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]