Mount Bishop (Elk Range) Explained

Mount Bishop
Elevation M:2850
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:359
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Elk Range
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Country:Canada
State Type:Provinces
State:Alberta and British Columbia
Map:Canada
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Coordinates:50.44°N -114.8764°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]

Mount Bishop is a mountain named in 1918 after W.A. "Billy" Bishop VC who was a Colonel and a Canadian fighter pilot awarded the Victoria Cross during World War I.[4] It is located in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies and sits on the Continental Divide, which forms the British Columbia-Alberta border in this area.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. 127 . Mount Bishop . 2019-08-20.
  2. 774. Mount Bishop. 2009-02-21.
  3. 5122. Mount Bishop. 2013-06-15.
  4. Book: Boles . Glen W.. Roger W. . Laurilla . William L. . Putnam . Canadian Mountain Place Names . registration . Vancouver. Rocky Mountain Books . 2006. 43. 978-1-894765-79-4.