[WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 533 
Warren; mount, Maligne river, Athabaska river, Alta.; named by Mrs. Schaffer 
after her head guide. 
Wasa; railway station and creek, Kootenay river, B.C.; after Vasa, a lan of 
Finland. 
Washmawapta; glacier, Kootenay river, B.C.; Stoney Indian word signifying 
‘Ice river.’ 
Wastach; pass and river, Bow river, Alta.; a descriptive name; Stoney Indian for 
‘beautiful.’ 
Watchman; peak, Columbia river, B.C.; it “towers like a sentinel 4,000 feet 
above the vivid blue-green waters.” (Outram) 
Waterfall; valley, Amiskwi river, B.C.; after Twin falls (q.v.). 
Waterfowl; lakes, Mistaya river, Alta.; many ducks seen on it. 
Waterton; lakes, river and mount, Oldman river, Alta.; after Charles Waterton, 
naturalist (1782-1865) author of Wanderings in South America, the North West 
of the United States and the Antilles in 1812,'16,’20 and ’24. (Blakiston) 
Weed; mount, Siffleur river, Alta.; after G. M. Weed, Appalachian Mountain 
Club; made a number of ‘first ascents’ in the Canadian Rockies. 
Weigert; creek, Elk river, B.C.; after Chas. Weinhert, who located a ranch there in 
1896. 
Wenkchemna; mountain and glacier, Bow river, Alta., and pass, Alta. and 
B.C.; Stoney Indian numeral meaning ‘ten’; tenth of the Ten Peaks (q.v.) 
Whaleback; mountain, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; from its shape. 
Whirlpool; river, Athabaska river, Alta.; after the numerous eddies in this stream. 
Whistler; mountain, Oldman river, Alta.; probably after the siffleur or whistling 
marmot. 
White; mount, Red Deer river, Alta.; named by Dr. G. M. Dawson after James 
White, Commission of Conservation; assistant to Dr. Dawson in surveys of 
southern Rocky mountains in 1884. 
White Man; pass, Spray river, Alta. and B.C.; translation of the Indian name; 
probably refers to Father de Smet’s (q.v.) journey. 
Whiterabbit; -creek, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; translation of Stoney 
Indian name. 
Whymper; mount, Vermilion river, B.C.; after late Edward Whymper, the 
famous mountain climber. 
Whyte; mount, Bow river, Alta.; after late Sir William Whyte, 2nd Vice-President 
of Canadian Pacific Ry. 
Wigwam; river, Elk river, B.C.; after a large Indian camping ground on the 
river. (Palliser) 
Wilcox; mount and pass, Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after Walter Dwight Wilcox, 
who probably was the first white man to traverse the pass. (Collie) 
Wild Horse; creek, Kootenay river, B.C.; from the abundance of horses in the 
district. ; 
*Willow; creek, Oldman river, Alta.; after willow trees on its banks. 
ees: creek, Blaeberry river, B.C.; after the willow trees on its banks. 
Willowbank; mountain, Blaeberry river, B.C. 
Wilmer; town, Columbia river, B.C.; after the Hon. Wilmer C. Wells, sometime, 
member of the Government of British Columbia. 
Wilson; range, Waterton river, Alta.; after Lieut. C. W. Wilson, R.E., Secretary 
to British Boundary Commission, Pacific to the Rockies, 1858-62; name applied 
to a peak only by Blakiston. 
