[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 517 
Grace; creek, Fording river, Elk river, B.C.; after W. G. Grace, who located coal in 
vicinity; during the winter of 1893-94, published the “Fort Steele Prospector,” 
the first newspaper in East Kootenay, a weekly, circulation 100, all typewritten 
six copies at a time. 
Grassy; mountain, Crowsnest river, Alta.; descriptive. 
Grave; creek, Elk river, B.C.; after two Indian graves near its mouth. 
Grease; creek, Red Deer river, Alta.; ‘‘so called from the bushes of knotched- 
leaved birch, which, for some mysterious reason, is named greasewood.’’ Cree 
name is to-muna, Stoney is sna-tin-da-wap-ta. 
Green; hills, Elk river, B.C.; descriptive. 
Grotto; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; descriptive; it contains a large cave with 
high-arched roof, narrow at the mouth. (Bourgeau) 
Grundy; creek, Kootenay river, B.C.; after Grunde D’Aarkhus, a Danish prospector. 
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Habel; mount and glacier, Blaeberry river, B.C.; after Dr. Jean Habel, Berlin, 
Germany; died 1902. 
Haddo; peak, Bow river, Alta.; after George, Lord Haddo, eldest son of the Marquess 
of Aberdeen and Temair. 
Hanbury; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; named by Whymper after Cornelius 
Hanbury, head of the firm of Allen & Hanbury. 
Hanbury; post office, Kootenay river, B.C.; after John Hanbury, President, North 
Star Lumber Co., operating in vicinity. 
Hansen; creek and lake, Kootenay river, B.C.; after Nils Hansen who settled 
at present Wasa in 1886. f 
Hardisty; mount, Athabaska river, Alta.; after Chief Factor Richard Hardisty 
of the Hudson’s Bay Co., who was in charge at fort Carlton, Sask., when the 
Palliser expedition wintered there, 1857-58. (Hector) 
Harmer; creek, Michel creek, B.C.; after Frank Harmer, prominent citizen. 
Harrogate; railway station, Columbia river, B.C.; after Harrogate, fashionable 
watering place, Yorkshire, Eng. 
Hartley; creek, Elk river, B.C.; John Hartley located land at mouth in 1898. 
Harvey; creek, Flathead river, B.C.; after J. A. Harvey, lawyer, Cranbrook, B.C. 
Haskins; creek, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after George Haskins, a miner who 
worked claims in this valley. (Allen) 
Haven; creek, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after a man who had a grazing 
lease in this valley. k 
Haygarth; creek, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Wm. Haygarth; formerly 
lived in a cabin near its mouth. (Allen) 
Head; mount, Elk river, B.C and Alta.; after Sir Edmund Head, Governor General 
of Canada, 1854-61; Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Co., 1863-68. (Palliser) 
Healy; creek, Bow river, Alta.; named by Dr. Dawson, 1884, after Captain John J. 
Healy, sometime, manager of the N.A.T. & T. Company, Dawson, Yukon. 
Healy and his associates, J. S. and O. Dennis, located some copper claims on 
a neighbouring mountain. 
Hector; mount, Bow river, Alta.; after Dr. (later, Sir) James Hector (1834- 
1907), geologist of the Palliser expedition, 1857-60; appointed geologist to 
the Provincial Government of Otago, N.Z., 1861 ; Director, Geological 
Survey of New Zealand, 1865 till he resigned in 1907; re-visited scene of his 
explorations in 1904. (Dawson) 
Hector; lake, Bow river, Alta. and railway station, Kicking Horse river, B.C. 
