[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 527 
Prospector; valley, Vermilion river, B.C.; after an old prospector’s camp near 
its entrance. (Wilcox) 
Protection; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; it ‘‘shuts off” an unusually beautiful 
valley from Baker Creek valley. (Porter) 
Prow; mountain, Red Deer river, Alta.; resembles the prow of a ship. 
Ptarmigan; lake and peak, Bow river, Alta.; from the large numbers of ptarmigan 
that frequent the locality. 
Ptolemy; peak and pass, Crowsnest river, Alta., and B.C.; the peak resembles “a 
man sitting with arms folded.” (Bridgland) 
Pulpit; peak, Hector lake, Bow river, Alta.; descriptive. (Thompson) 
Pulsatilla; mountain, Bow river, Alta.; pulsatilla is a sub-generic name for one 
section of the genus Anemone. 
Pyramid; mountain, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; resembles a pyramid. 
Q 
Quincy; mount, Athabaska river, Alta.; named by A. P. Coleman after his brother, 
Lucius Quincy Coleman; their mother (née Adams) was a relative of John 
Quincy Adams. 
R 
Racehorse; creek, Oldman river, Alta.; probably descriptive; has a very swift 
current. 
Rae; mount, Elbow river, Alta.; after Dr. John Rae, Arctic explorer; in 1854, 
brought back news of loss of Franklin expedition. (Hector) 
Coe river, Red Deer river, Alta.; translation of Cree name ka-ka-koo. 
*Raven; post office, Red Deer river, Alta. 
Redburn; creek and peak, Blaeberry river, B.C.; first called ‘Red Indian’; name 
changed to Redburn after reddish rocks in valley of the stream. 
Red Deer; river, Alta.; Indian name is was-ka-soo, meaning ‘many deer or elk,’ 
which, formerly, were numerous in vicinity of the river. 
*Red Deer; town and electoral dist., Alta. 
Redearth; creek, Bow river, Alta.; from the red ochre found in places on its banks; 
formerly called ‘Vermilion’; name changed to avoid duplication. 
Redoubt; peak, Bow river, Alta.; “the formation resembles a huge redoubt.” 
(Wheeler) 
Redoubt; lake, Bow river, Alta. 
Richardson; mount, Red Deer river, Alta.; after Sir John Richardson (1787-1866) ; 
he was Surgeon and Naturalist in the Arctic expeditions of Franklin, 1819-22 
and 1825-27; commanded a Franklin search expedition, 1848-49. (Hector) 
Robinson; mount, Bow river, Alta.; probably after Rev. T. R. Robinson, President 
of the Royal Society, 1849-50. (Palliser) 
Rock Tower; mountain, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; descriptive. 
Rocky; mountains, Alta., B.C., Yukon and N.W.T.; translation of Cree name 
“‘as-sin-watt’’; viewed from the prairies they present a great wall of rock. 
*Ronde, Roche; peak, Athabaska river, Alta.; descriptive. 
Ross; lake, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; after late Sir James Ross; in 1884, he was 
Superintendent of Construction, Canadian Pacific Ry. 
Ruby; ridge, Oldman river, Alta.; after the beds of bright red shale near its summit. 
Rundle; mount, Bow river, Alta!; after Rev. Robt. Terrill Rundle, Methodist 
missionary to the Indians of the North West, 1840-48. The Minutes of Council, 
of the Hudson’s Bay Co., 1843, provide that a ‘‘commissioned gentleman’s 
allowance”’ be paid to him. (Hector) 
