[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 515 
Ennis; mount, Beaverfoot river, B.C.; after the General Manager of the Allan 
Steamship Co. (Whymper) 
Erickson; railway station, creek, ridge and mount, Elk river, B.C.; after G. Erick- 
son, sometime, Superintendent, Canadian Pacific Ry., Cranbrook. 
Ernest; creek, Oldman river, Alta.; after Ernest Ernst; located coal just below the 
gap. 
Ewin; creek, Fording river, B.C.; after John Ewing; located coal in vicinity. 
Exshaw; railway station, Bow river, Alta.; after one of the directors of the Cement 
company, operating at this point. 
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Fairholme; mountains, Bow river, Alta.; named by Hector, probably after Fair- 
holm, seat, Lanarkshire, Scot. 
Fairview; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; from the magnificent view obtained from 
its summit. 
Fallen Timber; creek, Red Deer river, Alta.; descriptive; a translation of the Cree 
Indian name kow-tkh-ti-kow. 
Fatigue; mountain and creek, Bow river, Alta.; descriptive of explorer’s sensations 
when climbing mountain. 
Fay; mount, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; after Prof. Charles E. Fay, member of the 
Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. 
Fenwick; railway station, Kootenay river, B.C.; after a resident. 
Fernie; town, Elk river, B.C.; after William Fernie, who discovered coal in the Crows- 
nest Pass coal-field. 
Fiddle; mountain and river, Athabaska river, Alta.; presumably commemorates 
some incident in which a violin played a prominent part. 
Field; railway station and mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Cyrus West 
Field (1819-92), promoter of the first Atlantic cable; Field visited the locality 
in 1884. 
Fish; lake, Columbia river, B.C.; descriptive. 
Fisher; creek and mount, Kootenay river, B.C.; after “Jack Fisher, discoverer of 
gold in Wild Horse creek in the autumn of 1863 on return from prospecting on 
Findlay creek.” 
Fisher; range, Kananaskis river, Alta.; probably after George Fisher (1794-1873), 
British astronomer. (Palliser) 
Flathead; pass, townsite, range and river, B.C.; after the Flathead (Salish) 
Indians of western Montana; unlike several tribes on the Pacific coast, they do 
not flatten the heads of their children artificially; the name was probably ap- 
plied to them because they had some slaves from the coast with deformed heads. 
Foisey; creek, Flathead river, B.C.; after L. Foisey, fire warden. 
Folding; mountain, Athabaska river, Alta.; from the ‘folding’ of the rocks that 
compose it. 
Forbes; mount, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; named by Hector after Prof. 
James David Forbes (1809-68), Scottish scientist; sometime, principal of the 
United College of St. Andrews. 
Fording; river, Elk river, Kootenay, B.C.; named by Dr. Dawson in 1884, because 
the trail crossed and recrossed it frequently, necessitating fording. 
Forsyth; creek, Elk river, B.C.; after a Canadian Pacific railway employee. 
*Fortress; mountain and lake, Wood river, B.C.; peak so named after fancied re- 
semblance to a fortress. (Coleman) 
Fossil; peak, Bow river, Alta.; ‘‘from the numerous fossils in the limestone on its 
slopes.” ; 
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