Mount Colin

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Colin

| photo = Mount Colin in Colin Range.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Colin seen from The Whistlers

| elevation_m = 2687

| elevation_ref = {{cite opentopomap|Mount Colin|53.00177|-117.98904|2023-08-22}}

| prominence_m = 307

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=519|name= Mount Colin|access-date=2019-02-28}}

| range = Colin Range
Canadian Rockies

| parent_peak = Sirdar Mountain (2804 m)

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta

| part_type = Protected area | part = Jasper National Park

| map = Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

| map_size = 260

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|53|00|07|N|117|59|17|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id= IANGD |name= Mount Colin |access-date=2019-02-28}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|F|4}}

| rock = limestone

| first_ascent = 1947 N.E. Odell, J. Ross, F.S. Smythe{{cite crdb|id=290|name=Mount Colin|access-date=2023-08-22}}

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Colin is a {{Convert|2687|m|ft|lk=off|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Colin Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies.{{cite peakbagger|4528|Mount Colin, Alberta|2023-08-22}} The peak is situated {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of the municipality of Jasper, and is a prominent landmark in the Athabasca Valley visible from Highway 16 and the Canadian. Its nearest higher peak is Sirdar Mountain, {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southeast. Mount Colin was named in 1859 by James Hector after Colin Fraser of the Hudson's Bay Company in charge of Jasper House from 1835 to 1849, and Sir George Simpson's personal servant.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=40|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=36}} The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1956 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

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