[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 519 
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Jacques, Roche; mountain, Athabaska river, Alta.; probably after a North 
West Co. or a Hudson’s Bay Co. employee. 
Jaffray; railway station, Kootenay river, B.C.; after late Hon. Robert Jaffray, 
Vice-Pres. of the Crows Nest Pass Coal Co. 
James; river and lakes, Red Deer river, Alta.; Cree Indian name, Ji-mis; after 
an Indian. 
Jasper; lake and village, Athabaska river, Alta.; after Jasper house, a post con- 
structed on lac à Brûlé by Jaspar Hawes, a trader and postmaster in the em- 
ploy of the North West Co.; later, the post was removed to present Jasper 
lake. Ross Cox says that, in 1817, Hawes wasin charge at Rocky Mountain 
(Jasper) house. 
Job; creek and pass, Brazeau river, Alta.; after a ‘Stoney Indian, Job Beaver, 
who had worked out the trail” up the valley of this stream. (Coleman) 
Johnson; creek, Bow river, Alta.; after a prospector of that name, who was 
here about 1882. 
Jonas; creek and pass, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after Jonas, a chief of 
the Morley band of Stoneys; in 1893, gave Coleman information respecting 
trails from North Saskatchewan to the Athabaska. (Coleman) 
*Jumpingpound; river, Bow river, Alta.; after a buffalo ‘pound,’ where the buffalo 
were driven over a high bank and killed. 
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Kananaskis; pass, Alta. and B.C., lakes and river, Bow river, Alta.; a corres- 
pondent states that it is a corruption of Kin-e-ah-kis, the name of a Cree 
who was killed beside the river, in a dispute over a woman. Palliser, in his 
report, says he named Kananaskis pass after ‘“‘an Indian, of whom there is a 
legend, giving an account of his most wonderful recovery from the blow of 
an axe, which had stunned but failed to kill him, and the river which flows 
through this gorge also bears his name.’’ If Kin-e-ah-kis was not killed, as 
stated, but made a wonderful recovery, the two statements are not necessarily 
inconsistent. 
Kananaskis; post office and range, Bow river, Alta. 
Kaufmann; mount, North Saskatchewan river, Alta. and B.C.; after Christian 
Kaufmann, Swiss guide; with Outram when mountain was first ascended. 
(Outram) 
Kerr; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Robert Kerr (1845-1916), Passenger 
Traffic Manager, Canadian Pacific Ry. 
Kicking Horse; pass, Alta. and B.C., and river, B. C.; Dr. Hector, geologist, 
Palliser expedition, was kicked by his horse near site of present Wapta station; 
name is abbreviation of translation of name given to the river by Hector’s 
Indians. 
Kikomun; creek, Kootenay river, B.C.; is Kutenai Indian for ‘deer lick’; there 
are a number of ‘licks’ on the stream. Mr. C. M. Edwards says: ‘Formerly 
known as Old John creek. In the autumn of 1865, ‘Old John,’ a packer, and 
a Frenchman camped on its banks. Some other packers arriving, found Old 
John shot through the head. The Frenchman was insane and never recovered 
sanity. In 1898, during road improvement, the skeleton, with a bullet hole 
in the back of the skull, an old revolver and a muzzle loader were found.” = 
