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Passburg; railway station, Crowsnest river, Alta.; at entrance to Crowsnest pass. 
Paul; mount, Athabaska river, Alta.; ‘‘after Paul Sharples, the first white child 
to go into Maligne; made all the climbs; nine years old.’’ (Mrs. Schaffer) 
Peechee; mount, Bow river, Alta.; after Sir George Simpson’s (g.v.) half-breed 
guide. 
Pengelly; mount, Elk river, B.C. and Alta.; named by Wheeler; his assistant, 
A. J. Campbell, D.L.S., married a Miss Pengelly whose ancestors came from 
Pengelly, Cornwall, Eng. 
Petroleum; ridge, Oldman river, Alta.; near petroleum claims. 
Peyto; lake and glacier, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; named by Collie after 
his guide, Bill Peyto. 
Phillips; mount, Elk river, B.C.; after John M. Phillips, Pennsylvania State 
Game Commissioner. (Hornaday) 
Pigeon; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; probably after the wild pigeons seen in the 
vicinity. (Bourgeau) 
Pika; peak, Pipestone river, Alta.; ‘‘a curious rock formation at the top is not 
unlike” the little chief hare or pika. 
Pilkington; mount, Blaeberry river, B.C. and Alta.; after a member of the Alpine 
Club. (Stutfield and Collie) 
Pilot; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; so named because it is visible for a long distance 
down the valley. 
Pincher; mountain, creek and town, Oldman river, Alta.; name first applied to the 
creek by man who lost his pinchers (pincers) on its banks. 
Pinnacle; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; descriptive. (Wilcox) 
Pinto; lake, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after a pinto (piebald) horse lost 
when returning from mount Brown. (Coleman) 
Pipestone; river, Bow river, Alta.; Dawson says: after “the occurrence on it of frag- 
ments of soft, fine-grained, grey-blue argillite, which the Indians have used in the 
manufacture of pipes. It is Pa-hooh-to-hi’-agoo-pi'-wap-ta in Stoney, Mont'- 
spaw-gun-na-nis-st'-pi of the Crees, signifying ‘Blue pipe-stone river.” 
(Hector) 
Pipestone; pass, Pipestone river, Alta. 
Pisgah; mount, Columbia river, B.C.; Biblical; from its summit, Collie obtained a 
splendid view of the land he was about to enter. (Collie) 
Plateau; mountains, Oldman river, Alta.; descriptive. 
Poboktan; range, pass and creek, Athabaska river, Alta.; from the owls seen by 
Coleman on the trees near the summit of the pass; poboktan is Stoney 
for “owl.” 
Pollinger; mount, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Joseph Pollinger, Swiss guide; 
made first ascents of The President, The Vice President and other peaks. 
Popes; peak, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; formerly called Boundary peak; name 
changed by order in council, April 4, 1887; after late Hon. John Henry Pope, 
Minister of Agriculture, 1871-73 and 1878-85; Minister of Railways and Canals, 
1885-89. 
Porcupine; creek, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; probably because frequented by 
porcupines. 
*Porcupine; hills, Oldman river, Alta.; from resemblance in outline to a porcupine; 
the Blackfoot name, ky-es-kaghp-oghsuyiss, means ‘porcupine tail.’ 
Portal; peak, Bow lake, Alta.; descriptive. (Thompson) 
President; peak, pass and range, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after Lord Shaughnessy, 
President of the Canadian Pacific railway. (McNicoll) 
Prospect; hill, Oldman river, Alta.; descriptive of view from summit. 
