- Mountain View, Alberta by William Webster Chief Mountain Country pages 68 - 70 Beautiful Mountain View is situated about 14 miles west and south of Cardston. In 1890 this district was called Fish Creek , appropriately named because of the abundance of fish in the creek at that time. In 1893 Mr. John Biddle suggested the name be changed to Mountain View so, until l905, Mountain View of the North ...www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/mtnvw.htm