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Dalby Brooks Morkill (1880-1955) came to British Columbia in 1898, where he became one of the most prominent land surveyors in the region for the next 30 years. He received his commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 1910. Morkill was employed in 1912 by the British Columbia government making surveys on the Fraser River, between Horsey Creek and Holmes River. In 1913, with Alan S. Thompson, Morkill surveyed between the Goat River and Catfish Creek. Morkill worked on the British Columbia-Alberta boundary surveys north of Yellowhead Pass in the early 1920s. Subsequently Morkill surveyed in several other areas of the Province, including the area around Stewart.  The Morkill River Territory, Northwest of Jasper and Banff National Parks, are named for Morkill.