Giant’s Bath tub, Source of the Smokey. Mount Robson.
William James Topley, 1914
Library and Archives Canada

Translation of native name, after smouldering beds of coal in the river banks; in Cree, kas-ka-pi-te; in Stoney swo-da (Joseph Burr Tyrrell [1858–1957])

The Smoky River originates in the northern area of Jasper National Park from Adolphus Lake. It then flows north east through the Willmore Wilderness Park until it passes near the town of Grande Cache. It continues north, passes through the hemlet of Watino and merges into the Peace River south of the town of Peace River, Alberta.