Bow Island
Bow Island is a town in Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 3 in southern Alberta, approximately 100 km north of the United States border, 320 km southeast of Calgary and 51 km southwest of Medicine Hat.
- Type: Town with 2,030 residents
- Description: town in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Bow Island (Alberta)”, “Bow Island, AB”, and “Bow Island, Alberta”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bow Island Airport.
Bow Island Airport
Aerodrome
This is a list of airports in Alberta. Bow Island Airport is situated 3 km east of Bow Island.
Bow Island
- Categories: town in Alberta and locality
- Location: Bow Island, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.86968° or 49° 52′ 11″ north
Longitude
-111.37935° or 111° 22′ 46″ west
Population
2,030
Elevation
795 metres (2,608 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA BWI
Open location code
85XCVJ9C+V7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Bow Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bow Island”
- Atikamekw: “Bow Island”
- Cebuano: “Bow Island”
- Dutch: “Bow Island”
- French: “Bow Island”
- German: “Bow Island”
- Italian: “Bow Island”
- Kurdish: “Bow Island”
- Serbian: “Боу Ајланд”
- Spanish: “Bow Island”
- Swedish: “Bow Island”
- Turkish: “Bow Island”
- Ukrainian: “Бов-Айленд”
- Urdu: “بو آئی لینڈ”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Burdett and Winnifred.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bow Island Town Hall and Bow Island Post Office.
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Worth a closer look: Calgary and Edmonton.
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