Marion Creek, flowing into Columbia Lake; Mount Marion
The Marion didn’t spend much time on the Upper Columbia, but she was one of the most well travelled steamboats in the Kootenays.
Marion
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Giant Mine (2)
Giant Road
Giant Mine, Silver Giant Mine, Giant Mascot Mine
“There is nothing today to encourage anyone but a born gambler to take the chance [on developing the property], and everything to discourage anyone to do this.”58
Nowitka
Nowitka Mountain, Nowitka Lake, head of Findlay Creek
The Nowitka … has the distinction of being the last commercial steamboat on the Upper Columbia River.
Klahowya
Klahowya Mountain, southeast of Mount Findlay
Klahowya (kla’-how-ya): standard greeting in the Chinook jargon at meeting or parting, “How do you do? Good-bye.”
Ethelbert
Mount Ethelbert
Sister Ethelbert, “having undertaken the rough trip to Kootenay … fell sick on the way… and our dear Sister was called home to God.”24
In The Windermere 