| Language of origin | Stoney language |
| Feature Type: | Peaks - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. Plural of Peak (2). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, straddling boundary of Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°17'31"N, 116°13'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Wenkchemna Peaks (not Desolation Range nor The Stragglers)" adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, referring to ten chained peaks. Incorrectly identified as "Wenkchemna Peak...the tenth of the Ten Peaks" in the 18th Report GBC, 1924. Wenkchemna Peaks (plural) re-instated 6 June 1952 on 82N/SE, referring to all 10 peaks; and Wenkchemna Peak (singular) was retained for this peak - the northernmost of the chain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Incorrectly labelled "The Ten Peaks" on Department of Interior map of the BC Railway Belt, 1911. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is where the watershed turns from a generally southerly direction to a southeasterly one. Named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen, of Philadelphia; there are ten peaks in this chain, and Wenkchemna is the Stoney word for "ten" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From northwest to southeast: Wenckemna Peak, Neputuak Mountain, Deltaform Mountain, Mount Truzo, Mount Allen, Mount Perren, (unnamed), Mount Bowlen, Mount Little, Mount Fay. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |