Folklore Legend. He was a brawny, yet colorful, mountain guide at the turn of the 20th century in the Banff-Lake Louise-Bow Summit area of the Canadian Rockies. This was a place that he could coexist with the wildness of Mother Nature. Some of his exploits may have been embellished through the years. One story tells of him bringing on his back a wild lynx to town and letting the cat lose in a bar. Born Ebenezer William "Bill" Peyto, he immigrated to Canada in 1887, traveling until he saw the Rocky Mountains. In 1894 he became a partner in an outfitting business and gained a reputation for being honest. Depending on the people in the group, he became their trail guide, hiking them through the most picturesque areas in the Rockies and at times, the most dangerous areas. He married Emily Wood in 1902, and the couple had a son dying soon after birth in February of 1904. Another son, Robert or Robin, was born about 9 months later November 19, 1904 in Vancouver and lived to adulthood. By 1906, his wife Emily had died. and at the point, their son was sent to live with Emily's family. This brought a dark period in his life and only being isolated from people was the answer for him. He remarried in 1921. When the Boer War came to South Africa, he enlisted in the Strathcona Horse Regiment in 1900, serving through the entire campaign with the group, and taking part in many battles. Between enlistments in the Boer War and World War I, he became one of the earliest wardens in Banff National Park. While he was warden, he built many log cabins and cared for the wild animals. Whyte Museum Banff has one of his cabins that was disassemble and re-constructed on the ground of the museum. Those cabins left in nature have vanished with time. He retired from the position of park warden in 1934. The spectacular Peyto Lake and Peyto Glacier on the Continental Divide near Icefields Parkway in Alberta are named in honor of him. His diary confirms his exploits as well as the 2008 biography "Ain't It Hell, Bill Peyto's Mountain Journal" by E. J. Hart.