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Annette; lake, Paradise valley, Bow river, Alta.; after Mrs. Astley, wife of the 
manager of the Lake Louise chalet. (Wilcox) 
Anthracite; railway station, Bow river, Alta.; anthracite coal formerly mined in 
vicinity. 
Arcs; lake, Bow river, Alta.; expansion of the Bow (q.v.) river. (Bourgeau) 
Armstrong; creek, Columbia river, B.C.; after Capt. F. P. Armstrong; he had a 
ranch at this point; in 1886, built and ran the Duchess, the first steamboat on 
the upper Columbia river. 
Assiniboine; mountain, Spray river, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; named by Dr. 
Dawson, 1884, after the Assiniboine (Stoney) Indians, who hunt in the Rockies 
from the 49th parallel to the watershed between the North Saskatchewan 
and Athabaska. 
Athabaska; river, pass, glacier, mount and lake, Alta.; an Algonquin Indian 
word signifying ‘‘place where there are reeds,”’ referring to the delta of Athapas=2 
river where it falls into Athabaska lake. 
Athalmer; village, Columbia river, B.C.; a Saxon word signifying ‘“‘most noble;” 
named after Hon. F. W. Aylmer, whose surname is derived from Athalmer. 
Avens; mount, Baker creek, Bow river, Alta.; after a wild flower, the campion. 
Ayesha; peak, Blaeberry river, B.C.; “crest of the mountain resembles a beautiful 
face turned upwards and, owing to the wild surroundings, suggested the name” 
of the heroine in Rider Haggard’s She. 
Aylmer; cafion and mountain, Bow river, Alta.; after town of Aylmer, Que. 
(McArthur) 
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Babel; mount, Bow river, Alta.; fancied resemblance to Tower of Babel. 
Back; mount, Palliser river, B.C.; after Admiral Sir George Back, Arctic ex- 
plorer. (Palliser) 
Baker; lake and creek, Bow river, Alta.; after a prospector, prospected in vicinity, 
1882 or 1883. 
Baker; mount and pass, Yoho and Blaeberry rivers, B.C.; after G. P. Baker, 
member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. (Collie) 
Balfour; mount, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; glacier, Alta.; mountain named by 
Hector after John Hutton Balfour (1808-84), botanist, Edinburgh, Scot. 
Ball; mount and pass, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; after John Ball (1818-89), Under 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1855-57. (Hector) 
Banff; town, Bow river, Alta.; after Banff, town, Scotland, which is a corruption 
of Bunaimb, ‘the mouth of the river.’ Named by Lord Strathcona, after his 
birthplace. 
Bankhead; village, Cascade river, Bow river, Alta; after Bankhead, Banffshire, 
Scotland. (Strathcona) 
Bare; mountains, Red Deer river, and hills, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; 
descriptive. 
Bath; creek and glacier, Bow river, Alta.; creek named July 20, 1881, when Major 
Rogers, of the Canadian Pacific engineering staff, took an involuntary ‘bath’ 
in it, when thrown from his horse. Named ‘‘Noore” creek by Hector, but name 
now obsolete. : 
Baynes; lake and post-office, Kootenay river, B.C.; after Andrew Bain, who located 
land on the lake in 1896. 
Beaver; lake and creek, Oldman river, Alta.; from translation of Blackfoot Indian 
name kak-ghik-stakiskway, ‘where the beaver cuts wood.’ 
