744 Fording Drive |
British Columbia Tourism Region : Kootenay Rockies
Description From Owner:
Wisukitsak Range
- Courcelette Peak named after a village in France captured by Canadian troops in September 1917.
- Fording River - Given this name by G.M. Dawson in 1884 because the trail frequently crossed and recrossed the stream, requiring much fording.
- Henretta Creek - After C.M. Henretta, CPR mining engineer who had charge of the company's development of coalfields in the Fording River area.
- Wisukitsak Range - After the mythical old Man of the Cree Indians.
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
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