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Mount Armstrong
Mount Armstrong is located in Alberta
Mount Armstrong
Mount Armstrong
Location in Alberta
Mount Armstrong is located in Canada
Mount Armstrong
Mount Armstrong
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,823 m (9,262 ft)
Prominence 250 m (820 ft)
Geography
Location Alberta / British Columbia, Canada
Parent range High Rock Range
Topo map NTS 82J/07

Mount Armstrong is a mountain located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after John Douglas Armstrong, a lieutenant with the Canadian Engineers who was killed in action on April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge World War I.

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