When a name to the watercourse was required for a water licence in 2010, the BC Geographical Names Office adopted “Goodell Creek” to recall W. R. Goodell, an outfitter and guide who operated out of the Dunster-McBride area in the 1920s and 1930s. The Office cites several passages in Marilyn Wheeler’s Robson Valley Story.

The BC Archives has an interview with Oliver Goodell in 1983, in which Oliver talks of his father (W. R.?) guiding hunters in the McBride area around 1919.

Wrigley’s British Columbia Directory for 1918 notes “Goodell G. trapping and Goodell L. E. trapping” at Shere.

L. E. “Slim” Goodell was a horse packer for the expedition of Rollin Thomas Chamberlin [1881–1948] up Tête Creek in 1924.

Referring to Ray Zillmer [1887–1960] and his son John — “the only persons known to have ascended the creek.” [No further information, or explanation why this was apparently a noteworthy accomplishment.]

According to the BC Geographical Names office, “Zig Zag Mountains” was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916. However, that name does not appear to be on Pre-emptor’s map Fort George 1G 1916 in the Goat River drainage.

Form of name changed to “Zig Zag Range” in 1953, and again to “Zig Zag Ridge” in 1965.

W.R. Zeidler (d. 1973) founded Zeidler Forest Industries in 1934 with a small one-man millwork plant in Edmonton, manufacturing windows, sash and frames. Born in Cologne, Germany, Zeidler came to Edmonton in 1928. As a result of his humanitarian concerns, Zeidler received the Alberta Government Achievement Award. In 1984, Zeidler Forest Industries employed almost 500 people in plywood and lumber plants in McBride, Slave Lake, Barhead, and Edmonton, Alberta. Margaret Zeidler served as president of the company from the death of her husband until her retirement in 1984.

“The Kamloops Indians affirm, that the very highest mountain they know is on the north side of the valley at Tête Jaune Cache, about ten miles from the valley. This is named Yuh-hai-has-kun, from the appearnace of a spiral road running up it. No one haver been known to reach the top, though a former chief of Tsuk-tsuk-kwalk, on the North Thompson, was near the top once when hunting goats. When he realized how high he had climbed he became frightened and returned.”

Origin of the name unknown.