504 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
ranges named by the Palliser expedition. In 1885, the writer extended 
the surveyed area in the Rockies, to the North Saskatchewan river. 
In 1884, the British Association met in Montreal and, later, the 
Canadian Pacific provided transportation to the ‘end of steel,’ near 
present Field station. Mount Temple was named after Sir Richard 
Temple, the, then, President of the Economic Science and Statistics 
section of the British Association. This magnificent peak is near mount 
Lefroy, named after Maj. Gen. Lefroy who, by a curious coincidence, 
was, then, President of the Geographical section of the Association. 
-Mount McDougall is after the famous Methodist missionary 
wholaboured among the Stoneysand after his sons, David and Rev. John 
McDougall. Healy creek is after Capt. J. J. Healy who, in 1884, was 
prospecting for copper in the mountains opposite Castle station. Van 
Horne range, after Sir William Van Horne, General Manager, later, 
Chairman, of the Canadian Pacific. The magnificent peak, mount 
Assiniboine, after the Assiniboines or Stoneys, who claim, as their 
hunting grounds, the Rockies from the United States border to the 
watershed between the North Saskatchewan and Athabaska. 
Three peaks, McConnell, Tyrrell and White, bear the names of 
Dr. Dawson’s assistants in 1882, 1883 and 1884, respectively. 
Reference need not be made to descriptive names such as Wind, 
Grotto, Hole-in-the-wall, Storm, Mist, Misty, Blue, Tombstone and 
many others which are either descriptive of the feature or of conditions 
existing at date of exploration. 
Dr. Dawson named peaks after Thomas Drummond, Naturalist 
to the second Franklin expedition, 1825-27, and after David Douglas, 
a Scottish botanist who crossed the Rockies by the Athabaska pass 
in 1827. Mt. Verendrye is after the famous French explorer and 
mount De Smet after the missionary whose travels in the Rockies 
have already been referred to. Mount Selkirk is, of course, after 
Lord Selkirk, founder of the Red River Colony. Wi-suk-i-tshak 
range and Oldman river are after the “Old Man’’—Wi-suk-i-tshak— 
of the Crees, a mythical character, with supernatural attributes 
familiar under one name or other, to all students of American folk- 
lore. The name of the Oldman river in Cree is Is-e-enoo-met-ewe- 
win-si-pi; in Stoney, Îs-sa-goo-win-1h-ska-da-wap-ta. Fortunately, 
neither of these names has passed into common use. 
Of the railway stations on the main line of the Canadian Pacific 
railway, Banff, Duthil, Leanchoil and Canmore were named by Lord 
Strathcona or Lord Mount-Stephen after localities near their birth- 
places. Donald is named after Lord Strathcona and Stephen is after 
George Stephen, Lord Mount-Stephen, sometime President of the 
Canadian Pacific; Hector and Palliser are after two members of the 
