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Kinbasket; lake, Columbia river, B.C.; named, 1866, by Walter Moberly (q.v.) 
after an Indian chief whom he employed. 
King; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after late Dr. W. F. King, C.M.G., 
D.T.S., Chief Astronomer of Canada. 
Kirby & Spence; mount, Flathead river, B.C.; after William Kirby (1759-1850) 
and William Spence (1783-1860), entomologists, who collaborated in their 
professional work. (Blakiston) 
Kishinena; mountains and river, Flathead river, B.C.; Indian for ‘white fir’ 
or ‘balsam.’ 
Kiwetinok; peak, pass and creek, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; Cree Indian word 
signifying ‘on the north side.’ LÉ 
Kootenay; district, river and lake, B.C.; after the Kutenai tribe of Indians. The 
Indians inhabiting the lower Kootenay river were often called Flatbows in 
the earlier histories of the North-West—a literal translation of the name given 
to them by the French voyageurs in the Fur Company’s days. 
Kootenay Landing; railway station, B.C. 
Kootenay; plains, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; the Kootenays formerly 
crossed the Rockies to this point where they met the Indians of the prairies 
to trade horses, etc. 
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Lake Louise; station, Bow river, Alta.; after lake Louise (q.v.), which after 
Princess Louise. 
Lakes; valley of, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; descriptive; several lakes in it. 
Laussedat; mount, Blaeberry river, B.C.; after Col. Aimé Laussedat (1819- 
1907), member of the Institute of France and President of the Conservatoire 
National des Arts et Métiers; photography as applied to surveying was first 
experimented with in 1849 by Col. Laussedat. 
Leach; creek, Michel creek, B.C.; after late W. W. Leach, Geological Survey. 
Leah; peak, Maligne river, Athabaska river, Alta.; after the wife of Samson 
(g.v.) Beaver. (Schaffer) 
Leanchoil; railway station, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; Lord Strathcona’s mother 
was Barbara Stuart ‘‘of the Manor of Leth-na-Coyle (Lainchoil),’’ Abernethy 
parish, Inverness, Scot. (Strathcona) ; 
Lefroy; glacier, Alta. and mountain, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; after Maj. Gen. 
Sir John Henry Lefroy (1817-90); he measured the magnetic declination at a 
number of points in Canada, Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; with the 
exception of a short interval, was head of Toronto observatory from 1842-53. 
(Hector) 
Lewis; creek, Kootenay river, B.C.; after Chas. J. Lewis who located a ranch there 
in 1885; is buried on the bank of the creek. 
Lille; mountain and town, Crowsnest river, Alta.; after Lille, France, where 
many of the shareholders of the West Canadian Collieries Co. reside. 
Limestone; ridge, Flathead river, B.C.; composed of limestone. 
Linda; lake, Cataract brook, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Mdme. Vittorio 
Sella, wife of noted Italian mountaineer and photographer... (Fay) 
Lindsay; mount, Brazeau river, Alta.; named by Southesk after his ‘‘friend Sir 
Coutts Lindsay, Bart., of Balcarres.” 
Lineham; mount and post office, Oldman river, Alta.; after a rancher. 
Little; mount, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; after M. G. F. Little, one of the party 
who made the first ascent. 
Little Pipestone; creek, Bow river, Alta.; see Pipestone. 
