Brazeau River, Mount Brazeau, Brazeau Icefield

Hector gave this name to the river to honour Joseph Edward Brazeau who was from a prominent Creole family in St. Louis, Missouri and entered the fur trade in 1830. He worked along the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. and later served as postmaster and clerk with the Hudson's Bay Company at Edmonton, Rocky Mountain House and Jasper House. Brazeau was a linguist who could speak many Indian languages and was a great help to the Palliser Expedition.

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