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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.
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 .
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 ...
It is a part of the Banff-Lake Louise Core Area of the Southern Continental Ranges, located on the Continental Divide, west of the Bow River valley, in Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park. The Bow Range covers a surface area of 717 km 2 (277 sq mi), has a length of 34 km (from north to south) and a maximum width of 43 km. [ 3 ] The ...
Castle Junction is a locality where the northern extent of the Banff–Windermere Highway intersects with the Trans-Canada Highway , the Bow River, and Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A) in Banff National Park, Alberta. [1] It is named after the nearby Castle Mountain, clearly visible from the junction.
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From there, Highway 93 follows Highway 1 to Lake Louise, while the roadway (still referred to as part of the Banff-Windermere Highway) continues another 1.1 km (0.7 mi) to the Bow Valley Parkway (Alberta Highway 1A) on the north side of the Bow River. [1] [2]