Mount Bishop (Elk Range)

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Bishop

| photo = Mount Bishop, Alberta.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation_m = 2850

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder |id=127 |name=Mount Bishop |accessdate=2019-08-20}}

| prominence_m = 359

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=774|title=Mount Bishop|accessdate=2009-02-21}}

| range = Elk Range

| parent_peak =

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

Mountains of British Columbia

| country = Canada

| state_type = Provinces

| state = Alberta and British Columbia

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

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

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|50|26|24|N|114|52|35|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=5122|name=Mount Bishop|accessdate=2013-06-15}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|7}}

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

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.{{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/43 43]| isbn = 978-1-894765-79-4}} 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.