Bow Valley

For the community in the United States, see Bow Valley, Nebraska.
View from Morant's Curve in Banff National Park
View from Canadian Pacific Railway, 1914

Bow Valley is a valley along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada.

The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for the river is Makhabn, meaning "river where bow weeds grow".[1]

  1. ^ Bow Riverkeeper article Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine about the river.