Glacier clad, Mount Henry Macleod is the highest peak seen from Maligne Lake, and the lower, rock covered mountain just to its left was named after his Metis guide, Valad. Henry Macleod was the CPR surveyor who first saw Maligne Lake in 1875. Arthur Coleman named the mountain after him in 1902 but it was forty-four years later that the nearby peak was named for his guide. Valad made some efforts to retain the original names given to features by the natives or the early Metis in the Athabasca Valley area. While guiding Sir Sandford Fleming, the great Canadian scientist and railway executive, he had discussions with Sir Sandford regarding, "the old local titles of the mountains..., but every passer-by thinks that he has a right to give his own and his friends' names to them over again."