“Captain Creek (not Otter Creek)” adopted 28 May 1915 on BC map 1G. Mis-labelled “James Creek” on George V. Copley’s 1915 survey plan, 7T203. Named for Captain James Herrick McGregor [1869–1915].

“Mount Wishaw” was adopted in 1958 as labelled on 1929 survey plan 10T264, “McGregor River area,” by Alan John Campbell [1882–1967], British Columbia Land Surveyor. Named after a village in Scotland.

The form of the name was later changed to “Wishaw Mountain.”

After James Herrick McGregor [1869–1915].

Named in association with Kakwa River.

Descriptive.

Named in association with Broadview Lake.

George Kilpatrick, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, visited this area in 1923, and suggested this name after the daughter of a friend (11 February 1957 letter from Geographic Board of Canada, file P.1.47).

Called “Surprise Lake” by Samuel Prescott Fay [1884–1971], who was in the area in 1912 and 1914; called “Greenwater Lake” by Col. Townsend Whelen, a trophy hunter who was there in 1922.

Wrote Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] during the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission survey:

The lake is a very beautiful one, of a rich deep blue colour, some two miles in length by half a mile wide. Situated in a pocket of the surrounding heights, it is so closely encircled that it is very nearly reached before being seen. In consequence it is known locally as “Surprise” Lake. The name, Cecilia Lake, was given by Mr. Lambart and as there are a number of other Surprise Lakes, it has been adopted.

The upper valley of the lake is fairly open with scattered bodies of spruce and balsam of small size. The slopes encircling the basin of the lake are densely forested. The outlet, Cecilia Creek, flows in a broad valley showing much open meadowland along the bottom and densely forested side slopes. It has a northwesterly course of some nine miles to its junction with the Kakwa River. The 120th meridian passes within an eighth of a mile of the most northerly extremity of the lake.

Origin of the name unknown.