The name Kishinena may be a corruption of the Indian word, "ish-nee-nee," which means "there it is." Evidently, the survey party was looking for water, and the Kootenays who crossed the summit with them answered saying "ish-nee-nee," and because they speak with a gutteral sound, the survey party did not catch the proper pronunciation. There is another possibility for the origin of the name of this 2436 m peak: an Indian tribe, supposedly a branch of the Panther tribe, is known as the Kishinena tribe. The name was officially approved 5 March 1959.

Approximately 18 km north-west of Waterton Park, on the Alberta-B.C. boundary.