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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  1. ^ a b "Mount Bishop". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Bishop". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Bishop". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  4. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bishop_(Elk_Range)
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