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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".
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.
Entering Bow Valley Provincial Park Mountain scenery at Middle Lake in Bow Valley Provincial Park A trail follows the top of an esker in Bow Valley Provincial Park. The spectacular mountains that flank the park, such as Mount Yamnuska, consist of resistant Cambrian to Devonian age carbonate rocks that have been placed on top of softer Late Cretaceous sandstones and shales by the McConnell ...
Bow Valley and the town of Banff. From the 1920s forward, the National Parks of Canada began to focus on the economic benefits of accessible, mass marketable tourism. [3]: 292 Changes included new highways and the creation of storage reservoirs for the water needed to sustain the burgeoning community. The Bow River was now seen both for its ...
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
Pigeon Mountain is a 2,394-metre (7,854-foot) mountain summit located in the Bow River Valley of Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its parent peak is Skogan Peak, 5.0 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast. [2] Pigeon Mountain can be seen from Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway in the Canmore to Exshaw area.
Tunnel Mountain, also known as Sleeping Buffalo (Siksiká: Iinii Istako; Nakoda: Eyarhey Tatanga Woweyahgey Wakân), is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow and overlooking the Hot Springs on Sulphur Mountain.
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)