Bishop River

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The Bishop River is in British Columbia, Canada. It flows west from the Lillooet Icecap in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains and joins the Southgate River just east of the Homathko Icefield. The upper part of the river, from its source to about halfway to its mouth, is protected by Bishop River Provincial Park.

The river was named for Richard Preston Bishop (born September 18, 1884, in Starcross, Devon), a British Columbia land surveyor. He had served as a Royal Navy officer in 1906–07 and as a captain in World War I, then returned to surveying in BC. In the 1930s he proposed names for several peaks in the area, including Mount Sir Francis Drake and Mount Queen Bess, plus the Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island. He died in Victoria on February 13, 1954.

Near the Bishop–Southgate confluence you can see Mount Raleigh on the southeast side. The river was named in 1924; before that it was known as the East Fork Southgate River.

Coordinates: 50°58′36″N 124°21′36″W