Origin Notes and History:
Named in 1915 by BC Representative to Geographic Board of Canada, and labelled on BC map 3C, 1919. Re-approved 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 368A, Smithers. Headwaters in the vicinity of 54 39 - 127 46 30 on 93L/12
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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"....after [our] gallant allies." (1915 handwritten notation appended to the 1909 BC Gazetteer).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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