Alberta. Lake: Smoky River drainage
Headwaters of Smoky River
53.3892 N 119.1086 W — Map 083E06 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Headwaters of Smoky River
53.3892 N 119.1086 W — Map 083E06 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This lake appears on:
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912 [as “Twin Tree Lake”]
Samuel Prescott Fay map Mount Alexander 1915
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912 [as “Twin Tree Lake”]
Samuel Prescott Fay map Mount Alexander 1915
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
This name is associated with the report of a British mountaineering party that attempted an ascent of Mount Robson in 1910. John Norman Collie [1859–1942], Arnold Louis Mumm [1859–1927], and Moritz Inderbinen [1856–1926] were assisted by Fred Stephens [1897–1920] and John Yates [1880–?]. After failing to make an attempt on Robson, they headed north up the Smoky River valley.
Here they came to a beautiful lake with two small islands, each with a single fir tree growing on it. Twintree Lake, as it was naturally named, was situated ten miles north of Moose Pass, the route by which they had first entered this country.
— Taylor
References:
- Taylor, William C. The Snows of Yesteryear. J. Norman Collie, Mountaineer. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 1973
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