Kananaskis, Alberta (community)

This article is about unincorporated community on Highway 1A in the M.D. of Bighorn. For similar named communities, see Kananaskis, Alberta.

Kananaskis is located in Alberta
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Location of Kananaskis, Alberta

Kananaskis is an unincorporated community in Alberta's Rockies within the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 of Alberta, Canada.[1] It is located on Highway 1A approximately 18 km (11 mi) east of Canmore and 54 km (34 mi) west of Cochrane. The community is located on the north shore of the Bow River.

Nearby are a sand and gravel quarry and a garbage landfill. Electricity is provided by hydropower from Horeshoe Dam.

  1. ^ "Bighorn No. 8, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.