Hawke Road
“The road we had come over was scarcely a road… it was climb, climb, climb… and then down, down a steep hill, car in low, single track road absolutely a shelf on the side of the mountain miles long.”43
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Category Archives: People
Thorold
Thorold Creek, flowing into Brewer Creek
“If we only had a few more men we could play polo, as here it would be quite an inexpensive game and well within the reach of those with only moderate means.”48
Barbour
Brady
Brady Creek (flowing into Windermere Lake)
James Brady’s skill at attracting investment for mining properties far outweighed his ability to assess those properties for their mineral wealth.
Firlands
Firlands Ranch, East Firlands (train station, 1914-1933), Firland Close (Radium Hot Springs)
The name “Firlands” first appears in print in early June 1899.51 The reason for choosing the name is unknown.
Forster (2)
Mt Forster, Forster Creek, Forster Pass
Even today it is assumed that Sylvester is guilty of Forster’s death. Legally speaking, he is not.
Forster (1)
Forster Creek, Mount Forster, Forster Pass
Forster certainly projected the air of a successful rancher.
Frances
Frances Creek (flowing into Forster Creek)
Previous names: No 3 Creek
Frances Ewart Forster was just one year old when her father, Harold Ernest Forster, … requested that the Chief Geographer of the province name the creek after his daughter.
Johnston (2)
Mount Johnston (up Horsethief Creek), Johnston Road (south of Invermere)
For all that the name Jim Johnston is relatively well known in local historical circles, I was surprised by how little there is recorded about him in print.
Johnston (1)
Johnston Creek (flowing into Windermere Lake)
“Put a winged helmet and ring-mail harness on Ed Johnston and he would be a veritable viking; put him in trimmed beaver and jack-boots, and he could ruffle it with the boldest buccaneer that ever walked deck.”57
In The Windermere 