Bow Falls

Bow Falls is a major waterfall on the , just before the junction of it and the . They are located near the and golf course on the left-hand side of River Road.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Banff Springs Hotel and Tunnel Mountain.

Hotel
The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the , is a historic hotel in western , located in , . The entire town, including the hotel, is situated in , a national park managed by Parks Canada.

Peak
, also known as Sleeping Buffalo, is a mountain located in the Valley of in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow and overlooking the Hot Springs on Sulphur Mountain.

Church
is an Anglican church in , 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.

The town of in , in the , is the larger of the two populated areas in National Park, about an hour and a half drive west of and four hours south of .

Locality
is a ghost town located within in southern , Canada. It is named after the variety of coal. is situated 6 km northeast of Bow Falls.

Bow Falls

Latitude
51.16741° or 51° 10′ 3″ north
Longitude
-115.5609° or 115° 33′ 39″ west
Elevation
1,376 metres (4,514 feet)
Open location code
95365C8Q+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 263386936
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
5906753
Wiki­data ID
Q37289
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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.