03' W
Approximately 10 km west of Waterton Park

The lake may be found on the north face of Mount Rowe, which was named after Lieutenant Rowe, a surveyor on the British Boundary Commission of 1872-1876.
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Lucerne Peak 83 D/15 - Rainbow
18-45-5-W6
52° 52' N 118° 34' W
Approximately 34 km west of Jasper

This mountain peak overlooks Lucerne Railway Station and was named after Lucerne Lake and Canton in Switzerland. It was named in 1918 by A.O. Wheeler.
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