Mount Loomis

Mount Loomis is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, a Canadian Army general who served in World War I.^[1][2][4]

Mount Loomis
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	2,798 m (9,180 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	328 m (1,076 ft)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Bishop (2850 m)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°27′45″N 114°55′11″W[3]
Geography
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Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range	Elk Range
Topo map	NTS 82J7 Mount Head[3]

Geology

Mount Loomis is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[5]

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border