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Nikanassin; range, Brazeau river, Alta.; from Cree Indian, nikan, ‘in front,’ 
‘first,’ and assin, ‘rocks’; name suggested by the fact that it is the first, 
or front, range when approaching the Rockies from the east. 
Niles; mount, Yoho river, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Prof. W. H. Niles, 
President of the Appalachian Mountain club. (Fay) 
Norboe; mount, Elk river, B.C.; named by Hornaday after his guides R. W. and 
John Norboe. 
Norbury; lakes, Kootenay river, B.C.; after F. Paget Norbury, who owned a ranch 
on the lake shore. 
Norquay; mount, Bow river, Alta.; after Hon. John Norquay, sometime Premier 
of Manitoba. 
North Kootenay; pass, Alta. and B.C.; after the Kootenay Indians who, formerly, 
crossed the Rockies every spring and autumn to kill buffalo, returning with the 
dried meat which they traded for blankets, etc., with the Hudson’s Bay Co. at 
Kootenay post. 
North Saskatchewan; river and glacier, Alta.; from Cree Indian word, kis-is-ska- 
tche-wan, meaning ‘swift current.’ 
Noyes; peak, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after Rev. C. L. Noyes. (Stutfield 
and Collie) 
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Observation; peak, Siffleur river, Alta.; so named because, when climbed, it was 
“the most satisfactory view-point, we agreed, that we had reached in the 
Rockies”. (Noyes) 
Ochre; peaks, Oldman river, Alta.; after beds of red shale on the shoulder of this 
mountain. 
Odaray; pass and mountain, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; Stoney Indian for ‘very 
brushy’ or ‘wind-fall.’ (Habel) ; 
Oesa; lake, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; from a Stoney Indian word meaning ‘ice’; 
so called because its surface is ice-covered practically all the time. 
Ogden; mount, Yoho river, B.C.; after I. G. Ogden, Vice-President, Canadian 
Pacific Ry. 
Ogre; mountain, Blaeberry river, B.C.; “from the fantastic resemblance of the 
summit to an ogre.’”’ (Wheeler) 
O’Hara; lake, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Lieut.-Col. O’Hara, R.A., who 
frequently visited the lake. 
Oke; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Wm. J. Oke, who prospected in Ice 
River valley. (Allen) 
Old Fort; creek, Bow river, Alta.; after ruins of Hudson’s Bay Co.’s fort, near 
mouth. 
Oldman; river, Alta.; Dawson says that, near the point at which the Livingstone* 
river issues from the mountains, “‘are three cairns; the first, a wide mound, 
about eight feet high, composed of stones and small boulders, and evidently very 
old, the two others smaller. As these are of no use as landmarks, they have 
probably been formed in the course of years by the addition of a stone, by each 
Indian entering the mountains by this route, ‘for luck.’ On a narrow piece 
of flat, open ground,a short distance further on, are the obscure remains of a couple 
of rectangles formed of larger stones. This place is well known to all the 


*This portion of the Livingstone is now included in the Oldman. 
