The Hall of the Gods was coined by a trail blazing female adventure seeker from the early 1900's, Mary Schaffer. Back then it was rare for women to explore the backcountry, especially on their own. It's even more impressive when you realize that she only had a small hand drawn map from a Nakoda First nation's friend to go on. And, at the time finding Maligne Lake was a 6-month backcountry expedition. The Hall of the Gods is a fitting name for this part of Maligne Lake. Here, the mountains rise steeply out of the water and are the highest mountains on the lake. Knowing that this is a spiritual place for First Nations people and that they believed the mountains are the embodiment of their ancestors, the name seems even more fitting.