1. Bugaboo Park / Creek
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Probably named after the Bugaboo mining claim at the crest of the pass. Writing in 1906 to James White, the federal Chief Geographer, an informant declared, 'Bugaboo was named by a Scotchman on account of the loneliness of the place.' |
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2. McMurdo
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McMurdo - After Archie McMurdo, prospector and first white settler in the district. |
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3. Parson / Mount Drysdale / Mount Duchesney / Foster Peak / Mount Goodsir / Mount Gray / Mount Haffner / Harrogate
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After Dr. Charles W. Drysdale, an outstanding young geologist who, with his assistant, William Gray, drowned in the Kootenay River in 1917 while working for the Geological Survey of Canada. |
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4. Castledale
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5. Harrogate
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6. Seeney
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7. Abbot Pass (Field, 39km)
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After Philip Stanley Abbot of the Appalachian Mountain Club, killed by a fall on adjacent Mount Lefroy, 1896. |
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8. Cathedral (Field, 39km)
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9. Field / Mount Burgess / Mount Carnarvon / Cathedral Mountain / Chancellor Peak / Howse Pass / Mount Huber (Field, 39km)
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After A.M. Burgess, at one time federal Deputy Minister of the Interior. |
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10. Hector (Field, 39km)
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Hector - This station on the CPR mainline is named after Sir James Hector (1834-1907), who, as young Dr. Hector, served as geologist with the Palliser Expedition of 1857-60. |
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11. Kicking Horse Pass National Historic Site of Canada (Field, 39km)
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