Bow Falls
Bow Falls is a major waterfall on the Bow River, Alberta just before the junction of it and the Spray River. They are located near the Banff Springs Hotel and golf course on the left-hand side of River Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Banff Springs Hotel and Tunnel Mountain.
Banff Springs Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Kimpayant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the Banff Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel in western Canada, located in Banff, Alberta. The entire town, including the hotel, is situated in Banff National Park, a national park managed by Parks Canada.
Tunnel Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tunnel Mountain, also known as Sleeping Buffalo, 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.
St George-in-the-Pines
Church
St George-in-the-Pines is an Anglican church in Banff, Alberta, called "one of Banff's oldest places of worship". The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by English architect FP Oakley and the cornerstone was laid by Governor General the Lord Stanley of Preston in 1889.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banff and Anthracite.
Banff
Photo: Audree, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The town of Banff in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, is the larger of the two populated areas in Banff National Park, about an hour and a half drive west of Calgary and four hours south of Jasper.
Anthracite
Locality
Anthracite is a ghost town located within Banff National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. It is named after the anthracite variety of coal. Anthracite is situated 6 km northeast of Bow Falls.
Bow Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.16741° or 51° 10′ 3″ northLongitude
-115.5609° or 115° 33′ 39″ westElevation
1,376 metres (4,514 feet)Open location code
95365C8Q+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 263386936OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Bow Falls” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “弓河瀑布”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بو فالس”
- French: “chutes Bow”
- French: “Chutes Bow”
- Hebrew: “מפל בואו”
- Hebrew: “מפלי בואו”
- Japanese: “ボウ滝”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار باو”
- Mazanderani: “باو ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار باو”
- Persian: “ابشار باو”
- Tajik: “Боу”
- Tajik: “Обшори Боу”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Боу”
- Urdu: “بوو آبشار”
- Vietnamese: “thác Bow”
- Western Panjabi: “بوو آبشار”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bow Falls Viewpoint and Surprise Corner.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bow Falls”. Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.