Elbow River
The Elbow River is a river in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the city of Calgary, where it merges into the Bow River. Its name is derived from the elbow-like turn the river takes before it joins the Bow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bridgeland/Memorial station and St. Patrick’s Island Park.
Bridgeland/Memorial station
Railway station
Photo: Colin Keigher, CC BY 2.5.
Bridgeland/Memorial station is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta. It serves the Northeast Line. It opened on April 27, 1985, as part of the original Northeast line.
St. Patrick’s Island Park
Park
Photo: KatherineCraw 18, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Patrick's Island Park is a 31-acre public park on an island at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers just northeast of Downtown Calgary. St. Patrick's Island is one of Calgary's oldest parks.
Tom Campbell’s Hill
Park
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Tom Campbell’s Hill is a park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeland and Downtown East Village.
Bridgeland
Suburb
Bridgeland-Riverside, formerly known as Bridgeland and Riverside, is a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is located northeast of Downtown Calgary.
Downtown East Village
Suburb
Downtown East Village more commonly known as simply East Village, is a mixed-use neighbourhood within the eastern portions of downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ramsay
Suburb
Ramsay is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is an inner city community, located east of the Elbow River, Macleod Trail, Stampede Grounds and the Scotiabank Saddledome arena and south of Inglewood.
Elbow River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Elbow River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էլբոու”
- Asturian: “Ríu Elbow”
- Cebuano: “Elbow River”
- Chinese: “肘河”
- Chuvash: “Элбоу”
- Dutch: “Elbow River”
- Dutch: “Elbow”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر البو”
- Esperanto: “Elbow”
- French: “rivière Elbow”
- French: “Rivière Elbow”
- German: “Elbow River”
- Hebrew: “נהר אלבו”
- Irish: “Abhainn Elbow”
- Italian: “Elbow (fiume)”
- Italian: “Elbow”
- Japanese: “エルボウ川”
- Portuguese: “Rio Elbow”
- Russian: “Элбоу”
- Spanish: “Río Elbow”
- Swedish: “Elbow River”
- Ukrainian: “Елбоу”
- Welsh: “Afon Elbow”
- Western Frisian: “Elbow”
- “Elbow”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mill Estate and Renfrew.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. George Island and Calgary Zoo.
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