Adopted in the 14th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1915, as identified in Wheeler's book, "The Selkirk Range", 1905, and as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915.

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Labelled "Vermillion River" on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia.

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Translation of the Indian name, alluding to a cross erected at the watershed by Father DeSmet in September 1845, his Croix de la Paix.

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"This stream is called Tsha-kooap-te-ha-wap-ta by the Stoneys, and its name alludes to the circumstance related to them that some early traveller set up a cross in the pass not far from the summit." (G.M. Dawson, Annual Report of the Geological & Natural History Survey of Canada, 1885, p.115B, excerpt reprinted in The Selkirk Range, vol 1, by A.O. Wheeler, Department of Interior, Ottawa, 1905, p.137). See p.144 of DeSmet's "Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains in 1845-6" (New York, 1847) for his description of the erection of his Croix de la Paix/Cross of Peace in September 1845. "When Dr. Dawson explored [the area] in 1885, an Indian pointed out to him the spot where the cross had stood." (Wheeler, p.138)

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