Bow River

Bow River is a watercourse in Alberta, Prairies and has an elevation of 1,381 metres. Bow River is situated nearby to the area Mount Norquay, as well as near Whiskey Creek.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Banff Railway Station and St George-in-the-Pines.

Banff Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Diannaa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Banff station is a railway station in Banff, Alberta, Canada. It was previously used by Royal Canadian Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer, Canadian Pacific Railway and Via Rail.

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.

Cave and Basin National Historic Site

Photo: Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada is located in the town of Banff, Alberta, within the Canadian Rocky Mountains, at the site of natural thermal mineral springs around which Canada's first national park, Banff National Park, was established.

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 was a locality located within Banff National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. The name was retained into the 21st century by the Government of Alberta for mapping purposes. Anthracite is situated 6 km east of Bow River.

Bow River

Type: Watercourse
Category: body of water
Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude

51.17813° or 51° 10′ 41″ north

Longitude

-115.5786° or 115° 34′ 43″ west

Elevation

1,381 metres (4,531 feet)

Open location code

95365CHC+7H

GeoNames ID

11071386

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wayne Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Banff Park Museum National Historic Site of Canada.

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