Mount Bess

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Bess

| photo = Mount_Bess,_Alberta.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Bess viewed from Chown Creek

| elevation_m = 3203

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder |id=117 |name=Mount Bess |access-date=2019-08-20}}

| prominence_m = 618

| prominence_ref =

| range = Front Ranges

| parent_peak = Mount Chown (3316 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|Mountains of Alberta

|Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| region_type = Provinces

| region = Alberta and British Columbia

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| map_size = 200

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|53|20|59|N|119|22|38|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAGAT|name=Mount Bess (Alberta)|access-date=2021-07-11}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|E|6}}

| first_ascent = 1911 by J. Norman Collie, A.L. Mumm, J. Yates

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia.{{cite bcgnis|id=4268|title=Mount Bess|access-date=2021-07-11}} It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition.{{cite bivouac |id=534 |title=Mount Bess|access-date=2021-07-11}}{{cite book | last1 = Boles | first1 = Glen W.| first2 = Roger W. | last2 = Laurilla | first3 =William L. | last3 = Putnam | title = Canadian Mountain Place Names | url = https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole | url-access = registration | location = Vancouver| publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | year= 2006| page = [https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/42 42]| isbn = 978-1-894765-79-4}}{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=23|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=19}}