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Bow Valley is a valley along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada. The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for the river is Makhabn , meaning "river where bow weeds grow".
A much larger area, the Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, contains the 575 km 2 Yamnuska Natural Area that protects the sub-alpine ecosystem of the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains between the Kananaskis park system and Banff National Park, which it borders to the west. [7]
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta.Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location.
The second of the 1A routes, known as the Bow Valley Trail, begins in Canmore, off of the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 91. It formerly began at the Trans-Canada Highway at exit 86 and passed through Canmore; however, ownership of the section was transferred to the Town of Canmore. The roadway still carries the name "Bow Valley Trail". [1]
A second parkway, the Bow Valley Parkway also links Lake Louise and the Town of Banff. Known as Highway 1A, this road parallels Highway 1 and, at the midpoint, passes the Castle Mountain junction where Highway 93 south, or the Banff-Windermere Highway, branches southwest into Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. [3] Bow Lake
It spans approximately 534 km (332 mi) from Alberta's border with British Columbia in the west to its border with Saskatchewan in the east. [3] Highway 1 is designated as a core route in Canada's National Highway System [ 4 ] and is a core part of the developing Alberta Freeway Network .
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Bow Valley Parkway — — Former section of Highway 1. Highway 1A: 89: 55 Highway 1 (TCH) in Canmore: Highway 1 (TCH) in Calgary Bow Valley Trail c. 1957: current Former section of Highway 1. Highway 2: 1273: 791 US 89 at the U.S. border at Carway: Highway 43 north of Grande Prairie • Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Airdrie – Edmonton)