Mount Pilkington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, between Mount Freshfield and Waitabit Peak. It was named in 1898 after Charles Pilkington. Mount Pilkington is located on the Continental Divide between the Campbell Icefield and the Freshfield Icefield.
On August 5, 2019, Dr. Matthew B.G. Pilkington, Charles Pilkington's great-great-grandnephew, became the first Pilkington to summit the peak. Matthew's ascent was followed by his son, Dante G.M. Pilkington, who became the second Pilkington to summit Mount Pilkington.