[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 513 
Cottonwood; creek, Oldman river, Alta.; after cottonwood trees on its banks. 
Couldrey; creek, Flathead river, B.C.; after P. Couldrey, mine manager. Formerly, 
Calder creek; named by Michael Phillipps after a member of the International 
Boundary Commission which established the boundary line in 1858-62. 
Coulthard; mount, Crowsnest river, Alta.; after R. W. Coulthard, Calgary, a 
prominent mining engineer, now (1916), ‘somewhere in France.’ - 
*Cowley; village, Crowsnest river, Alta.; named by a rancher, F. W. Godsal: 
watching his cattle wandering across the prairie, he was reminded of Gray’s 
“lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea.” 
Crandell; lake and mount, Oldman river, Alta.; the ‘‘mountain lies east of oil 
wells being worked by M. Crandell.” 
Crooked; creek, Oldman river, Alta.; descriptive. 
Cross; river, Kootenay river, B.C.; Dawson says: ‘‘called Tsha-kooap-té-ha- 
wap-ta by the Stoneys and its name alludes to the circumstance related by them, 
that some early traveller set up a cross in the pass, not far from the summit.”’ 
The cross was erected by De Smet (q.v.), 1845. 
Crowsnest; mountain, Alta.; translation of Cree Indian name, Kah-ka-ioo-wut- 
tshis-tun; does not commemorate the slaughter of Crow Indians by the Black- 
feet when they got them in a corner or ‘nest,’ as set forth in local tradition, 
{ but merely the nesting of crows near the base of the peak. Name first ap- 
peared on the Palliser Expedition map. In a map accompanying Palliser’s 
preliminary report, it is named Lodge des Corbeaux. 
Crowsnest; lake and river, Alta., pass, Alta. and B.C., and railway station, B.C. 
Cuthead; creek, Cascade river, Alta.; translation of Stoney Indian name; probably 
refers to story of an Indian who cut his head on or near the stream. 
Cyclamen;. mountain, Oldman river, Alta.; after wild flower. 
Cyclone; peak, Red Deer river, Alta.; descriptive of storm raging on the peak when 
named. 
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Dainard; lake and creek, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Manuel Dainard, “‘a 
packer and guide who has done much to open up this portion of the mountains’’. 
(Allen) 
Dalhousie; mount, Brazeau river, Alta.; named by Southesk after “the 11th 
Earl of that title at whose house my journey to America was first suggested.” 
Cree Indian name is As’-tu-tin-as-sin-wati, signifying Hat mountain, from 
its resemblance, when seen from a distance, to a wide-brimmed hat. 
Daly; mount, Alta. and B.C., and glacier, Yoho river, B.C.; named by Prof. Chas. 
E. Fay, after late Judge Chas. F. Daly, President, American Geographical 
Society, 1864-99. 
Deltaform; mount, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; from the similarity of its form to 
the Greek letter A. 
Dennis; mountain and pass, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after late Lieut.-Col. J. 
Stoughton Dennis, Surveyor-General, Department of Interior. (Burgess) 
Dent; mountain, Blaeberry river, B.C. and Alta.; from its resemblance to a tooth. 
Deville; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Dr. E. Deville, D.T.S., Surveyor 
General of Canada. 
Devils Head; mountain, Ghost river, Alta.; translation of Cree name ‘We-ti-kwas-ti- 
kwan.’ Sir Geo. Simpson says that it bears ‘‘a rude resemblance to an upturned 
face.” 
Devils Thumb; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; descriptive. 
